NOT Suprising: Public Support Growing for Ending Collective Bargaining by Public Employees


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Nebraska Senator John Nelson was a guest on DriveTime Lincoln on Wednesday to discuss measures he has introduced in the Legislature aimed at repealing the Industrial Relations and State Employee Collective Bargaining Acts and prohibiting collective bargaining by government entities in Nebraska. Since the Commission of Industrial Relations (CIR) is part of the Industrial Relations Act, with Nelson’s legislation, the troublesome entity would cease to exist.

Nelson’s LB664 and LR29CA are the two measures out of the nine introduced this session that we have recommended as most worthy of support.

In the interview, Senator Nelson pointed out key problems with our current system; Nebraska public employee compensation is not based on what the government entity, the employer can afford and the CIR is not bound to particular terms going into negotiations.

Prohibiting collective bargaining by public employees is NOT controversial; doing so would simply restore the status quo prior to 1969 and a chance to make needed cuts to budgets.

Based on the report of Senator Nelson and, following the segment, and a remark from DriveTime’s host citizen sentiment is supportive of Nelson’s legislation.

That’s not surprising to we “common folk”, just to people who have apparently decided big government is here to stay.

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THIS GiN page includes the articles we’ve written on the topic to date.

My Cousin Vinnie fans will appreciate the following clip:

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Shelli Dawdy is first and foremost the mother of three children whom she has taught at home via the classical method since removing her children from school in 2001. During her early years as a homeschool mother, she worked part-time as a freelance writer. Born and raised in the Iowa, Shelli and her husband moved to the state of South Dakota in 1997, attracted to its more limited government and friendly tax environment. In 2006, Shelli and her family relocated to Lincoln, Nebraska, when her husband’s employer offered a new position. She took a break from work and politics for a time, recognizing the need to focus solely on her childrens’ schooling with two now of high school age. Distressed by many things she was witnessing on the national political scene and disillusioned about the Republican Party, she decided to start writing again, this time online. Motivated to get involved with others at the grassroots level, she networked with activists on the social media tool, Twitter. She was involved in organizing the first tea party rallies inspired by Rick Santelli’s “rant” on CNBC in February 2009. Recognizing that activism should generate on the local level, she founded Grassroots in Nebraska in March of 2009. The group’s mission is a return to Constitutional, limited government, according to its original meaning. While the group has held several tea party rallies, it’s focus is to take effective action. Among its many projects, GiN successfully coordinated testimony for the hearing of the Nebraska Sovereignty Resolution, networked with other groups to ensure a large show of public support at the hearing, and coordinated follow up support to ensure its passage in April 2010. While working to build up GiN throughout 2009, she was asked to work as writer and producer of the documentary film, A New America, which lays out how Progressivism is responsible for how America has moved away from its Constitutional roots. You can see more of her work on Grassroots in Nebraska (GiN) and StubbornFacts