The Real Job Loses in Wisconsin

After Act 10 went into effect the Union came around and tried to get teachers to sign up for Dues deductions form their checking account. A friend of mine told me that after the meeting several teachers were talking and wondering if the Union rep was selling the Union or the fact that if they didn't sign up he would be out of a job. He did not give them a reason to join the Union that would benefit them. In fact some teachers found some professional groups that would provide the liability insurance and legal help for less that half of a month of the Union dues. The membership is getting fed up with the high salaries of Union Leaders. In this school the area Union rep was paid more than the highest paid Superintendent of School, they had a car provided, 100% Health Insurance, dental Insurance, Retirement, and Legal Services. They are salaried but get either comp time or pay if they work more than 8 hours in a day and ar not docked if they take off for personal or medical apt. The members are fed up with paying for this when other teachers are getting laid off and the Union does nothing to prevent that. I think if the schools negotiate in good faith the Unions will have a tough time making a come back.

Bob, what is the difference between a union head making six figures and a superintendent? The union boss probably isn't double dipping like the superintendent is. These people may be mad about the union bosses making all of that money, but look at all of the double dippers out there, and if it wasn't for those union bosses they wouldn't have as good as they do. Like I said, we will see how this works out for those that leave the union.

Bob, do you have any friends that own businesses there? I work for a company that is run by all far right wingers, but they say one thing often: Don't bite the hand that feeds you!!! That means if you are dealing with cities and they cut their budgets and you are supplying them, than that could mean trouble for you. If these teachers make less that means they will have less money to spend on eating out, vacations, all of the excesses that good paying jobs supply. Not to mention if they don't make a living wage they will be working a second job which takes away from the job pool. This is really about politics, and power. Once you realize that you will be better off Bob!!!

With Governor Walker winning in Wisconsin we may see more Gov. willing to take on the Unions and take back control over the cost of Public employees. In Wisconsin Union membership has dropped dramatically after the employers no longer collected the Dues for the Unions but made the Union collect the Dues from the people. Union membership has fallen by as much as 50% in some Unions. Members are voting with their Dues and not paying them.

I stayed up late to watch the results. And I live in Missouri. lol I have no respect for the unions, and I grew up in a family that voted democrat. My brother in law made a couple of million (yes Million) running two companies, one a land development company and one a contruction company. This resession ruined him. And now he and my sister are in their seventies with barely enough to live. Unions helped make that happen. They weren't the main cause, but he has told me some horror stories of the years he spent dealing with them. Having been an employer of thousands, he knows. He came up through the ranks and he treated his employees well. But it didn't matter to the union bosses, he was the 'enemy' and they took him down. How is that right in any way?