Please summarize this, and try to make it short. USING YOUR OWN words While priv
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Please summarize this, and try to make it short. USING YOUR OWN words
While private sector unions may be rapidly declining in the United States, public sector unions are still strong . . . or at least were. In 2011, public sector unions representing teachers, prison guards, police officers, railworkers, and civil servants were dealt a blow by their employers—the government. At the forefront of the battle was the issue of collective bargaining. And it began in Wisconsin. But this is not the first time Wisconsin has been at the forefront of collective bargaining. The Wagner Act of 1934 (discussed in this chapter) did not grant public employees the right to collective bargaining. In the 1950s and 1960s public sector employees pushed for collective bargaining rights. Finally, in 1959 Wisconsin became the first state to grant this right to public employees. In a dramatic turn of events, Wisconsin is now the first to repeal collective bargaining rights for its public sector employees. After a standoff with state Democrats and prounion demonstrators, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the state legislature decided that public employees did not have the right to collective bargaining. This set off a chain reaction in eighteen other states where they had also proposed legislation that would remove all or some collective bargaining powers from unions (e.g., Maine, Arizona, Indiana, Alaska, Michigan, and Ohio). This could potentially increase the number of states that do not allow collective bargaining to go from five (see map below) to nearly half of the states.
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Explanation / Answer
The government of USA gave a blow to its employees i.e. the public servants like; prison guards, police officers, rail workers, and civil servants in the country in 2011, by taking their rights of collective bargaining. This struggle had its origin in the Wagner Act of 1934 which did not grant public employees the right to collective bargaining. However later due to repeated pushing of the employees in 1959 Wisconsin, the right to collective bargaining was given. Later after a stalemate between the state Democrats and pro union demonstrators, the Governor of the state; Scott Walker revoked the right to collective bargaining. This led to a chain reaction, as some eighteen other states including the states of; Maine, Arizona, Indiana, Alaska, Michigan, and Ohio revoked the right to collective bargaining. Other states can follow this trend.