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18 Feb, 2011

No compromise

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Unions agree to concessions on their benefits if Walker agrees not to take away their collective bargaining rights. A union director:

We are prepared to implement the financial concessions proposed to help bring our state’s budget into balance, but we will not be denied our God-given right to join a real union . . . we will not – I repeat we will not – be denied our rights to collectively bargain.

Walker refuses to compromise because collective bargaining prevents the flexibility governments need to manage their budgets.

It doesn’t work. My goal all along has been to give all these folks – I asked for it in the past – the tools to control their own budgets . . . I know as a (former) local official, collective bargaining time and time again was the thing that stood in the way of local governments and school districts being able to manage their budgets. Let’s not kid ourselves. The reality is, it’s about the money.

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