Hmm...I doubt that the governmental entities have anything to do with union dues for teachers in private schools. That will bear thinking about.
I think it's totally unreasonable to assume that all or even most of the 60% of teachers who stayed at work like the bill. What they usually assume about letters (snail mail, anyway) written to governmental officials is that there are at least 10 people who agree with each letter who were too lazy to actually write. I would think that would be even more true of going out to stand in the cold in a Wisconsin winter day--much less days, or days and nights.
And there. have been protests in other Wisconsin cities too, that mostly haven't been covered by even the local press. I drove through a huge one in downtown Milwaukee that wasn't even mentioned in the local press.
If the union bosses had been abusing their power, which I admit is possible, I didn't see union or non-union people marching in the street about that here, not even in good weather. Nor do I remember my union or non-union friends complaining about the teachers' union, or the other unions of public employees.
In contrast, I do remember many of them complaining about the power and actions of the government.
Sure, both sides deserve a say. But even when a counter-demonstration at the Capitol was announced on all the TV news channels two days in advance, the pro-Walker turnout was low.
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Date: 2011-03-02 01:57 pm (UTC)I think it's totally unreasonable to assume that all or even most of the 60% of teachers who stayed at work like the bill. What they usually assume about letters (snail mail, anyway) written to governmental officials is that there are at least 10 people who agree with each letter who were too lazy to actually write. I would think that would be even more true of going out to stand in the cold in a Wisconsin winter day--much less days, or days and nights.
And there. have been protests in other Wisconsin cities too, that mostly haven't been covered by even the local press. I drove through a huge one in downtown Milwaukee that wasn't even mentioned in the local press.
If the union bosses had been abusing their power, which I admit is possible, I didn't see union or non-union people marching in the street about that here, not even in good weather. Nor do I remember my union or non-union friends complaining about the teachers' union, or the other unions of public employees.
In contrast, I do remember many of them complaining about the power and actions of the government.
Sure, both sides deserve a say. But even when a counter-demonstration at the Capitol was announced on all the TV news channels two days in advance, the pro-Walker turnout was low.