THE WISCONSIN PUBLIC UNIONS DO AGREE TO GIVEBACKS!!!

Not that you would know this from the coverage given by FAUX News and the radio gasbags.

Protests Fail to Sway Wisconsin Governor
By DOUGLAS BELKIN and KRIS MAHER
WALL STREET JOURNAL
FEBRUARY 20, 2011, 11:44 A.M. ET

Madison, Wis.—With Democratic senators still out of state and tens of thousands of demonstrators converging on the muddy grounds of the statehouse, Gov. Scott Walker Saturday refused to compromise with Democrats, rejecting an offer for public workers to accept benefits cuts in exchange for retaining their right to bargain collectively.

Christina Brey, a spokeswoman with the Wisconsin Education Association Council, the state's biggest public-sector union with 98,000 members, confirmed that unions are willing to accept the increased contributions to pensions and healthcare but won't give up their bargaining rights without a fight.

"We're on board if these financial contributions need to happen for the budget fix, but we are absolutely opposed to stripping collective bargaining rights in our state," she said.