Thursday, February 17, 2011

Union Busting

This is not the post I had intended to blog about my intentions were to post only Black History events and things of that nature during Black History Month, but the shit has hit the fan here in Wisconsin. I will make this quick being that I'm suppose to be sitting in my classroom even though there are no students in attendance. The Governor of this state has issue a Budget Repair Bill and this shit includes busting up unions including the Teacher's Union (I'm a current member). The man has casted a personal attack on all workers in this state he is trying to eliminate the rights of public workers.

The photo above is what the Capitol Rotunda has looked like for the past three days. Schools have been closed due to the fact that teachers including myself called in sick yesterday and some today. I was sick yesterday I had Futuritis ( I could not commit to the bullshit the Governors Budget Repair Kit offered) so I called in sick and hit the protest lines out front of the Capitol.

Primarily his plans would bust up unions, cost all of us more for health care and we would have to contribute more to our pensions. This will not work for many of us being that we are at our personal budget limits already, hell I don't make any money as it is and if it weren't for some of the benefits I would rather pan handle because it has got to be more profitable than my teaching income minus the rewards of teaching. I need to have collective bargaining and the students need to have the best teachers available, but he doesn't seem to recognize the importance. The man has threatened to call in the National Guards if State, County and Municipal decided to strike. I've got my picket sign and I'm ready to go!

4 comments:

Curious said...

I've been hearing about this on NPR. It's strange how when Republicans get into to power during hard times the first thing want to do is discard all agreements and turn back the clock to a time when ordinary people had no say in the way their own lives would be run.

Curious said...

Oh and like Public Enemy said, "Fight the Power."

Chet said...

Curious: Rev Jesse Jackson showed up earlier today to speak at the Capitol. I couldn't believe the response he got, you could hear a pin drop when he spoke followed by the song "We shall Overcome."

Curious said...

It's good to see the good reverend getting back to his roots by following the footsteps of Dr. King.