State worker Paul Wright sees things differently. “He turned around and stabbed us in the back,” said Wright, a 24-year veteran of the state’s corrections office. He said he, like most corrections officers, voted for Walker. …. Since last July, Wright estimates he has made about $900 less a month because of increased pension and health care contributions…… Wright makes $26 an hour. That’s almost twice the average hourly pay for most state, county and municipal workers, according to Wisconsin’s state employees union, AFCSME Council 24.
A year after the uproar, labor protests continue in Wisconsin Michigan Radio
Thursday, February 2, 2012
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