Although state budget details were worked out in secret, it’s no secret many state and University of Wisconsin employees remain boiling mad at Gov. Jim Doyle for ordering 16 unpaid days off over the next two years to help close the $6.6 billion budget gap that keeps on growing.
And while the hit to the pocketbook hurts — especially for those toiling in low-wage jobs — much of the frustration comes from staffers whose pay doesn’t come out of Wisconsin tax coffers.
Quoted: Laura Brown, a senior scientist at the UW Medical School