Fast Tube by Casper
A Republican state senator heading to work today in Madison, WI. Meanwhile, the 14 Democratic state senators continue to subvert democracy by hiding out in neighboring Illinois to prevent quorum — and a vote — in the Wisconsin senate.
Remember, federal employees have none of the “rights” over which Wisconsin public employees are demonstrating. President Carter disallowed collective bargaining among public employees with the Civil Service Reform Act. FDR opposed the practice, too.
It’s time that President Obama and the Democratic Party called back their dogs in Madison. Someone is going to get hurt, and that’s not going to help anyone.
Sorry, this doesn’t hold water, Bill. All CSRA did is create a larger alphabet soup of agencies, the OPM that kind of thing. Federal employees have been barred from striking since 1955 (that would be your friend Ike).
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:wICLL_R0ZwMJ:employerslawyer.blogspot.com/2007/03/new-spring-in-labor-and-employment-law.html+5+U.S.C.+(Supp.+III+1956)+118p&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com
Here’s another good piece on the subject of Collective Bargaining, from the horses mouth…
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GiDaIiryGHYJ:www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/amworkerconclusion.htm+history+of+%22collective+bargaining%22+in+America&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com