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How much do you get from this? >> well, our office of collective bargaining estimated that statewide it is about $1.3 billion. but, the real issue and the real savings is going to come from local governments who now have the ability to manage and control costs. let me give you in a example. in my small county of 40,000 people, by the way, who have zero collective bargaining, this bill alone will save the equivalent of 5 sheriffs deputies and so that is the kind of savings were trying to give loc...

Savings that the governor wants to get without doing things like saying no one above the rank of police sergeant or fire sergeant, fire corporal, can be part of a union. we can get the savings without saying that a university professor is not allowed to belong to a union if he or she participates in a university committee. we can get those savings that the governor and i want to get without going this far. this bill is fundamentally flawed because it does not provide a fair method for dispute re...