tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595404115121834255.post600839879937125529..comments2024-03-28T03:24:05.678-04:00Comments on NAKED KEYNESIANISM: Unintended Consequence of Austerity America - Union Rep Share Grew in Private SectorMatias Vernengohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521604894748538215noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8595404115121834255.post-73083819487560909822014-02-10T12:52:04.153-05:002014-02-10T12:52:04.153-05:00The key issue in Wisconsin appeared to be Gov. Wal...The key issue in Wisconsin appeared to be Gov. Walker's rejection of collective bargaining, this was not the most important issue. The key issue was that the state would no longer collect Union dues. If the Unions had to collect their own dues, some workers might decide to invest their money otherwise and not pay the union. The Union dues typically pay for donations to Democratic candidates and the Union bureaucracy. The reasoning from Walker's view is that if the public workers give less to their union, the union will not be able to protect their jobs, the administration will be able to hate the 'worker' more effectively and drive some of them out. This will reduce pension expenditures. If the citizenry begin to believe that the public sector workers are ineffective then the Republicans can outsource the public sector jobs to their own corporations. The Republicans want a State-Corporate funnel of public monies whereas the Democratics want a State-governed public sector, not a privatized government.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04963234454011751483noreply@blogger.com