They TRY to keep big business from getting too far out of line.....too bad they give support to politicians that support the far left. They should get in the middle, and just focus on the working class.

Far left and far right are represented, too bad for the middle majority.

Typical stupid response......another one of the 30,000+ useless posts.

Without those evil "big businesses" there wouldn't be many jobs, union or non-union. Those damned capitalists. Those "big businesses" began as someone's capitalist idea.

Did you ever ask yourself WHY unions support the far left? The far left support socialist ideals, and a union is a socialistic concept... "power to the workers" and all that crap. They're made for each other, that marriage won't change.

What about all of the questions you have been asked? You have yet to answer a single one.

You have just parroted the same bumper sticker slogans over and over and have yet to provide any substance to your argument.

Fixing illegal immigration wouldnt be too bad, and would actually lead (over ten to twenty years) to a much higher wage standard for everyone. You would think unions would support that instead of the "come one come all" party.

Mandatory registration deadline with a twenty year citizenship path, any violent/sexual/repeat criminals immediately deported. Countries will accept their citizens back or 100% of the taxpayers costs to deal with them will be subtracted from equipment/training/financial support provided that year. Have the big army secure the southern border instead of going to JRTC/NTC. End refugee visas, business' with H1B employees get four years before they pay significant yearly fines per employee into SSI. Immediate deportation of illegals with no court process needed but a rubber stamp. Streamline and correct immigration and citizenship process so that people of good health and societal value can come here and produce instead of consume.

Cheap labor coming over the border.....who wants that?

Apparantly, Obama does.

Add up all of the information from opposing sides posted above, and the end conclusion is that this country is fucked.

Why do you refuse to answer questions?

I thought it was Walker's fault.  

I can't keep up.

I've never seen a thread in so much need of being closed.

Herbert Walker Bush? Oh wait...wrong Bush...... Or is it?

I'm starting to feel bad for Slvrktman though....

Can anyone point me in the direction of Koch money? There is apparently millions (pronounced billions on WPR) floating around for evil conservatives.

Since I'm an evil conservative I would like some Koch money.

If someone can send me a phone number or email I would appreciate it.

I wonder if the OP will be found familiar....

It's all here in evil Ozaukee County.  Since we're an evil conservative strong-hold, the evil Koch Brothers entrust us with it.  Walk up to any friendly yet evil citizen in Cedarburg, Mequon, Saukville, Grafton or Port Washington and just ask for a handful.

Nice. I was looking at land in ozaukee. Sounds like a good place to live.

As long as you don't belong to a union or vote democrat, you're good to go.  Otherwise, you'll be very lonely.

But politician getting millions from unions is okay?

Perhaps it's time for a change.

Furthermore, to address your last line.....This is just an example.

http://www.maciverinstitute.com/2014/12/100-fewer-wisconsin-school-district-unions-seek-recertification-under-act-10/

December 1, 2014

[Madison, Wisc...] In elections that ended last Tuesday, government workers voted to decertify 25 school district unions that sought recertification. Plus, 100 fewer unions than last year chose to seek recertification. Last year, 408 units sought recertification. This year, the number was down to 305.

Under the 2011 Act 10 reforms, the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) is required to hold annual recertification elections for unions associated with school districts. Unions must attain "yes" votes from 51 percent of eligible union members to continue serving as an authorized collective bargaining unit - making a non-vote essentially a vote against union recertification.

This year's elections occurred from November 5th to 25th and 305 unions filed for recertification. Of the 305, 25 unions lost their recertification votes.

Workers cast their votes using a telephone voting system managed by WERC.

The Appleton Area Substitute Teachers Association was the largest union to lose its recertification vote. Only 122 of the 270 members (45 percent) voted in favor of the union.

Members of the Elkhorn Education Association - the district's main teachers' union - also voted to decertify in this year's election. This was the second largest union to lose a vote, only gaining support from 43 percent of members.

A union representing engineers at Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) also lost its vote. IUOE Local 420 received 45 percent of the vote from eligible members, resulting in decertification.

If a union chooses not to seek recertification or loses it recertification vote, it can no longer represent employees at the bargaining table. Since Act 10 went into effect, public sector unions are only allowed to negotiate base-level pay, which cannot exceed inflation.

More than 80 unions lost recertification votes during last year's elections, which may have led to fewer unions seeking recertification this year. In 2013, 408 unions filed for recertification. That number dropped by more than 100 this year to 305.

Most major Wisconsin school district unions that filed for a recertification vote garnered more than 51 percent of their members' support. Members of unions representing teachers at MPS and Madison's schools both voted to approve their collective bargaining units.

14820 union recert text box.pngWhile a majority of unions that sought recertification gained more than 51 percent of support in their elections, a large number of union members chose to vote against or not vote for their collective bargaining unit. In total, 14,820 union members did not vote in favor of recertification.

This could spell bad news for unions. The amount of bargaining units even trying to recertify dropped by more than 25 percent since last year and thousands of public union members all across Wisconsin did not vote in support of being represented by their union.

Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) - the state's largest teachers' union - President Betsy Kippers claimed, "Wisconsin education unions are alive and well." But, it seems that WEAC may be trying to hide its quickly fading support from members.

According to reports, about half of WEAC affiliates did not even try to get recertified this year.

Kippers tried to neatly portray this year's elections as a success for unions, but other union bosses have cranked up the rhetoric in the past. Before last year's recertification elections, a local union boss compared them to communist China.

"Gov. Walker and his Employment Relations Commission are taking a page right out of the playbook of communist China, making a complete mockery of the idea of fair elections," said Boyd McCamish, Executive Director of AFSCME Council District 48, at the time.

McCamish was clearly against the recertification elections and spoke out against the timing, which fell over Thanksgiving break. However, the reason for the timing was because Dane County Judge Juan Colas tried to delay the elections. The Supreme Court overturned his decision last year and the elections took place from November 29th to December 19th.

This year's recertification elections saw fewer fireworks as union bosses tried to prolong the status quo. But according to the results, it seems many union members are headed in a different direction.

We will have to disagree as to what the problem is.

I see some BS chain emails going around about about comparisons between Minnesota and Wisconsin.

The truth is, MN has outperformed WI since 1999, a trend that has been growing, stabilized in the recession and began accelerating in '09/10, which is coincidentally before either Act 10 or Governor Walker.

One might conclude that there are reasons beyond simple politics that are causing this.

Oil shale from their western neighbor?

Importing lots of cheap Somalian labor (and gangs, and gang violence that go with them) might have something to do with it.

 

Has MN outperformed WI in skilled, moderate to  high paying jobs?


Those "emails" also imply that businesses voluntarily move where labor is more expensive and more problematical.  That makes me suspect they are what is known as "lies" here in WI. May be different in MN.

Who is Dr. Paul Craig Roberts?
Why does he have so many long videos on YouTube?

You are an idiot if you watch one of them......Don't say I didn't warn you.

"Decline of the U.S. Economy" is a really bad one.

Minnesota has more fags than Wisconsin......isn't it the fag Capitol of the Midwest?

Why would you bring that up? Are they in the union?

Divide and conquer is EXACITLY what our current liar-in-chief has been doing since he was first elected, or haven't you noticed that? In case you haven't heard...he claims to be a democrat. Of course he claims many things. Most of which can't be verified because his records have been sealed.

lol.

Not sure if serious. His records have been sealed?