Keep getting the facts out there !
They are not dismantling collective bargaining. Public employees are not losing their rights.  They can still negotiate salaries, and they can still be a member of the union IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
-The proposed changes would cost the average state employee an additional $1,560 per year for family coverage, but the amount they would pay ($2,496) would still be significantly less than the $3,875 average premium contribution at large private?sector employers in southeastern Wisconsin.
-There will be NO IMPACT TO CURRENT EMPLOYEES.
-The Assembly version of the bill requires that local units of government also establish a civil service system and any grievance procedure must contain a) a grievance procedure that addresses employee terminations; b) employee discipline; and c) workplace safety.
-Governor Walker’s budget repair bill contains no furlough days and he has promised his 2011-13 budget will not contain any either.  While existing furlough days put into place by Governor Doyle will still have to be carried out, once July 1, 2011 occurs state workers will be getting back what is the rough equivalent of 3% of their pay back.  This will help offset some of the additional costs of pension and state health insurance increases.

The thugs have declared war on our way of government – who will run the state, our elected officials or the union mafia?

What is so disturbing is that the communist poison has sunk so deep into so many crevices of government. We thought we won the cold war, but in fact it just went underground within our own system.

The good thing is the RATS are exposed. It’s time to root out the poison.