Thousands of pro-labor protesters undeterred by the success of
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's plan to cut public workers' collective
bargaining rights marched at the state's Capitol on Saturday, vowing
to refocus their fight on future elections.
Walker signed the plan into law Friday, capping a week of political
maneuvering that brought a swift end to a standoff that saw tens of
thousands of demonstrators converge on the state's capitol and 14
Democratic senators flee to Illinois in an ultimately failed attempt
to block the legislation.
Throngs of protesters gathered Saturday outside a convention center
where 13 of the senators made their first public appearance in Madison
since ending their self-imposed exile, yelling "Fab 14, our heroes!"
Before marching around the Capitol with demonstrators, Senator Spencer
Coggs of Milwaukee said Walker had forced Republicans into "walking
the plank" by passing the law. He and the others said they also
planned to shift their energies toward recall efforts already under
way against eight GOP colleagues.
Some of the Democrats also are facing recall efforts.
Today a friend gave me his thoughts on the Unions vs Wisconsin: The
majority of middle class private sectors might say they support the
unionized public sector workers, but behind closed doors they see the
issue in a much different light. The private sector workers have to
pay their wages via taxes for the unionized public sector workers and
their unions' bosses. Also, public sector administrators don't mind
higher wages for public sector workers because the rule of wage
compaction: Administrator must be paid a certain or specific
percentage higher. He went on to say, "In the public sector,
incompetency is not an issue no matter how poorly work is performed."
My friend didn't anything about incompetent legislators. :)
DCI.