Open weeping in Milwaukee.
Typical liberal bravo sierra!
They should keep their union laws - much better for us down here in the Southeastern USA. :)
Unions are tied to the Democratic Party as electoral machinery.
And the GOP should give them favors, why exactly? I have no objection to unions representing workers’ interests.
I have a visceral objection to unions acting as a partisan extension of the Democratic Party. That needs to be addressed.
And after what unions put WI through in the previous election cycles, Republicans understandably aren’t in an accommodating mood.
Though I grew up and now live in Wisconsin, I was born in Peoria, IL. Keystone Steel & Wire, Caterpillar, Hiram Walker all had huge manufacturing facilities there. It was a huge draw for workers from the other states, particularly southern state. Then the unions came in, and Keystone was the first to move to a “right to work” state. Hiram Walker and Cat followed soon after.
Under laws artificially privileging labor unions over freedom of association, workers are forced to pay dues to unions as a condition of taking jobs with particular employers, which those employers are legally forced to impose. That creates an "entry barrier" benefit for unions, whose workers get more for doing less, and an "entry barrier" problem for workers and employers who find it in their mutual interest to come to agreement outside the unionized framework. As a result, many workers lose opportunities and prices of goods and services increase, stripping customers, owners and shareholders alike of the gains to be had from mutually beneficial exchanges.
Rep. Chris Kapenga plans to introduce RTW legislation after first of year.
This is a pretty tepid piece of defense scribbling
It lacks the force of full bore union bravado. He can say “I tried”
1. Business
2. Consumers
3. The workers themselves
Unions are no longer beneficial to the economy -- or any segment thereof.
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