Union VP Says Sheriff Has It in for Him-"the public hates unions right now and they love me."

[The Straight Story]

Union VP Says Sheriff Has It in for Him
By LISA BUCHMEIER
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MILWAUKEE (CN) - A sheriff's union officer claims Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke called him a "fucking terrorist" for being in the union, and told him he should quit the union because "the public hates unions right now and they love me."

In his federal complaint, Sgt. Richard Graber claims Clarke violated the sheriff's employees' collective bargaining agreement's overtime rules, and when he complained, Clarke said he didn't care about the union's "fucking contract."

Graber has served as vice president of the Milwaukee Deputy Sheriff's Association since 2007. He claims Sheriff Clarke violated his constitutional rights and Wisconsin Chapter 164, the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill of Rights, which protects the right "to engage in political activity without recrimination or discrimination."

Graber says unionized deputies were regularly scheduled to patrol the O'Donnell Park parking garage, which collapsed and killed a 15-year-old boy in the summer of 2010.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/11/14/41397.htm

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