Wisconsin Senate Republicans Approve Bill Stripping Public Workers Of Collective Bargaining Rights

Posted by | March 9, 2011 19:59 | Filed under: Top Stories


Wisconsin’s Republican senators have approved a bill without Democrats present to strip collective bargaining rights from public workers. the vote was 18-1.

The legislation being voted on tonight has few changes from the bill as initially proposed. It would save just $30 million less than the original budget bill by stripping out a refinancing provision. But it would still save the state $300 million over the next two years by requiring state employees to contribute about 5% of income toward their pensions and by requiring state workers to pay for about 12% of their health insurance premiums. It would also save $1.44 billion by requiring public employees in school districts and municipalities to pay 5% of their salaries toward their pensions and by removing collective bargaining for benefits, thus giving school districts and municipalities the option of requiring their employees to pay about 12% for their health insurance premiums.

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