Friday 2/11/2011
Gov. Scott Walker announces his plan to extract benefit concessions and eliminate collective bargaining for most public employees as part of his "budget repair bill."
One year ago today, the bomb was dropped on our state. Little did we know what scheming plans the new governor had for Wisconsin and how detrimental they would be. Though the unions had already conceded the benefits, the legislature rammed through legislation that undid 50+ years of labor history for our state. We spent every weekend driving to and from Madison to peacefully protest and though we have had several small victories this past year (recall Sen. Kapanke, elect new Sen. Shilling, collect 1million signatures to recall Gov. Walker) we have a long road a head and much work still to be done.
