In the move to abolish state worker unions starting with Wisconsin, then Ohio, Indiana and New Jersey etc., Republican Govenors have decided to pass legislation in a whirlwind 5 days to abolish state worker unions for teachers, firemen, police,Prison guards, road safety workers... in short- all state workers.

Tens of Thousands of Wisconsin workers have "gone Egypt" in the capitol of Madison in street protests. The Govenor Walker has proucly proclaimed that he will speak to no worker or union representative. The govenor put the National Guard on alert. Late he said that state workers for prisons was the reason why.

As a result all 17 democratic state senators have disappeared.
The republicans have issued a call order which sends out state police to hunt down, arrest democratic senators and bring them forcibly back to Madison so that the Republicans will have a legal quarum to pass the union killing bill. All they need is one democratic senator to pass the bill.

The hunt is on...

The union killing bill also decimates the wages of all state employees. The new law would reverse 100 years of worker rights laws that were padi in blood and coin over five generations.

More states headed by republican govenors have vowed to abolish state unions by legislation.


My thiughts is that they planned to do this when it would be too cold for workers to protest. With tens of thousands marching in Madison today and the Senators mysteriously missing in action, it does not seem that the republican plan is working seamlessly.