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'On the Record,' 2/23/11: Greta discusses firefighters' grievances over Wis. Gov. Scott Walker's collective bargaining law with association president
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You go back to Wisconsin where the governor's budget bill has some exceptions it is not skipping Wisconsin firefighters have their union rights.
So -- the firefighters protesting in Madison moment so -- Wisconsin professional firefighters association went on the record.
These are -- people these are firefighters that's correct all these people are prior press moments today.
On the we're here to help.
Are both old -- -- development movement.
-- -- signal Brothers insist is because as I have seen under the bill the firefighters are exempt from the -- being.
The governor's desire to hear a collective.
-- is that right right of firefighters -- for the entire bill of health insurance benefit and also that the parents and what it's -- -- -- -- Is what we had the biggest problem with that this is about workers' rights we have active firefighters and cops.
In this in this.
Protesters that were walking -- -- -- you you'll see signs firefighters -- later labor.
And -- from labor as well so you know -- exempt here is standing by the teachers essentially -- we couldn't just sit -- violate the rights from all union workers be taken away I mean it.
We really have to repair the budget we're fine with helping out with that we're trying to sit down with the governor and collectively bargain which we've been going for years for -- five years.
-- bought the rights of workers -- -- bought the middle class and this is I believe a direct attack on getting rid of bomb organized labor and what department.
Just as good and -- detonated -- the buyer houses are snappy and stay right and.
And other.
It's.
All this firefighters.
Are often -- -- cops are often.
-- all these guys receiving an award is behind us they're all off duty.
-- -- -- -- Is hello and welcome dripping like that do you have any idea how many years.
Our organization.
I would imagine we have -- between three and 400 firefighters from across -- and what it is good.
He's gonna cry -- -- Republicans and Democrats.
Good question I don't know -- what we'd like to do what I'd like to do and I've talked to all the -- in the state.
We'd like -- have a sit down with the governor try to head himself called to a consensus.
It's an agreement were not trying to price ourselves on the -- we realize that the budget is this at least to be fixed.
Group -- the state needs to be.
Effective in the in the black.
But what the bargaining provisions are parts that we have a huge huge problems.
Some flexibility governor of credit card table -- would result -- that did you lose your protesters who want him.
We did -- government.
I think the governor has agenda and I think he wants -- -- agenda.
He has done many the last month he's been harder work -- -- that he's been putting forth bills that are helping.
Some of the budget -- and our state but all in all.
I can speak on our bill that the budget repair address were the collective bargaining provisions being put -- budget repair address does nothing to help the budget.
That's the problem that we have that's why you see so many labor unions out here and in this is not just about -- this is the ball honoring labor.
Bob the mere -- of workers and middle class is not just we have private lives out here.
We have -- -- -- there were exempt from the bill.
-- about the respective -- just aren't in labor and making sure that we -- middle class continues to rise slowly.
He's just a surprise -- is -- the platform he ran on his government.
I'll tell you added that the governor has never if you can show me a little tip where he has sent us.
The governor has never ever campaign.
To get rid of collective bargaining rights he has always sense that when -- hit three -- -- conversations with them.
He has always said that he is going to ask for state workers took took -- -- pensions -- state workers to pay into health insurance premium.
He has never ever campaign and get rid of Clinton -- -- -- does -- clear attack on the middle class you won't have one person out here that will complain.
Com about the -- pay him or the health care insurance for him him.
Not one person not one protests the -- what a -- call.
The problem is getting rid of what department and want to do that the middle class starts to decline we don't want that this is the ball jobs.
