Saturday, February 26, 2011
"Walker asking for same bargaining flexibility Obama has"
Do you need some enlightening? Then try this.
And don't expect the national news media to even mention it...
And don't expect the national news media to even mention it...
Christian Schneider began his post at WISpolitics.com with this:
"Steven Malanga pointed out in an interview with the WPRI’s Christian Schneider Wednesday that federal workers do not have the right to bargain for wages or benefits – a fact that allowed President Barack Obama to impose a public-sector wage freeze.
'Federal workers do not have the right to bargain collectively for either benefits or wages,' said Malanga. '(Wisconsin Gov. Scott) Walker would only take away that right to bargain for benefits. The president has already exercised his power over federal workers when he imposed a wage freeze on them earlier this year, something that was prominently reported. By contrast, governors in states with collective bargaining cannot impose a wage freeze. And this has really limited the ability not only of governors but mayors and county executives.'
Obama recently called the effort to scale back collective bargaining rights in Wisconsin an 'assault' on unions. "
