Amazes me that a guy who has held several ‘odd jobs’ is all for this;
State workers lost round one Wednesday in their effort to derail a proposed rule change that will eliminate the appeals process for an employee who is laid off.
The Career Services Commission – a board of citizens appointed by the governor – approved the rule change, among others, on a 3-1 vote.
While I question the appeals process, I would have to agree with this state worker;
“That’s why people come to state or federal government, because there is some job security. They don’t work for the state for the wages,” he said.
He is right, while state jobs don’t always pay good, they do have some benefits. It is unfortunate that the rest of South Dakotans don’t have the same rights as state workers. We are a right to work state, we can be fired for any reason. I think all workers should have some recourse. This move isn’t about state workers, it is about worker’s rights in general and a movement across the nation to strip ALL workers, private, public, of their rights.
To set the record straight, SD is an “employment at-will” state in which employees may be hired or fired with or without cause. Similarly, employees are free to quit or go on strike. “Right to work” laws dictate that no one can be compelled to join a union and pay union dues as a condition of employment. SD is a right to work state as you stated and there are many other components to both “at-will employment” and “right to work laws” too numerous to mention here.
There’s job security for government jobs. It may be lower paying but performance is hardly what a private sector job requires. You simply write a fictional job description, hide, take vacations, but be sure to show up for paychecks. It would be interesting to compare state versus city of SF compensation and benefits.