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Originally Posted by d-ray657
You hit that nail on the head Blue. As the court said in Hanover Federation of Teachers v. Hanover Community School Corp., 457 F.2d 456 (7th Cir. 1972)
The state of Wisconsin has also spoken of collective bargaining as a right:
So yes, it is fair to say that the governor is attempting to trample on the rights of public employees.
I spoke in an earlier post that, in Missouri, the public body is not required to accept the proposals of a union, and may enact a law that is contrary to the proposals made by the union. It appears that such is the case in Wisconsin too. The governor could get the contributions he and the secretary deem necessary under the law as it stands. This attempt to crush the unions is a completely unnecessary abuse of power.
Regards,
D-Ray
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That's pretty much what I thought. Seeing as how the labor movenment in the U.S. is well over 100 years old, if unions had been unconstitutional then there would already be precedence. And, I see that there is.
Thanks, Don.
And, I will continue to look into this myself because the discussion has piqued my interest.