From Brett W. Condon
Brodhead
I'm just a simple farmer not affected directly by Gov. Walker's budget repair bill, except in my soul.
We didn't get to where we are in this state and country because we pay working class families too much or afford them too many workplace protections; let's be real. Yet, every working class Joe over 40 has probably worked for a larger business or corporation that has treated their workers like personal property. Not talking about the mom and pop businesses who care for their workers like, well, mom and pop would. We need more worker protection laws in this state for the private sector, not less.
That state workers enjoy collective bargaining to develop and improve their own working conditions is a testimony to leadership by example. Gov. Walker wants to reverse that leadership. Worker concessions in higher contributions to health care premiums, pension contributions, even cuts in wages, is a reasonable expectation for reasoned discussion.
Instead, Walker and the party of power, don't have the courage and decency to look workers in the eye and have that discussion, but rather are about to violently bend them over by politically strong-arming them then raping them.
It's simply not right. I'm independently-minded politically, but this action by Republicans will turn me into an enemy. So, let the dogs out Mr. Walker, but know they will come back to bite you. There are better ways to treat people and solve problems.
Brodhead
I'm just a simple farmer not affected directly by Gov. Walker's budget repair bill, except in my soul.
We didn't get to where we are in this state and country because we pay working class families too much or afford them too many workplace protections; let's be real. Yet, every working class Joe over 40 has probably worked for a larger business or corporation that has treated their workers like personal property. Not talking about the mom and pop businesses who care for their workers like, well, mom and pop would. We need more worker protection laws in this state for the private sector, not less.
That state workers enjoy collective bargaining to develop and improve their own working conditions is a testimony to leadership by example. Gov. Walker wants to reverse that leadership. Worker concessions in higher contributions to health care premiums, pension contributions, even cuts in wages, is a reasonable expectation for reasoned discussion.
Instead, Walker and the party of power, don't have the courage and decency to look workers in the eye and have that discussion, but rather are about to violently bend them over by politically strong-arming them then raping them.
It's simply not right. I'm independently-minded politically, but this action by Republicans will turn me into an enemy. So, let the dogs out Mr. Walker, but know they will come back to bite you. There are better ways to treat people and solve problems.
