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Union enrollment plummets for Wisconsin teachers under tough law
Posted on 10/15/14 at 11:32 am
Posted on 10/15/14 at 11:32 am
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Teachers in Wisconsin's public schools have learned a major lesson from the state's landmark 2011 law neutering public sector unions, with more than a third dropping out of their labor organization.
Given no choice but to join and pay dues to the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) for decades, teachers have for the last three years been able to opt out. And that is what tens of thousands have done as a result of Gov. Scott Walker’s Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill, also known as Act 10.
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The bill essentially requires the WEAC to mount a recertification drive every year to ensure that a majority wants its representation. The Act also prevents public sector employers from automatically collecting dues and passing them along to unions. Since June 2011, teacher enrollment in the WEAC has dropped nearly a third from nearly 100,000 members, and the smaller union AFT-Wisconsin has fallen more than half from its peak membership of 16,000.
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Rosno said she had a better understanding once she was asked to be a representative for her department and attended her first WEAC meeting.
"I realized that it was all political and not about teaching," she said.
Teachers who spoke to the nonprofit education think tank EAGnews.org said they were glad to be free of the union's grip, especially because of the perception their dues were spent on political contributions.
“It’s important to have a choice, because we are all professionals," Michelle Uetz
This post was edited on 10/15/14 at 11:56 am
Posted on 10/15/14 at 11:36 am to wickowick
Buddy of mine lives in WI. He says the boot lickers are about to riot over this.
Imagine it, actually having a choice to NOT belong to a group whose platform and actions you don't believe in.
Imagine it, actually having a choice to NOT belong to a group whose platform and actions you don't believe in.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 11:40 am to bamarep
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Buddy of mine lives in WI. He says the boot lickers are about to riot over this.
I get a warm fuzzy feeling reading that...
Posted on 10/15/14 at 11:47 am to wickowick
motherfricking right. Frick unions.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 11:52 am to wickowick
Was "tough law" your addition or the title of the article? I couldn't get your link at work.
It's not a "tough law." It's a liberty loving law.
It's not a "tough law." It's a liberty loving law.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 11:53 am to REG861
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motherfricking right. Frick unions.
I don't mind unions as long as your free to choose.
Hope and choice!
Posted on 10/15/14 at 11:56 am to FalseProphet
Their's I fixed the link...
Posted on 10/15/14 at 11:56 am to FalseProphet
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Was "tough law" your addition or the title of the article? I couldn't get your link at work.
It's not a "tough law." It's a liberty loving law
It was in the original headline.
I see your point, but I don't think "tough" is necessarily pejorative.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 12:03 pm to wickowick
quote:Hear that? That's music in my head.
Union enrollment plummets for Wisconsin teachers
Posted on 10/15/14 at 12:22 pm to wickowick
Good. People should have a choice whether to join or not. With a choice, that means unions will be forced to represent it's members and not political interests
Posted on 10/15/14 at 12:24 pm to wickowick
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Union enrollment plummets for Wisconsin teachers under tough law
Posted on 10/15/14 at 12:31 pm to deltaland
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With a choice, that means unions will be forced to represent it's members and not political interests
the HORROR!
Posted on 10/15/14 at 1:11 pm to WeeWee
I love it when middle class people blast evil unions. (Which helped create the middle class) It shows me that soon me and the other. 0001% ers will soon be not just controlling everything but de facto rulers of the world. Don't worry I will kill or enslave you guys last.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:10 pm to TutHillTiger
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I love it when middle class people blast evil unions. (Which helped create the middle class) It shows me that soon me and the other. 0001% ers will soon be not just controlling everything but de facto rulers of the world. Don't worry I will kill or enslave you guys last.
I love it when people lump trade unions in with the professional government slug employee unions.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:17 pm to Jake88
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A victory for freedom.
This.
For choice except when I am against choice.
Let these teachers have control over their own choice for (or not for) labor representation.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 2:49 pm to TutHillTiger
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I love it when middle class people blast evil unions. (Which helped create the middle class) It shows me that soon me and the other. 0001% ers will soon be not just controlling everything but de facto rulers of the world. Don't worry I will kill or enslave you guys last.
I love it when people embarrass themselves on the Internet by trying to sound rich.
No one (save the occasional wealthy social retard) in the .0001% goes around broadcasting it.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 3:15 pm to TutHillTiger
The unions were created originally because the modern corporation was in its infancy and did not understand that their employees were their greatest asset. Those workers had no choice but to band together to improve working conditions and be taken more seriously by management. Now laws exist to create safe working conditions and the unions now only exist to a) exhort the corporation into non-competitiveness and b) protect the weakest players at the expense of the strongest.
In a union, the best employee suffers and must take lower pay to comply with the collective bargaining agreement so that the worst employee can remain employment at way too high a rate. It is mirroriing communinism in that regard - from each according to his abilities and to each each according to his needs. In the absence of said union, the shitty, lazy employee would be fired, the good employees would be better compensated, all employees would have more incentive to work harder and earn more, and the company would be stronger and more competitive as a result. Regarding government employees and teachers, replace profits with efficiency and effectiveness.
In a union, the best employee suffers and must take lower pay to comply with the collective bargaining agreement so that the worst employee can remain employment at way too high a rate. It is mirroriing communinism in that regard - from each according to his abilities and to each each according to his needs. In the absence of said union, the shitty, lazy employee would be fired, the good employees would be better compensated, all employees would have more incentive to work harder and earn more, and the company would be stronger and more competitive as a result. Regarding government employees and teachers, replace profits with efficiency and effectiveness.
Posted on 10/15/14 at 3:25 pm to TutHillTiger
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Don't worry I will kill or enslave you guys last.
Will we still be forced to join a union?
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