Union files grievance because goats - yes, goats - work better and cheaper than its members

This is a story about my alma mater, where I spent four-plus years in the mid-1980s and saw a lot of things. None of those things involved goats eating grass, which you'd more expect if you attended Michigan State. (Probably a joke that plays better locally, I'll admit.) But WMU, perhaps inspired by its outstanding 2016 football seasons, is looking for ways to excel in other areas of university life and has apparently discovered that goats are quite excellent performers when it comes to dealing with overgrown grass and vegetation. Not only do they do the job with considerable enthusiasm, but you don't even have to pay them since all they want is something to eat anyway. It's a nice arrangement. The goats don't complain. They don't go on strike. They don't miss work days. And they even fertilize the grass in a manner we might describe as, er . . . natural. Anyway, what's not to love? Well, when a job is being done well by dedicated workers, and costs are being kept to a reasonable level, you can be sure this won't make the local union happy, and AFSCME Local 1668 didn't disappoint:

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