Balance Is Needed

The right to organize and bargain collectively has generally been considered to be a fundamental human right in Wisconsin. What is a fundamental human right? “It is a right that is possessed by human beings solely as a function of their humanity.”[1] This characterization of human rights means that they may not be created by nor denied by governments or employers. Government employees are human beings and appear to have a fundamental right to organize and bargain collectively. Since the beginning of American government organizations, "The desire of every human being to have a voice in those activities which have substantial influence on this life motivated public employees to organize,"[2] and government employees found ways to effect their employment through the general government process, but it took until 1962 to find a moderately successful model to produce the current collective bargaining system.
[1] Howard, Rhoda E., and Jack Donnelly, International Handbook of Human Rights, Westport, Connecticut, Greenwood Press, 1987.
[2] Colosi, Thomas R. & Rynecki, Steven B. (January 1975). Federal legislation for public sector collective bargaining : a trilogy