Several weeks ago, several scrappy little labor unions banded together against big brother out in Wisconsin. Support grew until thousands of protesters piled into Madison, the state capital, to protest the attack on the very life blood of unions everywhere. Governor Scott Walker might just have overplayed his hand.
Walker went after the public sector unions using the state budget crisis as a reason for draconian measures that held union members accountable for a higher percent of health care and pension contribution. The union conceded and then Walker tried to take collective bargaining away from them. Like the gambler, he couldn’t walk away from the table and now he has a tiger by the tail. The 14 Democrats are still self-sequestered away so a quorum is not possible. Thousands of people from other unions have joined in solidarity with the Wisconsin public employees. Read More
