It seems the steps taken in Wisconsin to rein in public-sector unions are giving rise to similar measures elsewhere. National Review Online reports that eight states - Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma and Tennessee - are taking or have taken steps to deal with excessive union influence and/or benefits. I'm sure there'll be more to follow.
Needless to say, the unions are anything but happy about this. I think, of all the comments I've read or seen, Gary Varvel expressed their sentiments best:
He has some interesting and amusing cartoons on his blog. It's worth a visit.
Peter
http://www.americablog.com/2011/03/whats-source-of-these-anti-union.html
ReplyDeleteBTW I think you'd like this guy: http://thanlont.blogspot.com/
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