New Hampshire is “Wisconsin on steroids”

  For better or worse Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker gained national fame for his stance against public employee unions in his state, but Wisconsin is not the only state which is looking to crack down on the public sector unions and New Hampshire is one of those states. While New Hampshire hasn’t gained the publicity which Wisconsin gathered, the president of the Professional Firefighters New Hampshire called the pending legislation “Wisconsin on steroids.”

  My state representative– Ken Weyler–recently introduced legislation which would strip public union employees of all collective bargaining rights if their current contract was allowed to expire, rendering those without a contract as employees at will. While the Wisconsin law will deny the public sector unions from negotiating benefits, the proposed New Hampshire takes this one step further–hence the “Wisconsin on steroids” statement.

The amendment says that once a contract ends, workers become “at-will employees whose salaries, benefits and terms and conditions of employment shall be at the discretion of the employer.”

  400 people showed up in protest at the State House to voice their displeasure with the legislation, and while this hasn’t gained the national recognition that Scott Walker received after Barack Obama called out the dogs, this bill goes even further than the Wisconsin bill and it will be interesting to see how this plays out as we move forward. We can rest assured that as this bill moves forward the union thugs will send out their minions in mass to protest this legislation.