I heard something on TV tonight from a Wisconsin Republican State Senator that floored me -- federal workers generally do not enjoy collective bargaining rights. Repeat -- federal workers generally do not enjoy collective bargaining rights. And, if you think I am pulling your leg, see: Federal Worker's Collective Bargaining Rights.Why has it taken almost two weeks for this extremely pertinent fact to be aired? Where have all the talking heads, both from the left and the right, been on this issue? Has the left been too clever and the right been too dense to make this observation? Whatever the reason, this sheds a whole new light on this Wisconsin kerfuffle and clearly shows the demagogic stripes of many of the cowardly lions of the labor movement.
And, [drum roll please] the President who took away these rights from federal workers was the one and only Jimmy Carter. Wow!!
