[rightly_dividing]

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

[Ann Archy]

Could union menbers ACTUALLY be waking up???

[bill1952]

>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.

[Joe Boucher]

“- 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?

[tflabo]

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.

[Right Wing Assault]

Public unions lose their right to steal!

[Lionheartusa1]

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 .

[tflabo]

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.

[exDemMom]

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.

[Vince Ferrer]

This also explains the recent moves by the AFL-CIO to stop contributing to Democrats in this election. It isn't punishment for the Democrats as much as self preservation. I think they know they don't represent a lot of their membership politically, and so they are throwing the Democrats overboard in order to keep their membership happy. This is actually good news for unions, if they would focus only on worker issues, they would have a lot more respect from me.

[upchuck]

WI Bump!

The unions couldn’t see this coming? Idiots.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Wisconsin ping: Unions see member exodus

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off this Wisconsin interest ping list.

[Graybeard58]

As we now see, those fears have been realized on a grand scale; Wisconsin's public sector union rolls have been decimated in just over a year.

A horrible misuse of the word, especially in this case. Much, much more than "decimated", which is to say cut by 1/10.

[dennisw]

These Wisconsin Gov’t workers hate paying taxes same as everyone else. So now they are refusing to pay this tax called union membership dues which can be a thousand a year. Union honchos are going to have to go on a diet and layoff some of the unneeded staff. F’em!

[workerbee]

Such a beautiful statistic. One can almost hear the gnashing of teeth and rending of garments among the lib elites. LOL. Imagine if we could get a ruling that said everyone was required to a write a physical check each month to pay their taxes; you know, so they could see right in front of them how much income they would get to keep otherwise. Wow, watch how fast people would wake up to all the "causes" they no longer support! (I know, I know, but I can dream, can't I?)

[PapaBear3625]

It is a military maxim that "amateurs study tactics, professionals study logistics". Translated into politics, professionals study finance.

What keeps the Dem party going are the unions, the welfare agitators, and the university people who live off government grants. The common denominator is that they are using tax money and government support in order to operate against us.

Scott Walker's model needs to be expanded into other states. In any state, when Republicans gain control of the legislature and governorship, the first act should be to cut off the unions from government support and terminate their ability to force dues collection.

If Michigan went Right To Work, it would shake the power of the Dem Party to its foundations.