The bill he signed would still allow state, municipal and school workers to bargain over their wages, but any raises beyond the rate of inflation would require a voter referendum. The repeal of most collective bargaining would not apply to unions representing local police, firefighters and State Patrol troopers
"musccy" wrote:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/117798133.html If I am paying for the teachers salaries, shouldnt there be a system in place to say if they get a raise or not?
Or should I just take for granted a union rep will make the right call
"dingus" wrote:
No offense longtime, I appreciate the link about Walker not campaigning on union busting, I was just trying to point out that your original link was post election, that's all.
As far as having a say in public employees compensation goes, I saw an interesting reply on a political blog that went something like this:
2011 - people making $30,000 a year complaining about people who make $40,000 a year
2012 - people making $20,000 a year complaining about people who make $30,000 a year
2013 - people making $10,000 a year complaining about people who make $20,000 a year
you get the gist. It's a bit of an over-simplification of the issue but my point is, in an earlier post I mentioned that 400 Individuals control more wealth than 55% of families in this country, Exxon and other major corporations pay NO income tax and receive massive subsidies from the government, the average CEO makes close to 300 times what the average employee makes
yet they've somehow convinced the general public that teachers pensions and right to collectively bargain is bankrupting our states.IT IS A LIE!
And they are laughing all the way to the bank.
"longtimefan" wrote: