Profile picture
Don Moynihan @donmoyn
, 7 tweets, 3 min read Read on Twitter
The Janus decision makes it harder for public sector unions to organize, by reducing the logic for collective action. We can look at Wisconsin's Act 10, which also targeted Act 10, to see what that means 1/
Since Act 10 passed, WI union membership dropped faster than anywhere in the country.: from 14% to 8% in 5 years. The law deliberately targeted the existence of unions: had to recertify each year, with the majority of members (not just voters). No politician could achieve that 2/
The stated purpose of Act 10 was to reduce a budget deficit. Unions were ready to agree to those cuts as long as they could still organize, but no deal. At a practical level, this reduces political support for Democrats: fewer dollars and door-knockers projects.jsonline.com/news/2016/11/2… 3/
At the same time union power declined, the WI Supreme Court green-lighted a flood of dark money into the state, undercutting enforcement of possible campaign act violations, and allowing coordination between politicians and dark money group 4/ huffingtonpost.com/jay-mandle/ill…
Act 10 was primarily focused on teachers, who Walker characterized as "haves" compared to private sector "have-nots." Wisconsin faces teacher shortages amidst declining salary and benefits. (I do recall a study that found the Act improved teacher quality, but cannot find it). 5/
In the same way that Act 10 was justified by the need to cut budgets, Janus is being justified on free speech grounds. But in both cases the backers were dark money donors seeking to remove a counterbalance to their increasing power 6/ nytimes.com/2018/02/25/bus…
Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose: in the years since the passage of Act 10, public employees have seen significant cuts in wages & benefits
Missing some Tweet in this thread?
You can try to force a refresh.

Like this thread? Get email updates or save it to PDF!

Subscribe to Don Moynihan
Profile picture

Get real-time email alerts when new unrolls are available from this author!

This content may be removed anytime!

Twitter may remove this content at anytime, convert it as a PDF, save and print for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video

1) Follow Thread Reader App on Twitter so you can easily mention us!

2) Go to a Twitter thread (series of Tweets by the same owner) and mention us with a keyword "unroll" @threadreaderapp unroll

You can practice here first or read more on our help page!

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!


This site is made by just three indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member and get exclusive features!

Premium member ($3.00/month or $30.00/year)

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!