The end of unions?

If you haven’t been following the debate in Wisconsin over their new governor Scott Walker’s proposal to end collective bargaining rights for public sector workers, you should. The implications will have a major impact on the next few years in Canada. Here is why: 1. Wisconsin creates the future. Again and again, ideas from Wisconsin have become common across the continent. The anti-slavery Republican Party was born in Wisconsin. Direct primary elections, unemployment benefits and workers compensation were first instituted there. The progressive income tax – where the rich pay proportionally more than the poor – was developed in Wisconsin....