So the GOP and its leadership are terrible, horrible, no good, very bad people for listening to 17 hours' worth of testimony in Finance, letting the Assembly Democrats repeat the same three sentences on the floor for another 61 hours, and then giving the Senate Democrats every reasonable opportunity under the sun to get a little something in exchange for their return.
But all of these local associations and their school boards, well, it's going to be totally fine for them to rush a bunch of labor agreements to a vote without affording the public any opportunity to see what is being discussed up until the agreement is hastily approved at some emergency meeting. And I'm guessing if there is a designated period for open forum during that meeting, the school boards will probably limit speakers to a fixed number of minutes and then move on to other business whenever they feel like they've heard enough.
And that's all going to be just peachy, because Scott Walker made them do it.
Must be tough to walk around preening like a bunch of sanctimonious blowhards for a couple weeks, only to shed the beliefs and morals you profess to hold dear the first second it's convenient.
But all of these local associations and their school boards, well, it's going to be totally fine for them to rush a bunch of labor agreements to a vote without affording the public any opportunity to see what is being discussed up until the agreement is hastily approved at some emergency meeting. And I'm guessing if there is a designated period for open forum during that meeting, the school boards will probably limit speakers to a fixed number of minutes and then move on to other business whenever they feel like they've heard enough.
And that's all going to be just peachy, because Scott Walker made them do it.
Must be tough to walk around preening like a bunch of sanctimonious blowhards for a couple weeks, only to shed the beliefs and morals you profess to hold dear the first second it's convenient.
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And those agreements will force layoffs of personnel, or (after the referendums) jack prop-taxes, thus reducing the value of properties vis-a-vis comparables in neighboring cities.
Smart. Very smart.
Just like family man Randy Hopper and his 25 year old mistress.
Haha. Yeah, I've heard for awhile that he's been on the Mike Sheridan plan.
On the plus side, being less than honorable in one's personal life doesn't really affect one's ability to competently legislate, whether Hopper or Sheridan or any one of the legions of other leggies who have found playmates during their time in Madison.
Departing a bit from teachers and school boards for a minute, I would be interested in your opinion on compensation. Under the new law, raises for public workers can be no more than the rate of inflation unless approved by referendum. How would you retain higher skilled people with jobs that are in demand, such as DNA analysts at the Crime Lab (who could jump to the Feds or other states that paid better. Of course people are going to vote against giving them bigger raises. Contrary to popular belief, there aren't hundreds of qualified people lined up to do some of these jobs becasue of the skill level and often times years of experience needed to do the job well. Your thoughts?
Personally, I thought that provision was stupid. If you're going to let people negotiate wage, let them negotiate wage. And as the employer, don't handcuff yourself, for the reasons you mentioned.
That said, the state has a lot of latitude when it comes to defining and redefining wage classifications and position descriptions. If DNA Analyst IV is the highest position (totally making that title up), what's to stop the state from creating a DNA Analyst V with a higher pay range and promoting people into those jobs?
Any HR/IR manager worth more than a bucket of spit can find lots of ways to attract and retain good people.
Of course, they might have to leave the 19th Century's mindset to do so.
PS: Don't look for creativity in the Milwaukee Public Schools' HR group.
This used to be an interesting blog. To bad it has just turned into more right-wing tripe.
Good-bye
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This used to be a lefty blog. Too bad you don't toe the line of liberal ideology as I only read blogs that reinforce my already held beliefs.
I'm going back to Paul Soglin's blog. Good-bye
I love reading the responses from the kool-aid drinking population. I give the Recess Supervisor credit in having an independent thought and not pitching the company line. Sometimes I agree with RS and other times I dont, but I give you credit in throwing yourself out there.
I know that free will is a lot to ask of many of you because god forbid that you may differ from your small click and may actually have to defend a real belief to someone else.
And now, two weeks later, head over to the MacLovin website and see them fellating themselves over forcing all those settled contracts with the concessions the unions agreed to before Walker took office.
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