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Originally Posted by d-ray657
C'mon Chas, you know better than that. The thing that resonates is the loss of the ability join together to have a chance for fair wages and working conditions. The public favored the salary cuts the public workers will have to take, but a large majority opposed the theft of the collective bargaining rights. Most people also realize that the agenda of the gub and other Koch sycophants does not end with public employee unions, and much of the support comes from that realization. The public also hates a power play - the gub had agreement to the cuts he wanted, but he overreached by going beyond that to try to break the unions. I suppose that those of us affiliated with the labor movement should thank the gub, because he has done a terrific job of firing workers up.
Regards,
D-Ray
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I don't see how Walker has broken the unions.
What he has broken is the direct transfer of dues from the members paychecks into the union coffers.
If you notice, the unions had already conceded a reduction in their members benefits, what they were contesting was the money taken from their members paychecks. And recertification on a yearly basis.
If anything, he has empowered the rank and file members at the expense of the union officials. In other words, if you expect to be a representative of the rank and file, you must represent their wishes and not yours.
What's wrong with that?
Chas