tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post6042668779798289519..comments2023-11-03T03:52:37.873-05:00Comments on Cognitive Dissidence: Walkergate: The State Budget Is In Crisis!....Or Is It?Somebody DO Something!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08717747685928127724noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-7805833242150105032011-10-20T02:36:00.648-05:002011-10-20T02:36:00.648-05:00My general experience with unions (as a teacher) i...My general experience with unions (as a teacher) is that people did not want to get involved too much. They might attend education conferences, but were not into fighting for anything. Older teachers thought we were apathetic and worried aloud that we didn't realize that the benefits we enjoyed they had had to fight for. I guess they were right.<br /><br />It is human nature to not realize what you have until you lose it. I do not blame leadership, even if they were too cozy with management. I feel that the rank and file people paid their dues, but didn't really get involved. At least that is what I did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-18578129855205279322011-10-20T01:26:37.373-05:002011-10-20T01:26:37.373-05:00I was a WSEU steward and local union officer for m...I was a WSEU steward and local union officer for many years. I knew the union was weak, but no one with power wanted to do anything about it. I am speaking of both the council and local levels. They were too obsessed with competition for more power and position within the union - fighting to be Captain of the Titanic, you might say. <br /><br />"The Enemy" was usually seen as the union dissident or a perceived rival for power. By contrast, management was seen by union leaders as colleagues. They never dreamed that their "colleagues" would declare all-out war against them one day. That's why the WSEU was not prepared for this fight.<br /><br />We've known for many years that state employees have a bad reputation in the rural and small town areas of the state, and the Republicans have encouraged and exploited this bias. What has the WSEU done about this? Nothing as far as I can see. Most of those fools are going to vote to retain Walker just to spite their fantasy enemy the State Employee.<br /><br />http://themonkeycage.org/blog/2011/03/01/what_in_the_hell_is_going_on_i/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-58099293711820099662011-10-20T01:04:28.600-05:002011-10-20T01:04:28.600-05:00Hmmm... I agree that the state did not seem to pa...Hmmm... I agree that the state did not seem to pay attention to what had happened in Milwaukee prior to November 2010. I don't think Madison should be singled out as worse about this than any other area. Dane County did not vote for Walker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-18300650348864743062011-10-20T00:51:53.099-05:002011-10-20T00:51:53.099-05:00Thank you for looking for the tape and for writing...Thank you for looking for the tape and for writing this most interesting blog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-36289680767146177072011-10-19T23:53:07.119-05:002011-10-19T23:53:07.119-05:00Anonymous 1:43, I know that a tape of the show onc...Anonymous 1:43, I know that a tape of the show once existed, but I was unable to find it again. It might have been scrubbed by now.<br /><br />Anonymous 10:38 - That is a question for the ages. Sadly, some of the union leaders are so calcified in their ways, they will not listen to fresh voices. And like many people in the state, they figured Milwaukee's problems were theirs alone and did not pay heed until it is too late. Many, especially in the Madison area, are still only worried only when it affects them personally and directly.capperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751967312821403092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-72117949227046617512011-10-19T22:38:29.924-05:002011-10-19T22:38:29.924-05:00When are the unions going to run with this informa...When are the unions going to run with this information? There are too many middle-class fools out there with a "dog in the manger" attitude who think that destroying state workers will somehow benefit them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-22096193160103818202011-10-19T13:43:43.501-05:002011-10-19T13:43:43.501-05:00I would like to hear the tapes of the radio show y...I would like to hear the tapes of the radio show you mention. Can you post them?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-86913238492872061892011-10-19T08:52:44.477-05:002011-10-19T08:52:44.477-05:00All too painfully present in the memories of Milwa...All too painfully present in the memories of Milwaukeeans -- but the truths of the past won't stop him from implementing his falsehoods now, and on the entire state this time.<br /><br />No, as you point out, not on the entire state -- just those portions of it that displease him, such as the UW campuses. Already the admins are having to meet to cope with the cuts that are coming down on UW students more than on anyone in the state. How so? The UWs are 7% of state GDP -- but Walker henchman Huebsch has ordered the UWs to take 38% of these new cuts.<br /><br />If your kid is in the UW, don't plan on the kid getting the classes to graduate "on time." You're on Walker time now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-22675323009497949122011-10-19T06:20:00.103-05:002011-10-19T06:20:00.103-05:00Great work, thanks. This was never anymore than in...Great work, thanks. This was never anymore than income-redistribution, from the 99% back up to the to 1%.John Caspernoreply@blogger.com