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Gov. Walker's Union Law Emerges From Federal Court Mostly Intact

Don3026 Wrote: Apr 02, 2012 3:23 AM

You make some good points, but in the state of Wisconsin, the public sector unions were ripping the taxpayers off. The teachers union setup their own health insurancer company and negotiated the right for the NO-bid contract so that company sold the teacher's insurance. Then they charged double plus the going rate. There were many abuses of the system, which were eliminated by the Walker reforms, saving money for the state and in the end us taxpayers, like me. I live in Milwaukee Wisconsin. The taxpayers are the employers. The employer makes the rules for employment and decides the pay scale. Unions forgot that and are having a hard time accepting the changes to the work place.

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Gov. Walker's Union Law Emerges From Federal Court Mostly Intact

Act 10, the Wisconsin law requiring that unions recertify every year through an absolute majority vote and removing collective bargaining privileges has survived a challenge in federal court. A federal judge struck down the ban on collecting voluntary union dues through payroll deductions and the requirement that unions recertify annually. These parts were struck down because they didn't apply to public safety unions, such as police or firefighter unions. The heart of the law remains: