Look What the Unions Try to Sneak In

The New York Sun reports:

Turning his back on union supporters who helped him to office three terms ago, Governor Pataki on Thursday vetoed dozens more pro-union bills approved by the Legislature this election year.

Several of the bills would sweeten public worker pensions and make them eligible for more disability benefits. Others sought to amend the state Taylor Law, which bans strikes by public workers.

Mr. Pataki said governments and their taxpayers can't afford many of the bills.

The Legislature could return to attempt overrides of the vetoes. Many of the bills were approved overwhelmingly and it takes a two-thirds majority in each house to override.

One of the vetoed bills would have required state and local governments and school districts to accept a union's last offer if the public employer is deemed to be bargaining in bad faith. That last offer would become the labor contract until it was amended with agreement by both sides.

Looting the taxpayers has never been so much fun.