Some more missives from those peaceful pro-union folks: http://www.nationalreview.com/artic...dock?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d841bfd06cc4406,0
Update on the email death threats to GOP lawmakers. Here is the perp, and surprise, she is a public school teacher and a member of the union! These are the people teaching our kids.
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2011/03/wisconsin-state-employees-union-afscme.html You stay classy, unions.
I guess there wasn't a flu bug going through Madison after all... http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=33138 I hope these maggots are fired.
This is a little old, but since it hasn't been mentioned: http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/118242784.html
Old news, but here's the further development http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/copious-quantities-of-casuistry/ Basically, she said the manner in which the public and the Senators were notified that the vote was taking place was deemed insufficient by her. It's a technicality which can easily be overturned by a re-vote.
Fast forward to 1:45 of this video to see a great example of somebody who hasn't been prepped for an obvious question. [video=youtube;ck9vKp0zQCE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ck9vKp0zQCE[/video]
LOL, now those crazy Red State right wingers are at it again in...Massachusetts http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/...rtail-peu-bargaining-rights-is-massachusetts/
Well, imagine that... http://althouse.blogspot.com/2011/06/under-new-wisconsin-budget-repair-one.html
Yes, quite a big surprise that paying workers less reduces the payroll. Who would have ever guessed that outcome? barfo
Wouldn't this be better? In April, the school board rejected a proposal from the Kaukauna Education Association to extend the union’s contract and incorporate pension and healthcare concessions along with a wage freeze, a move the union projected could save the district about $1.8 million next year. http://www.postcrescent.com/article...ter-changes?odyssey=tab|topnews|img|FRONTPAGE
Since both are estimates, and nearly identical in dollar amounts, I think the taxpayers come out far better in the long run by gratiously accepting the union's generous offer of personal sacrifice rather than spit on their offer and alienate the people who will be educating their children.
I disagree. I think the state is much better off being able to control how much they spend on education, rather than being held hostage by those who have decided to educate their children. Ed O.
So you feel the State Government of WI has nobody competent to negotiate a fair labor contract with teachers? Either these are very, very smart teachers (who would obviously deserve to be well-compensated), or all non-teaching Wisconsins are absolute retards. Probably a combination of the two.
Teachers have unions and political organizations that help get politicians elected. Those politicians then negotiate with the unions. Often, politicians know that they can negotiate locally and, if things go bad, ask the state for assistance... so they have less incentive to risk a strike or labor strife. It's less about being smart and more about being focused. Ed O.
1 and 3 are no longer true, if indeed they ever were. But if you think they are I've got a 100,000 acre Redwood forest in Christmas Valley I'll sell you real cheap.
