To: Governor Tony Evers
WI Act 10 Anticollective Bargaining Law
The Wisconsin constitution should be amended so that it clearly allows a constitutional right to all employees to collectively bargain wages, benefits, and working conditions with their employer. Public sector collective bargaining rights should not be regulated at will by the state through its legislature or governor.
Why is this important?
Wisconsin Act 10 essentially eliminates collective bargaining for general public employees, but allows public safety employees to be exempt. The lack of the right to bargain does not preclude the existance of a right to be treated evanhandedly as employees. The employer cannot have it both ways. When corporations are deemed to be people for the purpose of campaign contributions (US Supremem Court Citizens United case), unions should be deemed to be people too. It should be a constitutional right to assemble into a union and be able to bargain with your employer, public OR private. .