An interesting article, I wonder what the impact would be on businesses if thousands of civil servants go jobless and are not spending in their shops anymore.....nobody seems to be expounding on what "reform" this coalition is after.......stay tuned..........
December 05, 2010 5:59 AM
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BOTH SIDES NOW: As unions prepare to fight Andrew Cuomo, business is pledging to support his plans.
Andrew Cuomo, who has $4.9 million in his campaign war chest, is raising more money to counter the media blitz that public-sector unions are waging to defend their jobs. But a spokesman for the civil service employees union says it won't spend more than “several million dollars” to argue against laying off public-sector workers to save the state money.
“We don't have endless reserves,” the spokesman says.
CSEA does plan to mobilize its 300,000 members to spread the message “that laying people off in the private or public sector is bad for the economy.”
The business community hopes to spend as much as $20 million to push its agenda, which mirrors Mr. Cuomo's. The initiative will purportedly be more collaborative than past efforts, which were small and silo-ish, and were typically overwhelmed by competing interests' advertising and advocacy.
The new effort, which will take the form of a nonprofit 501(c)4, is intended to reflect a coalition that reaches beyond business interests.
“We think this should be a big tent: business, labor, civic,” says Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, a leading organizer. “It should be broad-based, and it should be statewide.”
The time is right, she says, because a new administration will be pushing for reform, and businesses that have been sitting on cash will be making decisions about where to expand and invest as the economy recovers.
“We don't have endless reserves,” the spokesman says.
CSEA does plan to mobilize its 300,000 members to spread the message “that laying people off in the private or public sector is bad for the economy.”
The business community hopes to spend as much as $20 million to push its agenda, which mirrors Mr. Cuomo's. The initiative will purportedly be more collaborative than past efforts, which were small and silo-ish, and were typically overwhelmed by competing interests' advertising and advocacy.
The new effort, which will take the form of a nonprofit 501(c)4, is intended to reflect a coalition that reaches beyond business interests.
“We think this should be a big tent: business, labor, civic,” says Kathryn Wylde, president of the Partnership for New York City, a leading organizer. “It should be broad-based, and it should be statewide.”
The time is right, she says, because a new administration will be pushing for reform, and businesses that have been sitting on cash will be making decisions about where to expand and invest as the economy recovers.
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