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Date Posted: Thursday, March 10, 06:06:28am
Author: Dave Zitzkat
Subject: The Union is Just and Excuse for Giving Public Money to The Dems
In reply to: Dave Zitzkat 's message, "Dumbocrats in Wisconsin Lose: Union Busted" on Thursday, March 10, 04:36:01am

The teacher unions are just extensions of the Democratic Party. They funnel public money into Democratic Candidate's hands.90% of union political contrabutions go to Democrats. Even Republican Union members (There are a few) are forced to contribute to the Democratic party through the teacher union. As a payoff to the Unions, the Democrats in Connecticut have given the Teachers special privilages, like compulsary arbitration, to ensure that they never lose a negotiation. This is political nepotism, and cronyism of the worse kind. I am happy for Wisconsin that they have ended that. I wish we could do something similar in Connecticut.



>Finally, Wisconsin no longer has the teacher union
>albatross around its neck. In a move which I predicted
>on this board several weeks ago, Wisconsin stripped
>the the Teacher Union of all collective bargaining
>rights despite the fact the the Dems were AWOL. You
>cannot thwart democracy!
>
>
>
>Wisconsin GOP Strips Public Workers' Bargaining Rights
>Mar 9, 2011 – 10:23 PM
>
>AP MADISON, Wis. -- The Wisconsin Senate succeeded in
>voting Wednesday to strip nearly all collective
>bargaining rights from public workers, after
>Republicans outmaneuvered the chamber's missing
>Democrats and approved an explosive proposal that has
>rocked the state and unions nationwide.
>
>"You are cowards!" spectators in the Senate gallery
>screamed as lawmakers voted. Within hours, a crowd of
>a few hundred protesters inside the Capitol had grown
>to several thousand, more than had been in the
>building at any point during weeks of protests.
>
>"The whole world is watching!" they shouted as they
>pressed up against the heavily guarded entrance to the
>Senate chamber.
>
>All 14 Senate Democrats fled to Illinois nearly three
>weeks ago, preventing the chamber from having enough
>members present to consider Gov. Scott Walker's
>"budget-repair bill" - a proposal introduced to plug a
>$137 million budget shortfall.
>
>The Senate requires a quorum to take up any measures
>that spends money. But Republicans on Wednesday took
>all the spending measures out of the legislation and a
>special committee of lawmakers from both the Senate
>and Assembly approved the revised bill a short time
>later.
>
>The unexpected yet surprisingly simple procedural move
>ended a stalemate that had threatened to drag on
>indefinitely. Until Wednesday's stunning vote, it
>appeared the standoff would persist until Democrats
>returned to Madison from their self-imposed exile.
>
>"In 30 minutes, 18 state senators undid 50 years of
>civil rights in Wisconsin. Their disrespect for the
>people of Wisconsin and their rights is an outrage
>that will never be forgotten," said Democratic Senate
>Minority Leader Mark Miller. "Tonight, 18 Senate
>Republicans conspired to take government away from the
>people."
>
>The state Assembly previously approved the original
>proposal and was set to consider the new measure on
>Thursday. Miller said in an interview with The
>Associated Press there is nothing Democrats can do now
>to stop the bill: "It's a done deal."
>
>The lone Democrat present on the special committee,
>Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca, shouted that the
>meeting was a violation of the state's open meetings
>law. The Senate's chief clerk said hours later the
>meeting was properly held.
>
>Senate convened within minutes of the committee
>meeting and passed the measure 18-1 without discussion
>or debate. Republican Sen. Dale Schultz cast the lone
>no vote.
>
>"The jig is now up," Barca said. "The fraud on the
>people of Wisconsin is now clear."
>
>Walker had repeatedly argued that collective
>bargaining was a budget issue, because his proposed
>changes would give local governments the flexibility
>to confront budget cuts needed to close the state's
>$3.6 billion deficit. He has said that without the
>changes, he may have needed to lay off 1,500 state
>workers and make other cuts to balance the budget.
>
>Walker said Wednesday night that Democrats had three
>weeks to debate the bill and were offered repeated
>opportunities to come back, but refused.
>
>"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," Walker said in the statement.
>
>The measure approved Wednesday forbids most government
>workers from collectively bargaining for wage
>increases beyond the rate of inflation. It also
>requires public workers to pay more toward their
>pensions and double their health insurance
>contribution, a combination equivalent to an 8 percent
>pay cut for the average worker.
>
>Police and firefighters are exempt.
>
>Walker's proposal touched off a national debate over
>union rights for public employees and prompted tens of
>thousands of demonstrators to converge on Wisconsin's
>capital city for weeks of protests.
>
>Wednesday's drama unfolded less than four hours after
>Walker met with GOP senators in a closed-door meeting.
>He emerged from the meeting saying senators were
>"firm" in their support of the bill.
>
>For weeks, Democrats had offered concessions on issues
>other than the bargaining rights and they spent much
>of Wednesday again calling on Walker and Republicans
>to compromise.
>
>Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said earlier
>that Republicans had been discussing concessions
>offered by Walker, including allowing public workers
>to bargain over their salaries without a wage limit.
>Several GOP senators facing recall efforts had also
>publicly called for a compromise.
>
>Sponsored Links"The people of Wisconsin elected us to
>come to Madison and do a job," Fitzgerald said in a
>statement after the vote. "Just because the Senate
>Democrats won't do theirs, doesn't mean we won't do
>ours."
>
>Union leaders weren't happy with Walker's offer, and
>were furious at the Senate's move to push the measure
>forward with a quick vote. Phil Neuenfeldt, president
>of the Wisconsin state AFL-CIO, said after Wednesday's
>vote that Republicans exercised a "nuclear option."
>
>"Scott Walker and the Republicans' ideological war on
>the middle class and working families is now
>indisputable," Neuenfeldt said.
>
>While talks had been going on sporadically behind the
>scenes, Republicans in the Senate also had publicly
>tried to ratchet up pressure on Democrats to return.
>They had agreed earlier Wednesday to start fining
>Democrats $100 for each day legislative session day
>they miss.

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