how does the Wi kerfluffle affect the packers?

[SwampG8r]

they are owned by the public, so do they also lose collective bargaining?
where is the nfl players union in this?

[Myrina]

1. The Packers aren't state employees.

It doesn't affect them at all, they're part of 'trade union' as it were (The NFL), not the public employees' union (AFSCME etc).


:hi:

[SwampG8r]

2. you sure?

i read somewhere long ago and most likely misremembering but i thought WI owned them

[Myrina]

4. Yeah, I'm sure. I grew up there.

"In the shadow of the Frozen Tundra".

People can buy stock in the Packers Organization, but it is not a 'public utility' nor are the players 'public employees'.

[Poiuyt]

3. The Packers are owned by citizens, not by the state

They are a publicly owned, non-profit corporation.

[Greybnk48]

5. The Packers are Union members and have publicly backed

the protesters. Charles Woodson, the team Captain has been the spokesperson.

And FYI, this ain't a kerfluffle, this is the beginnings of a nation-wide labor movement that has been a looooong time coming. Kerfluffle doesn't seem to capture the gravity of the situation, it's a bit "cute" for this. May families will lose their incomes over this if things go bad. People have been told to prepare for the possibility of a general strike in WI. That's not kerfluffle territory.