In a move that brings back memories of President Reagan, Wisconsin Governor, Scott Walker is threatening to fire state workers who are sitting out of work to protest his bill that calls for state employees to participate in their retirement and health benefits and limits the collective bargaining power of the Unions. Walker is also considering moves against the 14 Democrat Senators who are still in an Illinois resort shirking their elected duties to keep from voting on the bill.
Here is the Walker's interview standing firm and tough in his attempts to get the state budget under control and fulfill his mandate from the people who voted both he and a GOP majority into office in November.
President Reagan in 1981 giving air traffic controllers 48 hours to return to work or be fired. They refused and Reagan fired every air traffic controller.
Ken Taylor
Did you see that the politicians in Indiana are now doing the same thing?
ReplyDeleteThis is getting silly. Whatever happened to doing one's job and not running away and hiding from it? This is just down right childish.
And by limiting any bargaining to wages (not benefits) and limited wage raises to inflation (not a raise at all) the teachers thereby have nothing to bargain with and nothing to bargain for. ENDING collective bargaining.
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