MMAC Working Hard To Stick It To Milwaukee Workers

They helped put Scott Walker in office, and now want to use state power to stick it to Milwaukee union families. Here's what the Metropolitan Milwaukee Asssociation of Commerce wants its members to do in the name of "reforms:"

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Speak Up Now on State Bargaining and Spending Reforms

The state legislature will be voting today on Governor Scott Walker’s Budget Repair Bill. This bill contains historic reforms in public employee compensation and bargaining systems. These reforms will deliver hundreds of millions of dollars in immediate savings to the state. Equally important, they will give local governments and school districts powerful new tools to use to control their costs. These tools will be essential for them to deal with projected reductions in state aid that will be necessary to address the state’s $3.6 billion budget deficit. The reforms included in the Budget Repair Bill include requiring public employees to pay 12% of their state health insurance premium and 5% toward their state pensions. In addition, the bill narrows the scope of public employee collective bargaining to cover only salaries. To achieve equivalent budget savings without making these labor reforms, the state would have to eliminate more than 6,000 employees’ jobs. While these reforms will undoubtedly force some tough economic choices on many good, hard-working public employees, they are a necessary step to confront our state budget deficit and get the state’s fiscal house in order.   The legislature is under tremendous pressure right now from public employee unions opposed to these reforms.  It is critical that your elected representatives hear your views on this important legislation today. >> Visit MMAC's Grassroots Action Center and let your voice be heard.