CatholicVote: Wisconsin gets it. Let’s hope the rest figure it out.

Again, this is not about opposition to organized labor. Unions have done great good for society and workers and labor conditions over the last 100 or so years.
But the goings-on in Wisconsin show us the difference between organized private sector labor and organized public sector labor.

Scott Walker and the Wisconsin took drastic steps to prevent a fiscal crisis. A significant part of that required changing the rules on what can and cannot be included in collective bargaining agreements for public sector contracts.

Remember: those are the ones where the parties bargaining with one another are divvying up tax dollars. The politician (management) is supposed to be the good steward of the public money (i.e., your and my tax dollars). The workers’ negotiators are trying to get the best deal for their workers. So far so good. The problem comes when the politicians realize that they will get more of that sweet, sweet milk of political life—campaign contributions (from Big Labor)—if they demonstrate greater willingness to give the unions more of what they want—your and my tax dollars.

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