I find it the height of hypocrisy that the person who was responsible for bringing truth in sentencing to Wisconsin, the biggest budget-busting initiative in state history, is railing against state spending.
Governor-elect Scott Walker, like his idol from Indiana (Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels), clearly believes in rhetorical responses and misdirection for his approach to fixing Wisconsin's budget (such as his attack on state workers) rather than longstanding approaches.
In this, he obviously will have Wisconsin's Legislature as an accomplice. Demagogues, such as the Fitzgerald brothers, will grab the headlines, and Wisconsin citizens will be left holding the bag.
John Kies
Waupun
SEPAC Note:
John Kies is a member of AFSCME Council 24 Local 18 and is presently serving on the State Employees Political Action Committee.
This opinion appeared in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on 12/21/2010.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/112280669.html
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The freaking sick leave abuse is outrageous, lazy, inattentive employee's shielded, not just defended, by zealot stewards have created a mess. Wake up WSEU, before it's to late. Two dozen CO's in every prison cause 90% of the problems and do 1% of the work. They give all a black eye and wouldn't survive a week in a private sector job.
ReplyDeleteIts called the "Duty of Fair Representation". By law, the Union is required to represent ALL workers who file a union grievance. It's not a choice, it's the law.
ReplyDeleteI will say though, through a extensive Union process created by the Assistant Director of AFSCME Council 24 and the field staff who handle grievances on behalf of the local unions within their respective district's there is more stringent guidelines for grievances that are taken to Arbitration.
This process however, does not eliminate the legal requirement to follow the law with regards to the "Duty of Fair Representation" at steps 1 and 2 of the grievance process.