Comrade Hansen's Name All Over This

From JSOnline and FoxPolitics.

On our way to communist control from the democrats and unions.

"UW staff could be assigned to unions

By Erica Perez of the Journal Sentinel

Posted: Jun. 25, 2009
State Budget
Following is the latest coverage of the 2009-'11 state budget process.

Thousands of currently unrepresented academic staffers at University of Wisconsin campuses could be assigned into existing unions - rather than having the chance to vote - under a provision included in the state budget, state officials say.

The 2009-'11 budget plan, awaiting a final agreement in Madison, would give UW faculty and academic staff the right to collectively bargain, meaning faculty and staff could vote to form bargaining units at different campuses.

But part of the language added by state Rep. Cory Mason (D-Racine), a former union lobbyist, and state Sen. Dave Hansen (D-Green Bay), gives the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission the express authority to assign some academic staff employees to appropriate unions without a vote."
UW staff could be assigned to unions - JSOnline

Here Jo tells us what the cost will be.

"Forget that right to decide. That’s done and over with for academic staff and research assistants.

OK. So how much will all this supposed collective bargaining cost taxpayers and tuition payers? Page 8 of the same LFB budget paper linked just above says increased costs not allowed for in the budget equal $2.2 million and 32 FTE’s. That’s just the cost for employees to manage the collective bargaining! – Approximately $1.5 million from state taxpayers and $0.7 million from university revenues.

And that $2.2 million doesn’t even start to cover any increases in costs that may result from those bargained agreements. Those costs aren’t in the budget either. Wow. " FoxPolitics.net - Appleton, WI News - What's really going on in the Fox Cities

2.2 million and it's not even in the budget.