"When you push a person to the corner and there's no escape, he'll push back," Beil warned following a news conference in which a string of union employees urged lawmakers to approve contracts negotiated with the Doyle administration. Beil accused Walker of picking up tips on "corporate extortion" used by Harley-Davidson, Mercury Marine and others to force major wage and benefit concessions with union employees with threats to move their jobs elsewhere if they didn't comply. He also accused him of political grandstanding for demanding a 10-day delay in a vote, saying he voted to approve contracts while in the Assembly on a one-day turnaround.
He said Walker has shown more hostility toward state employees than any of the eight governors he's worked with and said Walker didn't bother to respond to a letter he sent congratulating him on his win and asking to meet with him. He wouldn't speculate on how negotiations would go with Walker if the 2009-11 contracts carry over to his administration or what the union's approach would be, declaring of the agreements reached with the Doyle administration "a deal is a deal." Walker spokesman Cullen Werwie declined to directly address Beil's criticism, writing in an e-mail, "Governor-elect Walker remains committed to finding ways to reduce spending while still providing core government services." Beil also had a warning for Dem lawmakers, promising retribution if they decide to go Christmas shopping rather than coming in to approve the contracts. Beil didn't specify what kind of consequences they could face. "We're just saying do your job," Beil said.
Source: WisPolitics.com
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This is what it is all about!
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_labor_issues_and_events
Do we really want to go back to this, we will if unions are eliminated as Walker desires. The problem is not the workers or the unions; it is the wasteful spending, misuse of tax money, and GOVERNMENT FRAUD. Report ALL FRAUD, it could save your job. Show Walker the REAL Truth behind the problem.
"When you push a person to the corner and there's no escape, he'll push back," - Marty Beil
ReplyDeleteExcellent! So now you understand! As a wisconsin taxpayer, Marty boy, one of many who PAY YOUR WAY, Walker's "plan" is me pushing back on you and your buds.
I'm sick of you and your ungrateful socialist thugs theiving my money, effectively forcing me pay for TWO sets of health care plans and retirements.
I'm done with this situation Marty boy.
Now you get to pay your own way buddy ... just like I have to ...just like all us non-union wisconsin taxpayers have to.
Here's a thought: Use some of your 160-grand-a-year to pay your own way ... and maybe some of mine too for a change!