Union busters won't prevail: letter

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What's happening in Wisconsin is a travesty. The Republican governor claims he just wants compromises with the unions, they want concessions. But it's obvious, as President Obama had said, it's blatant union busting.

If the Republican governor really wanted concessions, he could be doing what Jerry Brown is doing, the Democrat in California. Governor Cuomo is taking on the public employees in a correct way and not the union busting way that these Republican governors seem to be going.

It seems to me that the corporate sponsors of the Republicans are backing this, of course. If they want a class war, all I can say is bring it on! Republicans think they can get away with much more than they can.

If they try to do this union busting, not only will the public employees win, but they will galvanize the union movement. Right now about 15 percent of this country are unionized. I predict their class war will bring a third or more of this country to be unionized.

It will mean a 60 percent victory for the Democrats in 2012 because all the public opinion polls show that only 40 percent of this country is anti-union and support these efforts. I dare say we're looking at a Democratic landslide in 2012 if the Republicans keep up with this anti-union bologna.