Posted on 02/22/2015 11:48:49 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
KING, Wis. — At the old union hall here on a recent afternoon, Terry Magnant sat at the head of a table surrounded by 18 empty chairs. A members meeting had been scheduled to start a half-hour earlier, but the small house, with its cracked walls and loose roof shingles, was lonely and desolate.
“There used to be a lot more people coming,” said Magnant, a 51-year-old nursing assistant, sighing.
The anti-union law passed here four years ago, which made Gov. Scott Walker a national Republican star and a possible presidential candidate, has turned out to be even more transformative than many had predicted.
Walker had vowed that union power would shrink, workers would be judged on their merits, and local governments would save money. Unions had warned that workers would lose benefits and be forced to take on second jobs or find new careers.
Many of those changes came to pass, but the once-thriving public-sector unions were not just shrunken — they were crippled......
....In King, population 1,700, Magnant said she couldn’t change a sign at the union hall without someone giving her the finger. Farther west, in Stanley, prison workers said they ditched their favorite pizza pub because the owner stood by while other customers called them “leeches.”....
At the meeting, the husband of the columnist called Walker “a pig” — which prompted the board supervisor to wonder why he was insulting pigs. They debated whether or not it’s worth it to invite Republicans to the education event, but Brey insisted it’s important to keep things balanced. Eventually, the group agreed.....
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Here is a good explanation in reply to that complaint about Walker and UW-M.
Bronkobama is. Who can stop him? He and whoever is controlling him, does whatever they want. Ban ammunition? Check. Flood the country with illegal aliens? Check. Support Iran's nuclear weapon program? Check. Support the nascent Islamic Caliphate? Check. On Thursday, he's taking over the Internets...
I was wondering if you wanted a say on the next Emperor.
Breaking the government unions is the final step. Police and fire will be hardest, but once those pensions start hitting people will be ready. It’s hard for the middle-class with stagnant incomes to pay 75% of a cops $120K salary for the rest of their life. You can retire mid-50s and take a second job as a cop, easy.
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