Republicans sucker punch unions

[Jondalar]

this makes me ill      

Senate passes collective bargaining bill
The Business Journal
Date: Wednesday, March 9, 2011, 6:50pm CST
Related: Economic Snapshot

The Wisconsin state Senate Wednesday evening quickly passed a bill that would end most collective bargaining rights for public employees.
On a 18-1 vote, the Senate passed that bill that did not include any financial items included by Gov. Scott Walker. The 14 Democratic senators, who fled to Illinois three weeks ago to try and stop the bill, were not in Madison for the vote.
The bill is expected to be considered by the state Assembly Thursday morning.
In a statement after the vote, Walker praised the action and said Democratic senators had delayed the vote long enough.
"The Senate Democrats have had three weeks to debate this bill and were offered repeated opportunities to come home, which they refused," he said. "In order to move the state forward, I applaud the Legislature’s action today to stand up to the status quo and take a step in the right direction to balance the budget and reform government. The action today will help ensure Wisconsin has a business climate that allows the private sector to create 250,000 new jobs."


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[stormsa]

just another punch in the wrong direction heading america and the world into an abyss we will not get out of. great going. that's the america our forefathers had in mind. sure.

[TruckerMike]

Actually this was good. I will say this, when bargaining for better pay, benefits etc.... the Union represents the Civil servants. Who represents the people that have to pay the costs? The guy who was elected with Union money. No, this is a good thing. Maybe the Military should have a Union. When we dont like what we get paid for combat, we go on strike, threaten citizens and such. This would not do in anyone's eyes. I have no problem with unions in General, they look after the employees. But remember, Civil servants work for you. It is your tax dollars that pay that bill.

[tarot]

This is much more than an issue with union contracts with the state as the media tells the rest of the nation, I know of moderates who now side with the people after seeing how ,in a state that once held up itself as progressive with cooperative ideas and not a brutal one party dictatorship,once they get power ! I gave the Republicans the benefit of the doubt but-NEVER AGAIN -I will vote straight democrat because I now hate the Republican party more. even the republican party here is rethinking its PR now that it pretty much publicly F'ed itself . The Republicans in this state are straight up Idiots , I'm glad that they gotten elected and started to shove people around with their agenda down peoples throats - this ensures that the great state of Wisconsin will NEVER have a Republican majority or Governor again ! I'm signing my recall petition for my local state senator and to recall walker ( he did a 'fine' job as my county executive , I can only imagine how 'good' of a job he has planed for my state for the next 6 years - ugh !)