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Originally Posted by Danzig
i'm not familiar with this fellow, but they ran this article in the local paper-so i googled it, and here's the article... had stuff in it i hadn't seen mentioned before, either in the discussion here or elsewhere.. thought i'd post it. of course i'll probably hear this guy is a whack job or something..if so, i'll know better next time.
http://www.nationalreview.com/articl...ket-rich-lowry
an excerpt:
Even if Walker prevails, Wisconsin will allow more wide-ranging collective bargaining than these states.
Not to mention the federal government. Obama may lecture Walker about union rights, but he can go straight to Congress with a highly political proposal to freeze the pay of federal workers because they can’t collectively bargain for wages or benefits.
(this is a part that intrigued me) No, the most important measure at stake in Wisconsin is the governor’s proposal for the state to stop deducting union dues from the paychecks of state workers. This practice essentially wields the taxing power of the government on behalf of the institutional interests of the unions. It makes the government an arm of the public-sector unions. It is a priceless favor.
and further down:
When Indiana governor Mitch Daniels ended collective bargaining and the automatic collection of dues in 2005, the number of members paying dues plummeted by roughly 90 percent.
now, is this a major issue? i could see where it could be. if dues aren't automatic, but become voluntary, perhaps the unions would find they aren't quite so popular, based on indiana.....no wonder the union is so upset! can you imagine your income dropping 90%?? |
This is exactly the reason why the democrats have been fighting this so hard. They have been funding their campaigns thru required union dues for years. Riot will claim that the Koch brothers are doing the same for Walker, however the fact is the Koch brothers use their own $ and not the mandated union dues of the teachers to fund their campaigns. The Koch brothers also contributed less than $50k towards Walker's campaign whereas the teachers union contributed $1.57 million to 4 democrats.
In the bill Walker removed the residency restrictions for Milw city workers (police, fire fighters, etc) and MPS teachers. In the past they were required to live in the city of Milwaukee. Now they are not. Imagine that the republicans giving freedoms back to the people and allowing them to choose where they want to live. Democrats including Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett are furious over this and are totally against giving workers the freedom to live where they want, but again they know what is best for the workers. Why give them a choice?