Wisconsin Judge Puts Hold on Law Limiting Union Bargaining

Idiot, the current real estate market collapse and subsequent bank failure were the work of Barney Frank and Mr Dodd who insisited people who could not afford mortgages be given them with a government guarantee from Freddie and Fannie. Then Senator Obama voted for this act three times and praised it mightily because he thought it was going to help his community action organization ACORN. FYI the president does not enact law in the REPUBLIC of the United States-Genius.

What in the world are we comming to. This has nothing to do with republicans or democrats, it is political power.I don't belive there is anything wrong with orginized labor, but it requires responsibility in both parties, labor and management. So many people belive that there is a free lunch and someone else should pay for it. Get real people, labor is the hired help, nothing else. You are paid what you are worth or you would be paid more. Someone has to own the comkpany and make a profit even with all the other problems involved. If you think you are worth more, work harder, be more productive than your neighbor, and be an asset to your employer. If you are that good, the competitor will hire you at more value and the wages go up. Get real people, you can't steal from your employer until he go's broke and them blame them for your loss. Think about it.

The Wisconsin law was about unions of government employees NOT about unions in the private sector.. And rightfully so. Tax payers pay ALL things government, and that means they damn sure do have the right to a say about how tax dollars are spent. Also, folks that claim Republican roots for all things evil tend to forget that the Democrats have been in control for decades, INCLUDING the last two years of the Bush era. Polls can be made to say anything depending on how the question is worded (asked). Get a life, and not on my tax dollars..

Do you really think the republicans care about the working middle class? They only care about big corporations, big oil companies, big banks etc. Look to see where the money for the republican party campaigns comes from. Follow the money trail it never lies. Ask yourself which party gave us social security ( which we pay for by the way) medicare & medicaid which our seniors desperately need, civil rights legislation, womens rights etc? Read your history instead of listening to fox. The republicans are playing the poor tea party folks for a bunch of fools. They will never change their stripes and when they're done with their union busting they will be coming after the rest of the poor working middle class people. Listen to what they want to do "privatize social security, raise the retirement age to 72 or 75, turn medicare and medicaid into a voucher program, eliminate benefits for our vets" They're not even hiding it, they say it right out loud for all of us to hear. When the middle class is gone there will only be the rich bankers, corporate big shots, wall street brokers, real estate magnates and oil tycoons and the working poor with no pensions, no unions, no healthcare insurance and no social security. Don't worry though we can all work at Walmart or McDonals until we're 75, standing on our feet for 8 hours a day for 9.00 an hour. Good Luck with that retirement dream.

reply to tnickerson08: What you suggest is that no one would pay union dues unless or until they needed the union to help them. Doesn't work that way. Just like auto or health insurance - you can't decide to purchase it after you have an accident or health issue. There are a lot of union members who complain until the company does something that effects them and then they all expect the union's help.

I'll give up my union card when you pry it from my cold dead hand!

whats the matter with these people having to be like the working class people who have to put in there own money to a pension if they can even get in one or contribute to a 401k like the average joe or try to pay for there own health insurance like every other working class person has to instead of the government having to put it in for them its time for people to get off there lazy rear ends and start working for a living instead of waiting for the government to take of them

What's right is right. This governor is a bully and should be repealled . The people put a Republican in office and see what they got. They deserve every thing he throws at them. Since when does a Republican support the middle class?. Everything they do supports the wealthy and big coorporations. Just take a look at the historical record, this isn't opinion it's fact. Wake up people this isn't about unions, it's all about representation. Who is representing the interests of the majority and who is representing speical interests. If you can't see it, your blind.

The media keeps calling this "limiting union bargining rights" but what are they? 1) that employee's can opt-out of the union; if the unions have the right to association then shouldn't the employee's have the right to dis-associate? 2) the State will no longer collect union dues from the employee's paychecks. I guess the union is worried about them opting-out if they see how much money they are paying the union month after month?

Just like there are bad teachers whose priorities are themselves and not the student, there are judges who follow the same rule