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Wisconsin Universities Vote to Join Teachers Union in Wake of Walker Bill
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Mar 28, 2011 04:25pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | TV News - FOX News |
| News Date | Monday, March 28, 2011 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Several university faculties in Wisconsin have voted overwhelmingly to join the American Federation of Teachers, a move the union says amounts to a backlash against Gov. Scott Walker's bid to strip their collective bargaining powers.
Faculty members at five University of Wisconsin campuses have voted to join the union since they were granted collective bargaining rights in 2009. Three of those votes have come since Walker introduced a landmark budget bill that eroded the unions' bargaining powers and benefits. Though those votes were scheduled before the budget bill was introduced -- and later signed -- AFT representatives said the wide margins of victory show professors are galvanizing in opposition to it. The most recent vote last week at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls campus was 148-16. |
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