Tuesday, February 6, 2024

GET ME REWRITE: You can lay the current prison crisis in Wisconsin at the feet of Scott Walker

 
HeadlineNew York Times, 2/2/2024
The first big shift came around 2011, when Scott Walker, the Republican governor at the time, signed Act 10, a sweeping law that gutted public employees’ ability to bargain collectively with the state, a step Mr. Walker said was needed to close a $3.6 billion budget gap. 
The law broke most of Wisconsin’s powerful public-sector unions. Guards lost the ability to negotiate for better working conditions. Take-home pay shrunk, because workers had to contribute more to pay for their benefits. A record number of state employees retired the year the law took effect. The employees who remained were forced to cover for them, often through mandatory overtime.  [emphasis added]

 Read more about Scott Walker's legacy here.

Related posts:
December 2018
The first 3 chapters:  environment, transportation, corrections. (12/12)
Chapter 4:  Wisconsin families can't afford basic necessities edition.  (12/12)
Chapter 5:  Scott Walker's shameful legacy: The black-white high-school graduation gap edition.  (12/12)
Chapter 6. Scott Walker's shameful legacy (the higher education edition).  (12/13)

January 2019
Taking credit where no credit is due.  (1/7)
Not telling the whole story.  (1/7)
Gliding over the disparities.  (1/7)
Voter suppression.  (1/7)
Just fine and dandy with treading water over high school graduation rates.  (1/8)
And then, to make matters worse, he apparently hacks his son's Twitter account.  (1/9)
Dear Scott Walker, You forgot to mention this part of "OUR LEGACY".  Best, Retiring Guy.  (1/12)
Scott Walker's toxic legacy: "Power to the people" hypocrisy" (Taking away local control).  (1/12)
Pay to play the groundwater contamination way.  (1/12)
Addicted to political slogans.  (1/12)
Blaming his predecessor.  (1/19)
Fast-tracking bills, stifling public participation.  (1/23)

February 2019
UW Regents as campaign donors' club.  (2/8)
Act 10, not working. (2/15)

April 2019
Scott Walker environmental legacy UPDATE: Little to no review, lax enforcement, more contaminated groundwater.  (4/22)

2020


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