What is the Norm?

I have been inspired by the thousands of people protesting down the street at state capitol of Wisconsin.  People from all walks and generations have come out to protest the anti-union legislative that is proposed by our current Governor Scott Walker.  Is that normal? Who is to say that getting a job connected directly with a state government is not something that should taken lightly and afford you the privileged future that is certainly attached to the safety of a position with the government. The way that I see it is that if your services and or talents are needed by a state body than you should be allowed the security of a organized body to help stand up for your rights as a citizen and also a employee.  But coming here to Wisconsin from another Midwestern state that wears the union blinders I can see how the state workers here are looking for more, not less.  Is that normal of a unionized system?  I personally have never been part of a union but then again I am not much of a joiner.  I would say that most most people that are active in a union of some sort have the joiner mentality, you know the type, they normally belong to the laundry list of clubs that and freely funnel there funds into non-profits that whitewash whatever hip idea or initiative and take your money to hire lobbyist and print  their glossy pamphlets on not so virgin paper.  I am a fishermen, yet I do not see the need to join BASS, or Trout Unlimited to ensure that I have a greater chance of catching a trout on my next fishing excursion.  But if joining one of those groups would provide me with the absolute assurance that I would never get skunked on the water then I might even consider making a monthly contribution.  The direct benefit is there and is tangible for the unionized state employees of Wisconsin and right now they are seeing the their sunny future quickly become a cloudy haze.  Unions are truly of the Midwestern spirit, it must be the winter weather that makes us demanding more for putting up with the shitty weather and sticking it out in the great lakes states.  I am interested to see what happens, will the state listen to its citizens in a collective voice or will it mute that voice swiftly and abruptly for the sake of the budget?