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Reality check: Wisconsin unions have already agreed to major concessions

  • 02-23-2011
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Blog by Dana Goldstein/Lady Wonk

My comments section is happily overflowing with debate over Scott Walker and the Wisconsin union protests. I've noticed people seem to be most irked by the fact that public sector workers contribute so little to the cost of their health insurance compared to private sector workers. So I just want to point out that Wisconsin's unions have already agreed to $30 million in pay cuts and to increase their members' pension and insurance contributions. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: (more...)

Also: Huffington Post, AlterNet, Washington Post

 


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