Wisconsin Stops Withholding Unions Dues As Of Today

[bijou]

Guess what?  The Legislative Reference Bureau published the Wisconsin budget repair bill Friday, and as the law provides, the Governor is taking the position the law is in effect.

And he's stopped withholding union dues as of today, even though there are more court hearings tomorrow.  From JSOnline:

    Gov. Scott Walker's administration is no longer collecting dues on behalf of state unions and as of Sunday began charging employees more for health care and their pensions, even though nonpartisan legislative attorneys say the changes are not yet law.

    Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch said Monday administration attorneys have determined the law is now in effect. State workers will receive paychecks April 21 that reflect the changes, he said in a conference call with reporters.

    In addition to requiring state, local and school employees to pay more for their benefits, the measure ends most collective bargaining for public workers. The law also bars the state from charging dues to employees and passing them on to unions, as it has done for years.  ...

http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2011/03/wisconsin-stops-withholding-unions-dues.html

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Oops!

Some workers might suddenly enjoy the raise.

[thundley4]

Oops!

Some workers might suddenly enjoy the raise.

Until they have to pay the fines/penalties for not paying their dues. 

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Until they have to pay the fines/penalties for not paying their dues. 

Union Member: "I like the raise and don't like the strictures. Maybe what I want is an open-shop."

Bunny: 

[thundley4]

Union Member: "I like the raise and don't like the strictures. Maybe what I want is an open-shop."

Bunny: 

Too bad Wisconsin isn't a right to work state. The teacher's unions would go broke.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Too bad Wisconsin isn't a right to work state. The teacher's unions would go broke.

That's why I'm enjoying this particular development.

Give the workers a taste of life without their unions and suddenly the unions don't seem as necessary and perhaps even parasitic to the very workers they profess to serve.