Hundreds of public sector workers are apparently getting the ax in Chile today, ostensibly because they are not necessary (implying that the Concertación had a bloated and inefficient public service.......a line which has been used by Piñera since the 2009 campaign).
It will be interesting to see how the public service workers react, how the unions react, and how the Concertación reacts. I do not expect much.
Part of the reason can be found in my latest column, published today in El Mostrador. The Concertación is in no condition to combat the cutbacks, perhaps because it secretly understands many are justified, but probably because it is just in a different place -- according to my piece, in one of the five stages of grief.
I leave it up to others to decide which one, exactly.
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Interesting coincidence that Obama also just announced a federal wage freeze in the U.S. Were they chatting?
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