AB 644, the presumption bill for infectious diseases, was reported out of its Assembly Committee and now moves to the full Assembly for action. The Senate Labor Committee will take up its companion bill, SB 429, in hearing on 2/9.
What all this means is that eligible employees in protective occupations should contact their State Assembly and Senate representatives to urge quick passage of these bills. On a more negative note, AB 634, giving us the right to bargain for protective status for employees in Correctional or other secure facilities has gotten hung up in Committee. It is being stalled not just by Republicans, but because the Wisconsin Counties Association has put a full court press on Democrats, who are starting to jump off the bill as a result. Over the years, there has been a lot of interest in this issue on the part of correctional food service workers, administrative support and social services workers in correctional facilities. Now is the time for these workers to make their issues known to legislators.
If we cannot even pass a simple bill allowing us to bargain, we will never be successful in enumerating specific classes in the protective occupational status retirement system.
Friday, February 5, 2010
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