WORKERS' RIGHTS, IMPROVING EFFICIENCY, MORALE & the DA's GREEN FOOTPRINT

Speaking of labor issues as it relates to the District Attorney race: (1) The right to select a bargaining agent, collectively bargain and not be retaliated against for exercising the right to speak of organizing, meet with others to discuss organizing, organizing itself and advocating for the bargaining unit should not be should not be abridged; (2) personally, the notion of outsourcing jobs (research to foreign countries in the case of lawyers in the DA's office) and or work to non-union bargaining units in this country (to circumvent the collective bargaining units) is plain wrong. One of the options I would like to explore with the bargaining units is the idea of maybe working 4-10's in weeks when the attorney staff is not in trial as it would give our professional staff more R & R time (which would improve morale and efficiency), give staff some quiet time (away from the 8-4 press of being interrupted by court calls, fellow workers, etc, to be able to work on cases) and reduce commuting time (and related vehicle emissions). I realize the union would have to sign off on it, but I have seen it done in the defense sector successfully--a win-win for both the collective bargaining units and management. The private sector may be able to offer some suggestions. Your thoughts???