Battle lines: Why Unions are Preparing for Assault in Legislature

Mark Ricciardi was quoted on Las Vegas Sun on December 17, 2014. The article “Battle lines: Why Unions are Preparing for Assault in Legislature” discussed how conservative lawmakers and activists are rallying to upend some of the state’s collective bargaining laws, the rules that guarantee unions the right to negotiate pay and benefits for their membership.

Mark was quoted on his take of Nevada's collective bargaining laws.

“Bargaining in public could get messy,” said Mark.

He is opposed to collective bargaining with public unions, but said doing so in the open could allow public sentiment to play a role in negotiations.

“There would be a lot of posturing,” he said. “It would be a circus.”

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