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Falk: Veto pledge important for Wisconsin
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Feb 15, 2012 09:31pm |
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| Category | Op-Ed by Candidate |
| Author | Kathleen Falk |
| News Date | Wednesday, February 15, 2012 08:15:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Wisconsin deserves a governor who is open, honest and transparent, and will stand up and fight for what is right for our economy and for our middle class.
As the granddaughter of a Milwaukee bus driver, I learned early on how important collective bargaining has been to building the middle class in America — like my family and the rest of us.
It’s a fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work. It’s a core American value that built the middle class.
Gov. Scott Walker has a different view. Friday, he told a conservative convention in Washington, D.C.: “Collective bargaining is not a right. In the public sector, collective bargaining is an expensive entitlement.”
I served for 14 years as the Dane County executive and balanced 14 straight budgets. After the market crashed four years ago, I sat down with the county’s eight unions three years in a row and negotiated $10 million in savings for taxpayers through reduced salaries and changes in health care. |
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