Like debergerac I also grew up in the north-east where it was routinely the Democrats who were screwing over minorities and the poor. In my opinion it is the political establishment in general that is corrupt.
Forget about Republicans and Democrats, people in general do things for petty selfish reasons.
As for the specific topic of your original post. My (admitedly limited) experiance with unions has been prdominantly negative. My mother was a teacher who had very liitle polite to say about the local Teachers Union. Likewise when I entered the workforce as an EMT I had a lot of dealings with Police and Firefighter Union reps who were more concerned with safe-guarding thier own position than actually representing the interests of thier members.
Forgive me if I find it difficult to muster a great deal of concern.
Do you honestly believe that the Wisconsin State Legislature will be able to stop disgruntled workers from organizing or that a minor loss of funding for the Dems will result in a single party system a la the Soviet Union? Because frankly I don't buy it.
Power corrupts...
Forget about Republicans and Democrats, people in general do things for petty selfish reasons.
As for the specific topic of your original post. My (admitedly limited) experiance with unions has been prdominantly negative. My mother was a teacher who had very liitle polite to say about the local Teachers Union. Likewise when I entered the workforce as an EMT I had a lot of dealings with Police and Firefighter Union reps who were more concerned with safe-guarding thier own position than actually representing the interests of thier members.
Forgive me if I find it difficult to muster a great deal of concern.
Do you honestly believe that the Wisconsin State Legislature will be able to stop disgruntled workers from organizing or that a minor loss of funding for the Dems will result in a single party system a la the Soviet Union? Because frankly I don't buy it.