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Union curbs rescue a Wisconsin school district | Byron York | Politics | Washington Examiner (http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/06/union-curbs-rescue-wisconsin-school-district - broken link)
Here is one success story in Wisconsin due to the elimination of collective bargaining. I particularly enjoy the section on the WEA requirement and the later backing down when faced with competition. The stunning part was that the WEA was formed by the teachers union and the district could only purchase insurance from that entity.
In the past, Kaukauna's agreement with the teachers union required the school district to purchase health insurance coverage from something called WEA Trust -- a company created by the Wisconsin teachers union. "It was in the collective bargaining agreement that we could only negotiate with them," says Arnoldussen. "Well, you know what happens when you can only negotiate with one vendor." This year, WEA Trust told Kaukauna that it would face a significant increase in premiums.
Now, the collective bargaining agreement is gone, and the school district is free to shop around for coverage. And all of a sudden, WEA Trust has changed its position. "With these changes, the schools could go out for bids, and lo and behold, WEA Trust said, 'We can match the lowest bid,'" says Republican state Rep. Jim Steineke, who represents the area and supports the Walker changes. At least for the moment, Kaukauna is staying with WEA Trust, but saving substantial amounts of money.
Union curbs rescue a Wisconsin school district | Byron York | Politics | Washington Examiner (http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/06/union-curbs-rescue-wisconsin-school-district#ixzz1Qsr0jFlG - broken link)
Taxpayers are seeing immediate benefits from the union busting!!!!
Awesome!
The Progressive idiots predicted catastrophe if the bill were to become law -- a charge repeated thousands of times by his fellow Democrats, union officials, and protesters in the streets. Now the bill is law, and we have some very early evidence it is working well.
The union members were paying only 10% of their health plan and NONE of their pension costs. They are now paying only 12.6% of their health care plan and only 5.8% to their pension plan.
These small increases that the unions were whinning about caused a school district to go from a $400,000 deficit to a $1,500,000 surplus. And no teachers are losing their jobs.
AND the school board can now shop around for other health plans rather than being required to purchase a plan from the union formed company that sold a plan to the school board.
The union members were paying only 10% of their health plan and NONE of their pension costs. They are now paying only 12.6% of their health care plan and only 5.8% to their pension plan.
These small increases that the unions were whinning about caused a school district to go from a $400,000 deficit to a $1,500,000 surplus. And no teachers are losing their jobs.
AND the school board can now shop around for other health plans rather than being required to purchase a plan from the union formed company that sold a plan to the school board.
Sounds like a win/win for all sides. Paying for your healthcare and pensions is not something new in the corporate world as we've been doing that for at least a decade when defined pensions went by the wayside.
About time government workers caught up. If they had moved to the new model when corporations did many states might not be in a budget crunch today.
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