Madison teachers vote overwhelmingly to recertify their labor union
Source: The Cap Times
By Pat Schneider
Members of Madison Teachers, Inc. have voted overwhelmingly to recertify their collective bargaining units, according to vote totals released Tuesday by the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission.
Teachers, with 2,981 eligible union members, voted 88 percent to recertify their unit in unofficial tallies, pending a period in which objections can be filed.
Total membership and percentage support for other MTI collective bargaining units were:
Educational assistants, 719 members, 76 percent in favor of recertification;
Substitute teachers, 484 members, 74 percent in favor of recertification;
Support staff, 234 members, 77 percent in favor of recertification;
Security staff, 27 members, 81 percent in favor of recertification.
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In YOUR face Gov. Scott Walker!!!!
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This is a poke in the proverbial right wing right to work for less Walker eye.
Good for them, the teachers want someone and themselves to bargain for there earned rights, this is what is called a democracy, representation for better wages, health care, ect... for all of you scabs out there 
