Bfgrn
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Yes. Management. Politicians elected to represent the public. The public is NOT being represented at the negotiating table. Up until now there has been no incentive for politicians to negotiate, keeping in mind the taxpayers. That is coming to an end.
Again, there are no similarities between private sector and public sector negotiations.
When one says' Don't blame the workers, blame the politicians", they are missing the most important point of this issue. That is the fact that the people responsible for paying the bills have no say in the process.
Empty propaganda. For 52 years the State of Wisconsin has collectively bargained with public unions. The results:
Are Public Employees Overpaid?
Walker has said that the labor changes are necessary because Wisconsins local and state employees havent made the same sacrifices during the Great Recession as private sector workers.
Walker glossed over the fact that state employees had eight unpaid furlough days in 2009 and 2010, which saved the state $121 million, and their wages have been flat for years.
He also forgot to mention that when he was Milwaukee County executive, members of the largest county employee union took 26 unpaid furlough days in 2010, or one unpaid day off for every two-week pay perioda 10% pay cut. Theyll have 26 unpaid days off this year, too, as a result of Walkers final county budget. (The employees at the Shepherd Express, a private sector company, did not have any wage decreases or forced furlough days.)
So is Walker correct when he says that public employees are making more than their counterparts in the private sector?
The short answer is no, according to a new study by the national nonpartisan Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which found that Wisconsins state and local employees earn 4.8% less per hour in total compensation than their peers in the private sector. That number jumps to 25% for college-educated employees. EPI found that, on average, Wisconsins public employees with a bachelors degree earn $61,668 in total compensation; their peers working for private employers earn $82,134 in wages and benefits.
And although Gov. Scott Walker is earning $144,423 as a public sector employee with some college education, his pay package is not typical. Public sector employees who attended college but did not earn a diploma earn an average $46,707 in wages and benefits, while those in the private sector earn 7% more, or $50,324, EPI found.
and still with all the days off, the state's taxpayers still are unable to afford the public workers.
So those services are no longer needed. Great...why educate children, parents can handle that. Why do hospitals need nurses, a fucking patient should know how to start their own IV. And neighbors can all pitch in and shovel the snow off theirs streets, gather up their garbage and take it to the dump. Problems solved...