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Wis. Senate approves bill to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights (18-1)
Twitter Breaking News ^ | March 09, 2011

Posted on 03/09/2011 4:34:05 PM PST by library user

In 18-1 vote, Wis. Senate approves bill to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights


TOPICS: Breaking News; Government; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: collectivebargaining; fleebaggers; scottwalker; wi; wisconsin; wisconsinshowdown
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Yes it does and when the rank and file union members realise that the union dues are not automatically deducted from their paychecks I think that many will rejoice that they no longer need to pay for their indentured servitude and will stop paying the unions. A great day it is!


241 posted on 03/09/2011 8:08:17 PM PST by RedMDer (restoration of our honor, dignity, and freedoms will save America. - Sarah Palin)
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To: day10
Question to anyone: Was anything illegal done here by the Rep. party?

I highly doubt it. They've had three weeks to study the legalities of the issue. The bigger question is what the Democrats did as far as legality. They shirked their duties as representatives of the voting public. The people, not the unions, voted in Wisconsin to represent them. The democrats abdicated their duty to the people.

242 posted on 03/09/2011 8:19:59 PM PST by mplsconservative (Impeach Obama Now!)
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To: Crawdad; All

From BigGovernment:

CALLING ALL CAMERAS: VIDEO ACTIVISTS NEEDED IN WISCONSIN

Calling citizen journalists:

Tomorrow, an army of very angry union thugs will be descending on the Wisconsin state capitol in Madison. They are furious that the Republican senators voted to pass the collective bargaining provisions of Gov. Scott Walker’s budget reform proposal, without the fiscal portions that required a larger quorum.

They are not just angry–they feel betrayed. And they have been betrayed–by the union leaders and runaway Democrats who promised them that the Republicans would crack. They are going to try to prevent the Wisconsin state assembly from passing the senate’s bill and sending it to Gov. Walker’s desk.

They have been told by the Democrats and the MSNBC commentariat that there are no rules anymore. We can expect them to behave accordingly.

We ask you to go to the state capitol and bring cameras. Send us what you find. We didn’t pick this battle…the public sector unions did. But, we can finish it. We are winning.


244 posted on 03/09/2011 8:22:00 PM PST by tcrlaf (Democrats Outforced America's Jobs for 40 Years. Now The Bill Is Due)
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To: RedMDer
I think that many will rejoice that they no longer need to pay for their indentured servitude and will stop paying the unions.

The other significant part of this is that unions use other issues to negotiate wages. If, for example, an agreement is ever made on some part of the hiring process, the hiring process then becomes part of the contract and can't be changed without approval from both sides. Unions typically use this to leverage for pay increases. If, for example, the school district wants to change the hiring process, the union will usually agree to the change for say, a 2% pay hike. Limiting negotiations to salaries greatly limits union leverage.

The point you mention is also huge. If people got their paychecks and THEN had to write a check for social security (the whole amount, not the lied about employer contribution coming from the employer), state and federal taxes, you'd see a ton of tax and spenders thrown out of Washington the next election. When people have to write checks to the union each month, a lot of people will drop out.

245 posted on 03/09/2011 8:22:28 PM PST by Richard Kimball
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To: Richard Kimball

no state should be obligated to undergo the expense of collecting sombody else’s union dues.

since the democrats will not return to pass the full spending bill, let the union job firings begin.


246 posted on 03/09/2011 8:24:46 PM PST by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: library user

This country will truly start to rise again by the strength of men like Walker.


247 posted on 03/09/2011 8:34:54 PM PST by Del Rapier
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To: library user
I parked beside of a Toyota hybrid tonight at the YMCA. It was the model I wanted to buy but could not afford because I have to pay for my insurance and my retirement. The Toyota had one of the Union signs in the window, "Stop the war on working families."

It suddenly struck me, that is exactly what this was. The unions don't care about my family or how hard I work. They just want the free health care and retirement, and to hell with those of us who have to work.

I am glad this passed. I hope this does break Government worker unions across the US.

248 posted on 03/09/2011 8:35:08 PM PST by Volunteer (Though I know that the hypnotized never lie, do ya? - The Who)
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To: HeartlandOfAmerica

Nope, a quorum is just a simple majority which would be 17. I believe then all you need is 9 votes for the bill to pass.


249 posted on 03/09/2011 8:39:06 PM PST by LukeL (Barack Obama: Jimmy Carter 2 Electric Boogaloo)
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To: winstonwolf33
Dale Schultz (R-Richland Center) apparently

He knows NOTHING. NOTHING!

250 posted on 03/09/2011 8:40:59 PM PST by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: TexasFreeper2009
The Failed Obama Administration© is not amused...
251 posted on 03/09/2011 8:45:10 PM PST by April Lexington (Study the Constitution so you know what they are taking away!)
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To: Robe
If those fleebagger are truly upset there's only one real way to protest in earnest.


252 posted on 03/09/2011 8:45:23 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: rj45mis

Rush mentioned they are not related today, on the air.


253 posted on 03/09/2011 8:56:02 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: library user

FNALLY!!!


254 posted on 03/09/2011 9:28:02 PM PST by 2harddrive
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To: library user
Wis. Senate approves bill to strip public employees of collective bargaining rights (18-1)

PRAISE THE LORD!!! (and pass the ammunition)!!!

It's way overdue to go to war with these socialist RAT bastards -- demoRATs & the union thugs, including the teacher unions! They are as hateful & violent as any of the other SEIU or AFL-CIO or Teamsters unions are. Can't wait to mix it up with bastards!

255 posted on 03/09/2011 9:39:17 PM PST by rcrngroup
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To: FlingWingFlyer
Americans will save this country yet!

Amen! They will if they all have your attitude. :)

256 posted on 03/09/2011 10:07:17 PM PST by tsowellfan (Don't Blame Me, I voted for Alan Keyes)
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To: library user
GREAT! Now watch this socialist liberal democratic “civility” and the continued “bully” and “thug” tactics used against the Republicans in WI!

So long as the Tea Party Americans are civil and admit they are “racist.”

end Sarc now...................

257 posted on 03/10/2011 3:43:57 AM PST by paratrooper82 (We are kicking Ass in Afghanistan, soon we will be home to kick some more Asses in Congress!)
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To: HeartlandOfAmerica
The Republicans finally woke up and stripped out of the bill all “Financial” parts that would have required a “quorum” of 20 members to be present.

Voting on eliminating the Unions “collective bargaining” privileges only needs a simple majority to vote and approve it without the financial aspects in the bill.

258 posted on 03/10/2011 3:46:20 AM PST by paratrooper82 (We are kicking Ass in Afghanistan, soon we will be home to kick some more Asses in Congress!)
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To: library user

This should have been done two weeks ago. You give them a couple days to have their little pouting session and if they didn’t come back, this is what you should have done. Now, does it go straight to Governor Walker’s desk for signing or does it have to go to a conference committee with the house since it was stripped out of the original bill?


259 posted on 03/10/2011 4:31:58 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: BCrago66

Might be wrong, but fed employees do not have collective bargaining rights. They always get what they want from the democrats...


260 posted on 03/10/2011 5:33:57 AM PST by nikos1121 (Worst president in my lifetime by far..... Hoping for -24 today.)
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