The tea party backed Governor, Republican Scott Walker has set his sights on stripping negotiating rights from his political opponents. His excuse is that Wisconsin is facing a deficit in the billions.
At least one Wisconsin State Rep, Mark Pocan has come out and stated it is a fabricated deficit. Now, the unions have no problem sitting down and negotiating wages and benefits, but the Governor doesn't have the intestinal fortitude to respect labor and sit down with them. Instead he wants to make benefits non-negotiable
As I stated above, at least one State representative, Mark Pocan is saying the deficit is fabricated. If this is true, this push to strip bargaining rights from public sector workers is part of a larger plan to collapse the labor movement in the Country.
Is it Union busting at the highest office of the State of Wisconsin?
Public Sector employees are the largest union in America. Unions have historically been supporters of democrats also. If the Republican party can break the backs of unions and negate them politically, corporations will be the only voice in government. Right now unions are the voice of working families. They fight for wages,benefits and workplace safety. Their lobbying efforts benefit both union and non-union alike.
Keep an eye on your state. If you have a recently elected republican legislature and governor, Wisconsin could come to your state and city. This isn't about a fiscal crisis, if it was stripping bargaining rights from workers will do NOTHING to solve the problem. This about a political strategy. A strategy to defund the democratic party and have a one party rule Republican controlled government.
If Walker succeeds it will be a slippery slope for democracy. We can't allow this to happen!