Pro-Walker Troopers Union Repudiates Endorsement in Wisconsin

[MadBadger]

Tensions remained high in Wisconsin on Sunday as Gov. Scott Walker (R) remained in a standoff with state public employees unions and Democratic legislators over a proposal that would not only require greater employee contributions to state benefits packages but also strip state employees of most of their collective bargaining and union rights.

In one development, one of the unions that did support Walker in the 2010 election, the Wisconsin Law Enforcement Association (and would benefit from his plan)-- has released a statement repudiating the union's endorsement.

"I specifically regret the endorsement of the Wisconsin Trooper's Association for Gov. Scott Walker," executive board president Tracy Fuller writes in a statement dated February 16. "I regret the governor's decision to 'endorse' the troopers and inspectors of the Wisconsin State Patrol. I regret being the recipient of any of the perceived benefits provided by the governor's anointing. I think everyone's job and career is just as significant as the others. Everyone's family is just as valuable as mine or any other persons, especially mine. Everyone's needs are just as valuable. We are all great people!!"

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/labor-pains-pro-walker-troopers-union-repudiates-endorsement-in-wisconsin.php

[madmax]

1. Excellent!! nt

[tabatha]

2. Divide and conquer did not work.

[jaysunb]

3. Recall is gaining ground...

I know it's more than a year before possible, but the stage is being set. :party:

[cascadiance]

13. +∞

+ ∞

[w8liftinglady]

4. Yes! Don't 'f" with my brothers and sisters.. we still have it in us!

[gateley]

5. Man, the WORLD is on a roll! WooHoo! nt

[Ellipsis]

6. You have to read what he's posted on the WLEA site.

http://www.wlea.org/

Are we like the slaves, in that we can’t really see that we are all the same in Governor’s eyes, and he only sees us as things that fulfill his purpose of turning the state employees into workers on the big plantation, with no rules other than those conjured up by the overseers as the event occurs?

Do we really see one as being better than the other because of what we think the perception of the Governor is regarding any of us? This is a ridiculous mindset we are in the process of developing as we enter into this holocaustic era. Many of us are committing career suicide at the prospect of losing what we all have worked for; in the end we will have helped the Governor get rid of Currently Employed Unionized State Workers, which is his ultimate goal. Acting the way we are helps destroy our Union, which is his ultimate goal. Acting the way we are right now helps him kill us all, without doing much of anything other than talk about it. Everyone is threatened.

I did an interview on Monday with a reporter from the Capitol Times, out of urging from some our members hysterical about all of the budget proposal uproar. During the interview I went into detail about every local regarding the affect of the budget proposal would have. I mentioned every job group by position. I talked about the endorsement of the Trooper’s Association. I talked about what it meant to me, and our union as a whole. There are blogs on the Cap. Times website attached to that same article just as hostile and hateful towards the Troopers and Inspectors, as our own members have been to each other. That interview is regrettable in many ways, what thankless effort.

http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/crime_and_courts/blog/article_056546c2-388b-11e0-8f1e-001cc4c03286.html



One need also understand the the "Wisconsin State Troopers association" are the lobbyists for the union.

[CatWoman]

7. catdaddy has been set out to dry, all by himself

the answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind :)

[SaveAmerica]

8. The people, united

[FBaggins]

9. Gotta wonder why they endorsed him in the first place.

n/t

[progressoid]

10. Damn you Sarah Palin.

Every time I see the word "repudiate", I think of you butchering our language.

[Enthusiast]

11. K&R nt

[chowhound]

12. that's great, now however

damage is kinda done aleady isnt it?