Wisconsin's local governments never asked to end collective bargaining, as Scott Walker contends

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Source: ISTHMUS


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But local governments and school officials have asked for no such thing."Our position is we've sought significant modifications in bargaining laws, but we've never sought to eliminate collective bargaining rights," says Miles Turner, executive director of the Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators.

In fact, the association, which represents almost all of the state's 424 school districts, doesn't want to do away with collective bargaining.

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Officials representing associations of municipalities and counties similarly say while they have asked for more flexibility in contract negotiations, they've never asked for collecting bargaining to be scrapped.
"The governor gave us a great deal more flexibility than we asked for," says Dan Thompson, executive director of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities, which represents 190 cities and 393 villages.


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Similarly, the Wisconsin Counties Association has asked for more power, but not to the extent Walker has proposed, says executive director Mark D. O'Connell. Since the early ‘90s, the association has advocated the elimination of binding arbitration in negotiations and increased employee contributions to health insurance. O'Connell says his membership took those positions in the early ‘90s "thinking that it would be done in the context of collective bargaining."


Smoking Gun. LIAR. IMPEACH HIM!
http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=32392



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[nadinbrzezinski]

1. More and more are coming out

he is overplayed his hand.

[liberal N proud]

2. He is republican so you expect every thing he says to be lies

Whenever a republicans lips are moving, they are lying.

[ingac70]

3. Significant modifications, huh?

They see it won't end well for Gov. Douchebag so they are backtracking. WTF was Wisconsin thinking during elections last fall?

[ewagner]

4. League made specific recommendations

http://www.lwm-info.org/vertical/Sites/%7B92F7D640-E25A-4317-90AD-4976378A8F8D%7D/uploads/%7B92DD37C5-3FE3-47F2-A36D-39651FEEC2A9%7D.PDF

click on the link above and you'll see what they asked the Joint Finance Committee to do with regard to changes in the Binding Arbitration Law. It wasn't anywhere near what Walker is proposing.

[Viking12]

5. Yep. I talked to my mayor on Saturday, he mentioned how cooperative the union had been

The mayor added that they've been very creative in developing money saving programs and procedures.

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6. Very Cool.

[glinda]

7. Scott Walker is a liar.

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8. kick

[Critters2]

9. K&R nt

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10. kick

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11. .