Worth a Read: Wisconsin’s Warning to Union Busters

August 11, 2011

From the New York Times on the Wisconsin recall elections:

“Mr. Walker and his colleagues tried to paint the unions as unwilling to sacrifice a bit of their pensions and health benefits in rough fiscal times. It was heartening to see more than 160,000 Wisconsin voters reject that false notion. The unions had already agreed to significant concessions on both; what the Republicans really wanted was to break their organizing ability by ending bargaining on anything except wages and limiting raises to inflation.

“Tuesday’s vote proved that the unions and the middle-class voters who support them remain a potent force…. Voters around the country who oppose the widespread efforts to undermine public unions — largely financed by corporate interests — should draw strength from Tuesday’s success not discouragement.”

Read the complete editorial here: Wisconsin’s Warning to Union Busters.