I was a shop steward with the IAM&AW many years ago and, under the same circumstances, I would have gone in the very next year and negotiated to have the state pay all of my retirement and health insurance.DAMN!!! How about stripping them of their right to collective bargaining which had NOTHING to do with supposedly "saving" union jobs?
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They still have the collective bargaining rights for wages.
The alternative to having public union workers contribute a small amount for their pension and health care was to layoff 2500 teachers. This was necessary to balance the state budget.
Do all union members prefer laying off their fellow dues paying members to investing in their OWN retirement and paying a pittance for their OWN healthcare?
And guess what? They AGREED to increased contributions. Try and keep up.
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That is EXACTLY what the Wi Public Unions would have done as well.