Posted 11:42 AM by Gene

Con-SERRRRRRRR-va-tives! Time to GET MAD:

Last fall, University of Miami janitor Julio Ramos made $6.70 an hour cleaning the buildings on campus. Next week, thanks to a union contract he helped negotiate, he'll be making $9.15 an hour -- a nearly 40 percent pay hike.

''Without the union, we couldn't have done this,'' said Ramos, 48, who has worked for contractor Unicco Services at UM for five years.

Under the contract ratified by Ramos and other workers Wednesday, he will also get two weeks vacation, three personal days and healthcare coverage that costs him $13 an month.

We forget that before they became associated with politicking and glorified loafing on the job unions DID something. There's no reason to think unions couldn't come back -- if they'd campaign for employees and not for PRESIDENTS.