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Admit it, you wish you lived in Wisconsin.

Written By : TrogloPundit

It’s not just that Wisconsin stands atop the football world, or that Wisconsin is quickly ascending to the top of the political world. It’s that Wisconsin’s CEO has what’s commonly known as “a pair:”

Walker budget plan would limit state unions to negotiating only on salaries

Madison — Gov. Scott Walker wants to help fix state finances by cutting benefits for union workers and wiping away their ability to negotiate over anything but their wages, setting up a potentially explosive battle in the Capitol.

That would mean public worker unions would not have any say on benefits and work rules and would face a new restriction on salary increases as well.

Walker’s bill also would allow public employees to avoid making payments to unions if they don’t join those unions. Now, workers can choose not to join unions, but they must make “fair share” payments similar to dues – a requirement that unions say is needed because all workers benefit from their work at the bargaining table.

Plus, the state would no longer collect union dues via paycheck withholding. The unions will have to go direct to the employees, and those employees will have to write checks.

Walker’s proposal isn’t without some controversy, even in conservative/Republican circles. But the gauntlet’s on the floor now, and Scott Walker done threw it there. While Illinois is raising taxes, and even Republicans in Iowa and Minnesota are saying yeah, maybe that’s a good idea, Wisconsin is paving the way for business to do business.

Plus: beer, cheese, and the Green Bay Packers. Doors are open, folks. Come on in.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Shawn-Boyett/100001238012899 Shawn Boyett

Said governor better have a large pair of sacks, because he’s in for a hell of a war.

But if he manages to get on the other side intact with his war won, Wisconsin will be all the better for it. We haven’t needed Unions for a long time now. All they seem to do nowadays is beg for higher and higher wages while preventing us from firing pedophiles as school teachers. They ain’t nothing but trouble.
Mahatma

Yeah, who needs unions. Employers are itching to go back to a 60 hour work week, labor for $3 an hour, and heck all the 12 year olds waiting to join the workforce. Unions really do suck.

Anonymous

Because demanding a 37.5 hour work week with extensive benefits, exorbitant and unsustainably high wages that kill a company and force it to file chapter 11 is definitely preferable.

60hr work week or no work?

Besides a 40 hour work week is for pussies. You will never fully realize the American dream doing the bare minimum.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Shawn-Boyett/100001238012899 Shawn Boyett

Yes, because the minimum wage and minimum age laws just magically disappear once the Unions go away. It’s time for you to go back to the kiddy table while the grown-ups talk.

Anonymous

Yeah…Eeeeevil Republicans want to repeal child labor laws…

Anonymous

And if it weren’t for Jesse Jackson blacks would all be re-enslaved within a week!

/yes liberals actually believe this.

Mahamtma

Although I admit I find Green Bay a very, very cool place. The people own the world champion Packers. Why socialism does work by George!

HammerNH

ASS_HATma – CORPORATIONS are NOT socialism.
Now stay over there at the kiddie table.

Anonymous

“Plus, the state would no longer collect union dues via paycheck withholding. The unions will have to go direct to the employees, and those employees will have to write checks.”

Sounds like a loophole. The Gov should insist that the checks be made out to the UNION, and not directly to the lunatic-left d-crat socialist party. At least that way, it will take a little extra time before the d-crat socialists get the money.

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_OT6NVJ76Y6KHW2UVLHA6QQCPOE Mark Stone

Dunno TPN.. that sounds like exactly what it has to be… If the union wants the money, then the money-trail has to go directly from employee to union. (unless it’s a claim that the employee has to write a check to the state, who then writes a check for the union.. but that sounds too wishy-washy for anyone but California.)

Anonymous

Just avoid Madison.
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YLQBBF25KFCNP5C5S7WGPJOC7M The Cat's Meow

I’ve worked for seven years in a wisconsin county facility that has a chapter of seiu. They have done nothing! No, I’m not whining that I don’t get paid enough. i get paid great. What I get is VERY good for my job. So I’ll have to pay a little for my pension? Big deal!!! People in the private sector have it worse. What I REALLY like is that the union is now held accountable to the employees they “represent.” My facility is “fair share”, where you HAVE to pay the dues whether you like it or not. If you try to call the union, you get a voicemail black hole where your calls are never answered. There are no stewards, because the union wants them to work for free; they won’t even waive dues for stewards. The representative will go on vacation often, without telling anyone or leaving a backup rep to contact. She also screams, shouts, and intimidates. Now, if the union wants to collect our dues, they’ll have to WORK for it. No more will they get our dues for just existing. They’ll have to come up and BEG for it! It’s about time our union lost its power. It has been far too powerful, and accountable to no one.
HammerNH

Trog – I love WI
Fuzzy’s 63 in Green Bay, the Safe House and Karl Ratzsch’s in Milwaukee…
WONDERFUL place to visit
but (even though I’m a shareholder in our team) I want to live in NH.
Thanks for the hospitality!
Anonymous

Making non-union members pay union dues is absolutely un-american.

“Sure you have the freedom to not-associate with our organization, but we’re going to charge you either way”.

Thugs.

Anonymous

I love the arguments liberals use to justify making everyone pay union dues whether they want to or not.

“Oh, we have to do it. It wouldn’t be fair for some people to benefit from union efforts without paying union dues.”

Okay, so why not just limit union benefits to union members? Seems simple to me. If the union negotiates a pay raise and you’re not a member, then you don’t get that pay raise. If the union negotiates a new health plan, you don’t get to be part of that new health plan. If your boss treats you unfairly, the union can’t intercede on your behalf.

Furthermore, I thought unions were supposed to be all about helping the working man, not maintaining their own bottom line. If the union creates better working conditions through collective bargaining, what does it matter if some workers benefit without paying union dues? Isn’t the whole point of unions to be a check on the company bosses’ alleged single-minded desire for profit at the expense of the workers? By insisting on extracting their pound of flesh from every single worker, aren’t the unions basically becoming the very thing they claim to be fighting against?

Maybe what we need is sub-unions. Unions within unions. Organizations that will collectively bargain with union bosses to make sure the union isn’t exploiting its members.

Anonymous

I also like how they only consider the benefits going in one direction. What about the greater efficiency and productivity from non-union workers contributing to the companies overall success and not having all those jobs shipped to china? Apparently a 2% raise is a real tangible benefit that you should have to pay for, but not losing your job counts for nothing.

ecovelli

I wouldn’t wish any would live in Wisconsin until the Wisconsin government restores their citizen’s right to defend themselves.
ecovelli

I wouldn’t wish any would live in Wisconsin until the Wisconsin government restores their citizen’s right to defend themselves.
Me

Big Whatayaknow? fan here.
NeoCon_1

I was on my way, but got stopped by giant boulders of ice and snow blocking my way… Dam global warming…..
NeoCon_1

I was on my way, but got stopped by giant boulders of ice and snow blocking my way… Dam global warming…..

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