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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Union protests.
Absentee Democrats.
Police dragnets.
One volatile vote.
A bill is about to be passed to—among other things—ban collective bargaining for public workers in Wisconsin.
Help me out here. First, I'm a bit shocked at the hostility against unions in the U.S. I know there is a long history, but, in this day and age, it seems extreme to hobble a public worker's union like this.
Second, Democrats are a no-show. This stalls the vote. Police are searching for them. How does this work? What are the legal ramifications of this? What will happen?
What do you think of the current status of unions in the U.S. in general?
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What I gather from reading the articles is that the citizens of Wisconsin are fed up with government spending and voted in a governor and legislature that are about to cut spending. If that's what the voters wanted, then that is exactly what the government should do. Unions and their response of 'just raise taxes' is unacceptable.
It's about time somebody is willing to run government more like a business where you have to live within your budget.
I also read that so many teachers called in sick in some cities that schools were closed, resulting in essence in a strike, where that strike is illegal. Why aren't those teachers fined, jailed, or fired for participating in an illegal strike?
Unions are in decline in the US. Latest figures I saw for private sector were somewhere around 8% of the workforce and slightly higher for government.
Thanks to the union's history of violence, intimidation, fraud and some unions involvement with the Mafia, they deserve every bit of flack they get.