Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Governor Walker

[highplainsdem]

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Union Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges Against Governor Walker

The Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24, files unfair labor practice charges against Governor Scott Walker.


Posted Monday, February 28, 2011 --- 11:55 a.m.

The following is a press release from Wisconsin State Employees Union AFSCME Council 24:

Title: Union files unfair labor practice charges against Gov. Walker

The administration of Gov. Scott Walker is breaking state law by failing to negotiate in good faith with state workers, according to charges filed today with the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission by the Wisconsin State Employees Union, AFSCME Council 24.

Since taking office, Walker has made no attempt to bargain with state employees as required by law. Even before taking office, Walker worked to scuttle a tentative agreement between the state and union members.

“This governor has never made any attempt to contact the unions he is attacking, much less negotiate in good faith as required by law,” said Council 24 Executive Director Marty Beil.

“Instead of trying to find real solutions to the challenges facing the state, the governor is attempting to dictate terms. This not only in ineffective, it’s against the law,” Beil said.

While Walker is trying to change the law to deny bargaining rights to 175,000 Wisconsin workers, he cannot ignore current law.

As they have every day since the governor created a state of crisis, public employees have made clear they are ready to agree to all of Walker’s concessions on wages, benefits and pensions.

Yet he continues to refuse to come to the negotiation table and insists on continuing his power grab to strip them of their collective bargaining rights. Not only is this a failure of leadership, it is against the law.

“It is time for the governor to be held accountable. He is ignoring the court of public opinion, with hundreds of thousands of peaceful protester and 74% of Wisconsin voters opposing his attacks on bargaining rights. If he continues to ignore the public, we have no choice but to turn to the courts,” Beil said.

To view the claim visit the following link: http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/WSEU-CBA-ULP.final.pdf

Quoted in full because it was a press release.


Here's the link to the AFL-CIO blog about this:

http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/02/28/afscme-members-file-unfair-labor-practice-complaint-against-walker/

[LisaM]

1. Good.,

I figured that this bill would be wide open to court challenges.

[liberal N proud]

2. Glad to see them move this way

[HereSince1628]

3. Ding...Use EVERY POSSIBLE avenue.

Confront, delay, reverse the assault!

[defendandprotect]

4. Walker should be in jail -- fined -- !! In fact, how is the GOP still in existence???

Remember 2008?

GOP was demolished --finished --

Obama breathed new life into the GOP with his "compromises" -- !!

[Skip_In_Boulder]

5. Recent Tweet Says ACLU may be taking action also.

AFLCIO AFL-CIO
RT @bluecheddar1: ACLU is seeking an injunction to permit public to freely enter Capitol

[highplainsdem]

6. Good news!

[Skip_In_Boulder]

7. Yep, we need to be going after these thugs on all fronts. n/t

[rbixby]

8. Since the house may have passed this bill illegally

might there be a way to throw that vote out as well and force the debate to open back up there?

How long can Walker hold out? It seems like the more he steps up the pressure, the more the people of his state ratchet things up. I guess he knows the significance of all this and doesn't want to go down in history as the one who went toe to toe with the unions and blinked. I don't think he's prepared to actually pull the trigger on his threats though. He's kind of forcing his own hand, if he doesn't follow through on these threats, he looks weak, if he does, he looks like he hates his constituents.

[highplainsdem]

9. kick