Hmmm. Maybe I’ll have to change my opinion of organized labor’s resistance to enlightened thinking…..This just in from South Central Federation of Labor’s (AFL-CIO) Union Labor News (August 2009):

Regional Transit Authorities. The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO supported the creation of regional transit authorities to help facilitate a more modern transportation infrastructure for our state. In addition, we wanted to ensure that construction-related work done by any newly-created transit authority would be subject to the state prevailing wage law, and that protection was included the budget bill. We were also concerned that the collective bargaining rights of public employees who are absorbed into a new transit authority would be protected, and that language is included in the state budget as well.

YYYYAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY!!!!!!

Now if we can just get our elected leaders to set up an RTA that is just and equitable. The current proposed configuration transfers all of the power out to the ‘burbs. That means, Madison will get screwed and our bus service would be eviscerated for long-distance sprawl commuters. More on that to come….