Just an update on the wiki article about King day. The reason AZ was late to the party to recognize the Holiday was because the state had all kinds of extra
days off already for state holidays. They also observed both washington's birthday and lincoln's birthday with their own days off of work. The people
rebelled at giving the overpaid state workers yet ANOTHER day off. So the state legislature passed a law that took AWAY columbus day and put King day on the
calendar for the following year. That royally pissed off the Italian descendants and they launched petition drive to put on a ballot measure to overturn that
move and put Columbus day back on the calendar and remove the King day. This measure was easily approved by the voters, as they were pissed off at how this
whole thing was handled.
Meanwhile, a separate group got an initiative on the ballot to establish the King holiday, in the same election cycle. At the same time, the NFL stepped in and threatened to take away the Superbowl if the King Holiday did not pass. That royally pissed off 95+% of the Arizonians because they are very Western US in their "don't tread on me" attitude toward outsiders telling the state what to do. So the voters defiantly turned down the King Holiday in the ballot box and told the NFL to go pound sand. Before the NFL butted in, the measure would have passed easily. The voters chose principle over money by voting to not have this Holiday because the NFL was holding the superbowl hostage based on the outcome of the vote. The voters were not in the mood to be told how to run their state by outsiders.
So a few years went by and finally they put the King Holiday back on the ballot or the state legislature finally compressed the 2 president holidays into the national president's day and they put the King day on the calendar. By then I had moved back to Los Angeles, so I don't remember how they finally got their king Day. But to read the Wiki article, they left out some important background information.
Meanwhile, back on topic, what kind of work does your department do where a union comes in? Be prepared to get paid like everyone else in your department and forget about recognition for doing better work than others. Unions, by default, end up rewarding mediocrity since it is very rare that exceptional work or talent can be recognized in those environments.
Meanwhile, a separate group got an initiative on the ballot to establish the King holiday, in the same election cycle. At the same time, the NFL stepped in and threatened to take away the Superbowl if the King Holiday did not pass. That royally pissed off 95+% of the Arizonians because they are very Western US in their "don't tread on me" attitude toward outsiders telling the state what to do. So the voters defiantly turned down the King Holiday in the ballot box and told the NFL to go pound sand. Before the NFL butted in, the measure would have passed easily. The voters chose principle over money by voting to not have this Holiday because the NFL was holding the superbowl hostage based on the outcome of the vote. The voters were not in the mood to be told how to run their state by outsiders.
So a few years went by and finally they put the King Holiday back on the ballot or the state legislature finally compressed the 2 president holidays into the national president's day and they put the King day on the calendar. By then I had moved back to Los Angeles, so I don't remember how they finally got their king Day. But to read the Wiki article, they left out some important background information.
Meanwhile, back on topic, what kind of work does your department do where a union comes in? Be prepared to get paid like everyone else in your department and forget about recognition for doing better work than others. Unions, by default, end up rewarding mediocrity since it is very rare that exceptional work or talent can be recognized in those environments.
