Firefighters’ labor dispute reaches absurd low

It is normal for union bosses to ask for more and more and more, not only for their members, but for themselves.  But pushing the envelope in Right to Work Nevada, just didn’t seem to make sense in this case, where employees are offered a bonus that union bosses don’t want them to have.
Here is another great example of why public sector monopoly bargaining is no bargain for the public, union rank and file, and taxpayers.   An editorial in the Las Vegas Review-Journal has the whole story: 

City officials, in trying to improve efficiency and make local government run more like a business, last year touted a “gain sharing” program that awarded one-time bonuses for workers who’ve sacrificed to help meet budget targets and maintain services. More than 500 union and nonunion city workers accepted the bonuses, worth hundreds of dollars.
It turns out, the International Association of Firefighters Local 1285 didn’t care much for the idea of bonuses as well – but not because they thought it was poor stewardship of tax money. The union filed a 10-page complaint with the Nevada Local Government Employee-Management Relations Board, alleging city management’s public comments about gain sharing amounted to a bad-faith attempt to “influence bargaining by communicating directly with the employees.”
Why in the world would the city even consider rewarding the firefighters’ union with more duties, more money, more negotiating leverage and more political power – while killing private-sector paramedic jobs – when the union spits on undeserved generosity because it’s not enough?