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**dumadegg** · 02-17-2011, 12:36 PM

As I understand the bill as presented in the article, it does not take away negotiating rights - it caps salary increases based on the CPI.

That does not seem unreasonable to me, given the state of the economy.

Matt

Very unreasonable to me, since the police, firefighters, state inspectors and troopers would be exempt to these changes.

Read summary of Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill | greenbaypressgazette.com | Green Bay Press Gazette

That means the Governor is going after teachers and people who still work in the manufacturing sector.

He is breaking already existing bargaining agreements with the union.

Wisconsin is the state recognized most as a bastion for unions and for collective bargaining rights enshrined in 1959 there.

President Eisenhower, a Republican, considered collective bargaining rights to be one of his signature legacies. Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity Blog Archive Happy Labor Day! President Eisenhower on Unions.

In detailing the three philosophies of American labor, Eisenhower said, "The third principle is this: labor relations will be managed best when worked out in honest negotiation between employers and unions, without Government’s unwarranted interference."

This is no longer the party of Eisenhower.

Walker is totally walking all over these people's lives to make a point and allowing government overreaching power by disregarding agreements between public employees and the gov't that already exist.

A gov't can't force working people to vote within a union in order to stay unionized just because they draft up legislation that says so. People in a group can vote on whatever they want to vote on whenever they wish to vote on it.

This Governor is sticking it to teachers and playing off the cynicism out there about labor unions.

This is symptomatic of national Republicans too, whose philosophy is to screw middle class people even more while their buddies in oil and gas get to keep their $40 billion+ in welfare.

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dumadegg Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 381 Senior Member	As I understand the bill as presented in the article, it does not take away negotiating rights - it caps salary increases based on the CPI. That does not seem unreasonable to me, given the state of the economy. Matt Very unreasonable to me, since the police, firefighters, state inspectors and troopers would be exempt to these changes. Read summary of Gov. Scott Walker's budget repair bill \| greenbaypressgazette.com \| Green Bay Press Gazette That means the Governor is going after teachers and people who still work in the manufacturing sector. He is breaking already existing bargaining agreements with the union. Wisconsin is the state recognized most as a bastion for unions and for collective bargaining rights enshrined in 1959 there. President Eisenhower, a Republican, considered collective bargaining rights to be one of his signature legacies. Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity Blog Archive Happy Labor Day! President Eisenhower on Unions. In detailing the three philosophies of American labor, Eisenhower said, "The third principle is this: labor relations will be managed best when worked out in honest negotiation between employers and unions, without Government’s unwarranted interference." This is no longer the party of Eisenhower. Walker is totally walking all over these people's lives to make a point and allowing government overreaching power by disregarding agreements between public employees and the gov't that already exist. A gov't can't force working people to vote within a union in order to stay unionized just because they draft up legislation that says so. People in a group can vote on whatever they want to vote on whenever they wish to vote on it. This Governor is sticking it to teachers and playing off the cynicism out there about labor unions. This is symptomatic of national Republicans too, whose philosophy is to screw middle class people even more while their buddies in oil and gas get to keep their $40 billion+ in welfare.
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