On the heels of a politically charged debate and angry street protests in Wisconsin over stripping public employees of their collective-bargaining rights, producers who serve the public sector are now seeing similar efforts take shape across the nation.
One such place is South Carolina, whose Republican Gov. Nikki Haley wants to pare $14 billion in unfunded benefit obligations for state workers. In Florida, Republican Gov. Rick Scott is pushing for state employee contributions to help fund their retirement. And in Connecticut, labor negotiations are underway to address former Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell’s proposal to seek higher pension and health care contributions from state workers.
