Federal workers thrive without collective bargaining

 Chris Wodke

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There have been plenty of protests here in Wisconsin about the provisions of Governor Walkers budget repair. There is a recall effort because of the loss of collective bargining.

 There have been assertions of union busting and that Walker is attacking the middle class.  President Obama pronounced the legislation “An assault on our unions”.

The legislation was actually quite mild.  Governor Mitch Daniels in Indiana de-certified their public employee unions with an executive order. States such as Ohio and Tennessee are pondering reductions in union bargaining.  The legislation in Wisconsin and these states puts our public sector unions more in line with the bargaining ability of federal workers.

Federal workers have not been hurt by limited bargaining powers. They still out earn their private sector co-workers for the same jobs by an average of $7000.  Federal workers also average $30,000 in benefits on average compared to the $7000 earned on average in the private sector.

The federal government also does not collect union dues or force employees to join the union.  Membership and payment of dues is voluntary. The employees still benefit from any agreement reached by the union.  Wisconsin would no longer collect union dues and employees would not be forced to join the union. This puts Wisconsin in line with the federal system.

The reason the unions are so opposed to these changes is most federal workers choose not to join the union. The unions lose all their dues monies.   Unions give mostly to democratic campaigns, so this will leave a lot of cash out of democratic coffers. Any wonder why the 14 democratic state legislators fled the State of Wisconsin during the battle over the budget repair bill.

This fight is not about representing the rights of workers or taking care of the middle class. The unions in Wisconsin have shown they have been willing to sacrifice union jobs to retain their own money and power.

Union leadership is paid for at the federal level. There is just no union dues money to spread around.   Workers also can bring issue to a federal review panel, so they have workplace protections.

There is lots of money at stake in this fight. The Census showed there were 3.8 million state employees and 11.1 million government employees nationwide. Unions want that dues money. It means power, influence and jobs with lavish salaries for union leaders.

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