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I said this before, in a post many, many pages ago ... but ... I believe despite all the passionate feelings and rhetoric the only way this going to be resolved is through negotiation and compromise.
In my view, the teachers are going to have to make concessions in regards to paying for a larger portion of their benefits. In the private sector most of us have had to "bite the bullet" and pay for higher insurance premiums and co-pays whether we like it or not.
Union busting and doing away with effective collective bargaining will not happen. I think the teachers are willing to make many concessions, but what has them riled up - what has millions of their supporters riled up - is the virtual destruction of their union and their ability to engage in collective bargaining.
They've alread agreed to that. The gov. won't quit until he end collective bargaining. He has stated so.
They've alread agreed to that. The gov. won't quit until he end collective bargaining. He has stated so.
That's right. For refusing to negotiate or compromise the governor is going taste the bitter pill of humiliation and defeat.
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Union protests following the labor battle at the Wisconsin legislature are spilling into other states. In Colorado, union leaders and workers staged a rally Tuesday outside the state capitol where public employee unions protested proposed cuts to their benefits.
Under a bright midday sun and waving signs with slogans like ‘Worker’s Rights are Human Rights’ and ‘Madison, Cairo, Denver,’ the boisterous crowd chastised Wisconsin’s Governor, and called on Colorado lawmakers to restore proposed cuts to state employee benefits.
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