More than two years after Scott Walker’s showdown with organized labor in Wisconsin, the official numbers for the state’s public sector union membership are in — and they are down. Way down.
According a Labor Department filing made last week, membership at Wisconsin’s American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 40 — one of AFSCME’s four branches in the state — has gone from the 31,730 it reported in 2011, to 29,777 in 2012, to just 20,488 now. That’s a drop of more than 11,000 — about a third — in just two years. The council represents city and county employees outside of Milwaukee County and child care workers across Wisconsin.
Labor Department filings also show that Wisconsin’s AFSCME Council 48, which represents city and county workers in Milwaukee County, went from 9,043 members in 2011, to 6,046 in 2012, to just 3,498 now.
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Thats because in States where you have a smarter electorate they understand that mandatory union fees is money for the democrats and their campaigns so they can be elected and control the people.
ReplyDeleteMarylanders are just plain dumb.
The people there have spoken!
ReplyDeleteToo bad too many of the ones here are asleep - or.....part of the problem!
Marylanders generally are not dumb. Its just the the dumb and missinformed from Western Maryland outnumber the common sense folks of the Eastern Shore. And they also outnumber everyone else in getting handouts and freebies. Go figure.
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