Wis. labor expert benefits from bargaining changes
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A Middleton labor consultant has signed nearly $600,000 in contracts and carved out a unique professional niche because of changes to collective bargaining for state workers, according to a newspaper report.
Gov. Scott Walker effectively ended collective bargaining for public workers in 2011 as part of his plan to balance the state budget. It allowed counties and cities to set their own pay scales and to compare wages to the private sector.
According to a review by Gannett Wisconsin Media (http://post.cr/WnZ0XI), Charlie Carlson and his five-person Carlson Dettmann Consulting firm have completed at least 12 compensation studies around the state and signed nearly $600,000 in contracts since Act 10 became law.
He’s cornered the state market, having been hired by 42 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties. He charges about $50,000 per study.
“I figured that with the economy devastated and tight public sector budgets in 2010, I’d have a pretty quiet life. Then, out of the darkness came Act 10 and life changed,” Carlson said. “My reaction was this really is an opportunity to do it the right way, because I knew the system was broken.”
Mar 4, 2013 at 7:36 a.m.
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here is link to another news source.. http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dl...
Mar 4, 2013 at 7:07 a.m.
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What were the results in this? We know, we as tax payers paid for it Now please show us what the money that was spent, findings were. What ties does walker have to this compamy????
Mar 4, 2013 at 5:33 a.m.
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It's good to know that vultures are now circling above the public remains in the aftermath of Act 10. Does it really matter who is picking the average citizen's bones clean? Probably our only regret is that we didn't think of it first. And just another thought, does Wisconsin have an open season for vultures like they do for cranes? I've heard that they would make a tasty stew.
Mar 3, 2013 at 8:37 p.m.
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I've read some of your past posts. Better look out for those evil tea party folks. I've heard they listen to your thoughts through the electrical outlets in your home. Lol!
Mar 3, 2013 at 5:05 p.m.
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And what when America "comes together" Will? Continue to spend its way into oblivion? I eagerly await your intellectual explanation because judging by the IQ of your last post it'll be a whooper.
Mar 3, 2013 at 1:03 p.m.
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Divided government...divided people...fertile ground for dissension and power/money grabbing.
Thank the turds in the Tea Party for the present situation our nation is in.
The sooner the right sees the Tea Party for the malignant cancer it is and excises it, the sooner America will come back together
Mar 3, 2013 at 12:18 p.m.
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Elections have consequences. I'm sure gangs in Chicago are making money from more foodstamp use under Obama.
Mar 3, 2013 at 11:50 a.m.
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No doubt one of Walker's chronies!
Mar 3, 2013 at 11:24 a.m.
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Speaking of the blame game. Just want to comment on how the republican party acts like it is a cardinal sin to raise the debt ceiling. Not that I don't agree we shouldn't take on more debt, but maybe they should do their own research so they know that the debt ceiling was raised 5 times during the bush years, because it was "VITAL" to keep the economy strong. Just one fact. In may 2003 they raised the debt ceiling 900 billion and the same day cut taxes for the wealthy 350 billion. Now they act like this is some new thing that the democrats just came up with. Hypocrisy at its best. Yeah I know someone will say their increases don't compare to the increases in the past 4 years. I agree but the fact is that the economy crashed a month after obama took office. I am as independent as can be but its not rocket science bush took us down the path to disaster. And it is irritating to hear that the economic disaster is the fault of democrats. Blame is on both sides.
Mar 3, 2013 at 10:47 a.m.
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I agree truth1. There is no party better than the next. Divided government is hurting our country right now. They are both as extreme as the next. It is all about irritating the other party. It is not about what is best for the people driving the economy. This country will never be right again with a government as divided as we have right now. They will not ever work together. And neither side has the answer in my opinion. Yeah you can point fingers at obama cause he's not doing a bang up job right now. But you can also blame the bush years for the situation we are in right now. He left a lot of debt on us as well. It is always the other guys fault. The finger pointing needs to stop and they need to figure out what they can do to get things moving forward together. It really doesn't matter who is at fault. They are there to deal with these issues.
Mar 3, 2013 at 10:16 a.m.
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dtb- You missed a word, you need to include "democrat" in there..
Mar 3, 2013 at 10:12 a.m.
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Yes donnaw, this is what happens under republican "leadership"; private companies reap huge profits off of public tax money.
Mar 3, 2013 at 10:09 a.m.
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donnaw I agree with you 100 percent. Why should the government actually have to do something when they can farm it out at our expense. I guess they feel that free health insurance, lavish wages and company vehicles with gas cards isn't enough to have to put forth a little effort to save the people paying their bills a little money. Maybe if we had everyday people who know what it is like to struggle a little running this country something would get done.
Mar 3, 2013 at 7:51 a.m.
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Any time bureacrats can get someone else to do their work and tax payers to pay for it, they will!
Mar 2, 2013 at 11:29 p.m.
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What, exactly, does county "administration" do?
Isn't it their job to do stuff like this without paying someone else to do it?
Mar 2, 2013 at 11:16 p.m.
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ummmmm, isn't there already an ENDLESS supply of data to be had about stuff like this??
Paying 50k for info that's FREE...Wow, brainy.
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