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Also in Spring 2011
- Notice Regarding Union Security Agreements and Agency Fee Objections
- The Attack on Working Families
- New Jersey: Union Workers Stand Together
- "Stand Up for Ohio" Coalition Fighting For Good Jobs, Strong Communities
- "We Stand With Wisconsin"
- Indiana: Legislature Backs Off "Right to Work"
- Oklahoma: Workers Hit with Furloughs, Loss of Pension, More Pay Cuts
- Texas: Building a Coalition to Fight for Essential Services
- New Mexico: Governor Cripples State Worker Rights Board
- Tennessee: Coalition Fights Extreme Attacks on Workers
- Missouri Legislators Want to Weaken Workers' Rights, Child Labor Laws
- UC Rewards Top Administrators, But Aims at Workers' Pensions, Student Fees
It's All About Politics, Not Budget Deficits
Do public employee bargaining rights cause budget deficits like some politicians and right-wing extremists claim?
The facts, and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, say no way.
Public workers in Wisconsin have had bargaining rights for 50 years. Wisconsin’s budget deficit for 2012 is estimated at 12.8 percent. But in North Carolina, where workers never have had bargaining rights, the budget deficit for 2012 will be much higher: 20 percent.
Same goes for Ohio, where Governor Kasich wants to end bargaining rights for public workers. Ohio’s budget deficit — less than half of non-union North Carolina.