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This is what happens when people who have been forced into a union get their freedom. They use it. God bless 'em.
1 posted on 06/04/2012 5:34:27 PM PDT by Springfield Reformer
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Dinosaur union death watch


2 posted on 06/04/2012 5:38:56 PM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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This is a real feel-good story.


3 posted on 06/04/2012 5:40:37 PM PDT by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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30,000 were smart enough to see the writing on the wall, that Something is better than Nothing.

Bankruptcy means Nobody has Anything.....except for the commie crooks at the top of the food chain.

4 posted on 06/04/2012 5:41:08 PM PDT by FlyVet
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Just goes to show that union members don’t like to pay oppressive taxes (here called union dues) just like the the rest of us.


5 posted on 06/04/2012 5:45:22 PM PDT by dennisw
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Right on, that is exactly what it is.

All of those people who dropped out of the Union got a pay raise.

Whatever their Union dues were.


7 posted on 06/04/2012 5:53:29 PM PDT by Venturer
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2 words.. "Paycheck Protection"....

It is what all the State House Sit-ins were all about. The Unions agreed to the cuts, but didn't want the auto deduction of dues removed. Walker won and they were...

You are seeing the results, their funding is drying up and they will metaphorically die on the vine.

The question you should ask is, why isn't the decline more given the rank and have now have to cut the check for the Union Dues and send it in...

8 posted on 06/04/2012 5:54:46 PM PDT by taildragger (( Palin / Mulally 2012 ))
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The AFSCME goons are bombarding state workers all over the country with emails right now. The goons are scared. That’s a good thing. They’ll soon all be unemployed and will have to go out and find real jobs. When they do, I hope a bunch thugs crawl out from under a rock and raid THEIR paychecks!


9 posted on 06/04/2012 5:55:05 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Free Stuff or Freedom! You Decide 2012.)
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Actually, over 300,000 members dumped AFCSME after they no longer had to pay exhorbitant union dues to be used by the union against the wishes of the members.


10 posted on 06/04/2012 5:55:42 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Da Bro' Gotsta Go!)
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I was forced to belong to AFCSME in my last job and was angry at the time! Far from the perception that all Union shops love their unions there were a few of us who resented the feeling that we were being shaken down with the “if you want to work at this company, then you have to give us a percentage” and resented even more that the government was acting as the “Enforcer” by taking the dues out of our salaries and sending them into the Union. Unions and Government make an unholy alliance and should be banned. The government I pay taxes to support should not be able to turn around and force me to pay union dues in order to hold a government job. Watching this union fail in Wisconsin will be a wonderful feeling!


11 posted on 06/04/2012 5:56:31 PM PDT by onevoter
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12 posted on 06/04/2012 6:08:49 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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Bump


19 posted on 06/04/2012 6:36:33 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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By this time tomorrow, Governor Walker will have completed handing AFSCME its AZZ.


20 posted on 06/04/2012 7:06:24 PM PDT by tumblindice (Our new, happy lives.)
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Looks like Walker picked up about 30,000 votes.

Pray for America


23 posted on 06/04/2012 7:16:44 PM PDT by bray (Power to We the People)
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That’s a shame.


25 posted on 06/04/2012 7:24:49 PM PDT by Libloather (The epitome of civility.)
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Put a fork in it the unions are dead and Walker wins. 30,000 union members have left. Are you going to tell me that 30,000 people are now going to vote against Walker so the unions can take dues out again? Fat chance. They either stay home and do not vote for the democrats or they make sure and vote and 30,000 vote against the unions. Either way the unions are screwed. The recall is dead.

Walker wins. Period end of sentence.


29 posted on 06/04/2012 8:17:24 PM PDT by GilGil
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Permitting unionization of government employees is an inherently idiotic concept. Critical to a union/company relationship is a balance of competing interests. The union looks out for the welfare of the employees while the company is trying to balance costs with revenue.

In government, there is no interested adversary to the union. The government has the ability to simply demand more revenue and thus has no incentive to quell union demands. Additionally, there are few government employees whose safety is imperiled working for government, so a safe workplace is not a concern.

34 posted on 06/05/2012 7:47:36 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (A half-truth is a complete lie)
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