Overpaid Milwaukee County Custodial Workers Call in “Sick”

This is just stupid.

One day after the Milwaukee County Board agreed to privatize scores of county housekeepers, 19 of the 25 custodial staff at the Courthouse complex called in sick, county officials said Thursday.

Jack Takerian, the county’s interim director of public works, said he didn’t know for sure the reason for all the sick calls, but said it probably was a reaction to the news about their jobs going to a private firm.

Do they realize that whichever private firm gets the contract might need to hire some more people?  Do they think this makes them look like attractive employees to said firm?