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Friday, March 11, 2011

Calls For General Strike In Wisconsin? Not So Fast…

    ….unless the striker wishes to become unemployed.

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SECTION 198. 111.06 (1) (c) - Secret Ballot has been stripped.

Updated by Patience John at Wed Mar 9, 2011, 11:37:45 PM

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111.70 (4) (L) Strikes prohibited. Except as authorized under par. (cm) 5. and 15    6. c., nothing Nothing contained in this subchapter constitutes a grant of the right 16    to strike by any municipal employee or labor organization, and such strikes are 17    hereby expressly prohibited.

Right to Strike Repealed.

Updated by Patience John at Wed Mar 9, 2011, 11:39:55 PM

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111.70 (4) (mb) Prohibited subjects of bargaining; general municipal employees.

Here's the big one:

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230.34 (1) (ax) 1. Notwithstanding pars. (a), (am), and (ar), during a state of emergency declared by the governor under s. 323.10, an appointing authority may discharge any employee who does any of the following:

b. Participates in a strike, work stoppage, sit−down, stay−in, slowdown, or other concerted activities to interrupt the operations or services of state government, including specifically participation in purported mass resignations or sick calls.         MORE HERE...

   If the Wisconsin public workers do strike then they will be terminated.

 

Friday Funnies ( Part 1 )

   So much material to cover via video and the usual written jokes, that I am doing this on Friday in 2 parts.

   We start off with Bill Maher’s take on Newt Gingrich and his hypocrisy. Afterwards, some of the better Wisconsin protests signs.

Newt Rules

 

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