Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

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Originally Posted by wiphan

Try explaining that to the republican teacher that doesn't want to be part of or pay union dues. Does he/she have a choice to belong or not belong to the union?

Absolutely. They most certainly do.

When that teacher talks to an employer about a job offer, the employer tells you what the contract entails. You read your contract before you sign it. Every teacher has every right to take a job in the private sector, or a government job where joining the union is optional, if they do not want to pay union dues and be part of a union.

That is what capitalism and free-market principles are all about.

You want to attract the best teachers, you offer what those best teachers want. Or they go elsewhere.

Walker is actively trying to take those collective bargaining rights away.

Your teachers are going to go elsewhere. That's part of the plan, however, as the next goal is to bemoan the sorry state of the education system, and then privatize it, or begin using "education vouchers" (essentially a good way for the rich to have the general public pay for their kids private schools)

Also, the teachers union in WI does not contribute to both parties. Check the facts please

I meant unions in general, not specifically the teachers union in Wisconsin. My exact quote was, "Unions have contributed to both public parties".

But are you going to take the stand that the Wisconsin NEA branch of the American Federation of Teachers has never donated to a Republican candidate?