Union vs. goats

The Battle Creek Enquirer (Noe Hernandez) reports on a union grievance related to goats being used to clear undergrowth:

The 400-member American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees has filed a grievance contending that the work the goats are doing in a wooded lot is taking away jobs from laid-off union workers.

"AFSCME takes protecting the jobs of its members very seriously and we have an agreed-upon collective bargaining agreement with Western Michigan," said Union President Dennis Moore. "We expect the contract to be followed, and in circumstances where we feel it's needed, we file a grievance."

The grievance alleges that the university did not notify the union that it was planning to use goat crews on campus, according to a chief steward report supplied to the Battle Creek Enquirer.

I hope to get a copy of the grievance, but for now I just wanted to note an observation made by Rick Moran (PJMedia):

Goats are not known to take long lunches or frequent breaks, sleep on the job, call in sick, complain, complain, complain about every little thing - they are the ideal workers for this sort of job.

Isn't the whole point that the goats are taking a long lunch?