Gov. Scott Walker's Anti-Union Plan

With all the breaking news of war and civil unrest and earthquakes around the world, the on-going anti-union legislation in Wisconsin has not received much coverage outside the United States.
In the early days of unions, they served a very important purpose in ensuring workers were adequately compensated for their work and to ensure safe working conditions for all. It made sense and unions played an important role. Today, unions are not seen in such a positive light. Unions for employees of the school boards are well known for their strikes to receive more benefits and higher wages. Unions are in a sense becoming a bit obsolete in today's world. But that is simply my personal opinion, perhaps if I was in a job with a union, I might feel differently. Historically, before unions were accepted in the workplace, factory owners did their best to squash and restrict unionization of their workforces because to them, unions were threatening and could severely disrupt the factory work. Even today in many Export Processing Zones and sweatshop factories around the world, unions are not allowed and anyone trying to create a workers union can be severely punished.
Back to Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker, introduced legislation that would significantly reduce the ability of public workers unions to bargain collectively, except for wages. Since Christmas, the proposed legislation has prompted mass demonstrations (some reports indicate that these protests were upwards of 85,000 people strong), and Senate Democrats decided to flee Wisconsin for several weeks, seeking refuge in Illinois. Today, a Wisconsin judge tried to prevent any further implementation of the new anti-union laws. There is some debate as to whether the new law is actually in effect despite the emergency injunction. The law was published however politicians have not agreed upon whether the law is in effect or whether it has, for the moment, been prevented from being enacted.