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"The exit polling shows that people in Wisconsin support public employees strongly, they support the right of collective bargaining, " Erpenbach said.
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The right of collective bargaining for private sector workers is not at issue in Wisconsin, though President Obama and the Democrats want to confuse the public on precisely that question.
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In nearby Wisconsin, the also-new Republican governor is under heavy fire for having, on March 9th, used a procedural dodge to force through a bill that will strip public-sector unions of their right to collective bargaining: Democratic state senators had tried to frustrate him by fleeing across the state line to Illinois.
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Whatever your opinion of the teachers unions may be, the act of denying thousands of public employees their right to collective bargaining is most certainly an overreach by Wisconsin Republicans.
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This means that thousands of public employees across the state will lose their right to collective bargaining.
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The AFL-CIO labor union said the Chinese government violates core standards of the International Labor Organization because the workers have no right to collective bargaining.
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It is no secret that putting an end to collective bargaining has long been high on the list of priorities of the wealthy right wing.
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Unfortunately under the applicable federal pension law (ERISA), participants generally have no express legal right to participate in the administrative and investment decisions related to the plan itself. (Of course, collective bargaining agreements may provide participants some role in such matters.) The structure of the plan, the investment menu offered, and any matching contributions are all pretty much left to the employer.
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