Rantz: Upset school bus drivers should just quit

So, here’s the deal: if you don’t like your job – or the benefits associated with it – you should move on. As the Seattle bus drivers strike extends into the week, it seems pretty clear that they’ve overestimated their value to their employer, First Student.

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The Seattle Times reports the strike will continue into Monday with no end on the horizon.

“If First Student wants to return to the negotiating table, all they have to do is call and we will be there,” union spokeswoman Jamie Fleming said Friday afternoon, according to the Times.

Nothing says you care about your job and the kids you drive more than playing hard to get. After all, what do they care: they’re not taking their own kids to school.

The drivers are unhappy with the health care benefits offered, but really, they’re upset with Obamacare, which we were promised by Democrats would address these types of employee concerns.

But let’s just cut to the chase: these drivers are involved in a consensual work relationship and they can leave whenever they’re unhappy. Think about your own situation. Not getting what you think you’re worth? You smartly start looking elsewhere.

If First Student is undervaluing their employees, they’d start seeing that in employees who quit and go elsewhere. But they’re not because of the scam unions have become; they stop relationships from being truly consensual because they can unfairly coerce a business to meet their demands. If First Student didn’t think the drivers were worth the $18-$25 an hour they are paying them, could the company withhold a paycheck because they’re unhappy with the deal they agreed to? Of course not. Yet, after agreeing to the terms, union workers can just walk off the job.

Unions allow employees to overvalue their worth. How do I know they’re overvaluing they’re worth? They’ve walked out on the job because they couldn’t get their way. Their value is worth what a business is willing to offer them without holding kids hostage. The harsh reality for these workers is one they’re unwilling to face: they’re not worth what they think they are.

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