Statement by Congressman Fattah on Wisconsin's Working Families and the Attack on Collective Bargaining

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA) releases the following statement in support of Wisconsin's working families:

"I stand with the people of Wisconsin as they resist efforts to roll back the rights of working people under the pretense of budget reform. As we have seen from the bold and creative leadership of Governors Malloy of Connecticut and Rendell of Pennsylvania, it is possible to make difficult fiscal decisions, with all parties at the table, without trampling on the collective bargaining rights which have served the state so well.

"If collective bargaining were the real obstacle to student achievement, the best schools would be located in states that outlaw collective bargaining by teachers. Student achievement in these states, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia, tends to be among the lowest in the country. Another bogus argument, that unions are responsible for retaining ineffective teachers, has been repeatedly disproven by negligible dismissal rates in these states.

"Collective bargaining is the successful process of coming to the table in good faith and reaching an agreement that all sides can live with. What we're seeing is just an attack on working people and their right to be heard in the workplace. The current economic crisis should not be used as an excuse to advance an anti-union agenda."

SOURCE Office of Congressman Chaka Fattah

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