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Exodus: Wisconsin Government Workers Abandon Unions in Droves
Townhall.com ^ | June 22, 2012 | Guy Benson

Posted on 06/23/2012 4:39:59 AM PDT by Kaslin

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1 posted on 06/23/2012 4:40:04 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

It’s good to see things getting better in Wi.


2 posted on 06/23/2012 4:43:27 AM PDT by rightly_dividing (We are Scott Walker.)
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To: Kaslin

Could union menbers ACTUALLY be waking up???


3 posted on 06/23/2012 4:44:07 AM PDT by Ann Archy ( ABORTION...the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Kaslin

>And that is the reality now in Wisconsin. It is the reality in states where they have essentially eliminated unions rights...

Um, eliminating compulsory dues from non consenting workers is not eliminating Union rights - it is called freedom from tyranny & theft.

And THAT is the reality.


4 posted on 06/23/2012 4:46:32 AM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: Kaslin

“- fell to 28,745 in February from 62,818 in March 2011”!!!
Ouch, that’s gotta hurt.
Where is the dembo party going to go to shake down contributions now?


5 posted on 06/23/2012 4:47:56 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Hey Mitt, F-you too pal)
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To: Ann Archy
What makes you think union members weren't already awake?

Compulsory dues collection is always a problem ~ and it's one imposed by the state government's very own jack booted thugs.

Take away the fascist legion and people won't pay.

6 posted on 06/23/2012 4:49:43 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: Kaslin

Unions are Pro-Choice, theirs.
Now that workers have a choice in paying Unions dues or not the Unionistas at the top no likey the freedom to choose. Dictators never do.


7 posted on 06/23/2012 4:57:48 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: muawiyah

and just this week the SCOTUS laid a big hammer on the practice nationwide. Looks like Trumpka and the rest of the goons are going to have to go back to the old way, at the point of a gun or the very least knee capping.


8 posted on 06/23/2012 4:58:38 AM PDT by mazda77 (and I am a Native Texan)
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To: Kaslin

Public unions lose their right to steal!


9 posted on 06/23/2012 5:01:48 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: Kaslin

WOW!!!!!!!!

That’s aproximately 46% of their total membership and will certainly hurt their political fund raising ability .

“For the first time in my adult life I am proud of some union members” . ,,,, no that wasn’t Moochelle sayin’ that .


10 posted on 06/23/2012 5:02:15 AM PDT by Lionheartusa1 (-: Socialism is the equal distribution of misery :-)
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To: Kaslin

And all those Occupy morons and rabble rousers who trashed the Capitol rotunda in Madison were unwitting pawns doing the bidding for the Union overlords. They got played and discarded when no longer useful. Suckers.


11 posted on 06/23/2012 5:04:24 AM PDT by tflabo (Truth or tyranny)
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To: Lionheartusa1
,,,,,,, dont’ send the spelling police after me ,,, I know there are two Ps in the word APPROXIMATELY ,, I just didn't strike the keyboard hard enough to add it I suppose .
12 posted on 06/23/2012 5:06:33 AM PDT by Lionheartusa1 (-: Socialism is the equal distribution of misery :-)
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To: Ann Archy

I believe many of the rank and file union members are more like indentured servants to the union than free members of the work force. The other union members are just thugs. IMHO.


13 posted on 06/23/2012 5:11:53 AM PDT by Tahoe3002
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To: Lionheartusa1

there are two Ps in the word APROXAMATLY


14 posted on 06/23/2012 5:12:07 AM PDT by umgud (No Rats, No Rino's)
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To: rightly_dividing

Har Har Har.

Send this info to all the libs you know and watch the heads explode. What could be more fun?


15 posted on 06/23/2012 5:13:21 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s (If you can remember the 60s....you weren't really there)
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To: Joe Boucher

And the 7-2 court decision on just haphazardly increasing fees to support political candidates with no notification or opt out was shot down to boot. How 2 justices think it is okay to raise dues to pilfer money for politics is beyond me on all levels of right and wrong.


16 posted on 06/23/2012 5:19:53 AM PDT by commonguymd (Freedom is a myth anymore it seems)
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To: Lionheartusa1
dont’ send the spelling police after me

Well, they *will* have to issue a stern warning. You don't have to pay a fine... this time.

17 posted on 06/23/2012 5:24:07 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: umgud

You incorrectly spelled Lionheartusa1’s incorrect spelling.

Knock of the grammar nazi stuf.


18 posted on 06/23/2012 5:24:07 AM PDT by burroak
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To: Kaslin

I do recall the push to unionize graduate students back at UC Davis. Students in soft majors (English, sociology, etc.) led the push, while students in hard majors (experimental sciences) weren’t at all involved in the effort.

Those pushing for unionization wanted mandatory union dues extracted from every graduate student, on the pretext that “the union benefits everyone, whether they belong or not.” They also wanted to eliminate everything that might be a source of competition, as well...pay based on performance, for example.

I refused to sign any of the union membership drive petitions, or even to talk to the union organizers.


19 posted on 06/23/2012 5:30:53 AM PDT by exDemMom (Now that I've finally accepted that I'm living a bad hair life, I'm more at peace with the world.)
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To: mazda77

when it comes to getting school teaches to pay up it usually only takes one ~ they’re smart and know what’s coming to them if they don’t!


20 posted on 06/23/2012 5:32:23 AM PDT by muawiyah
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