Walker wants the Legislature to pass a law that forces state workers to pay more for their pensions and health insurance coverage and takes away most collective bargaining rights. He argued that changes are necessary to offset cuts to state aid for local municipalities that he plans to announce in his budget address later this month. Walker said those cuts total more than $300 million.http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/art...r-Scott-WalkerWalker wants to remove all collective bargaining rights except for salary for all of Wisconsin's roughly 175,000 public employees starting July 1. Police officers, firefighters and state troopers would be exempt. Any requests for a salary increase higher than the consumer price index would have to be approved by referendum, and public employee contracts would be limited to one year.
Let me get this straight. These are 'public sector' unions, meaning it's not an evil greedy corporation they're rising up against, it's the government, ie: taxpayers. Taxpayers who pay taxes so these teachers will teach their children, which incidently they aren't currently doing. Even when they are, they're doing a f'in miserable job of it, but that's a whole other topic.
It seems to me in a time when a lot of Americans are without salaries, much less benefits, these arseholes are strong arming not just the govt but every freakin tax payer. They are up in arms because Gov Walker wants them to pay 12% (the last figure I heard) of their own pension fund. Not 100%, not 50%, not even 25%. 12 freakin %. Cry me a river. Gov Walker wants to take away collective bargaining (all but salary). Cry me a second river. That just means they can't rape the taxpayers anymore.
The way I see it, benefits such as health care, and pension are not a right. They are perks. Companies wanting to entice the best and brightest employees used these methods. Now we consider them an entitlement ? Really ?