Governor-elect Scott Walker says everything is on the table when it comes to reining in public employee salary and benefits, including trying to decertify unions representing state workers.
Walker, appearing at a Milwaukee Press Club Newsmaker Luncheon this week, also called for local governments and school districts to join him in seeking wage and benefit concessions from public employees.
"Public employees can’t be the untouchables," Walker told a gathering of journalists and business professionals.
"We’re exploring every option out there, not just for the system but looking at next year’s state budget," Walker said. "Any spectrum of things out there would be things we would consider — anything from the decertification all the way through modifications to the current laws in place. The bottom line is we want to have a better ability to control what we do when it comes to wages and benefits because we know that’s a driving factor in how we’re going to balance this current budget and the budgets to come."
-WisPolitics.com
