it s really simple. he got the endorsement after telling the union point blank that he didn t support getting rid of collect i have bargaining for insurance purposes. then he got elected and today he voted for the walker plan. don t take my work for it. take it from the teacher who ed brooks actually made the promise to. generalmy fi jenny fish is part of the team that interviewed brooks for the union during the campaign. so jeanny, did he just flat-out look you in the rights and said i will not take away checkive bargaining rights and today he voted to take away collective bargaining rights? that s correct. when we interviewed, one of the questions of many was whether he would oppose stripping up of our bargaining rie ining rights, sp for insurance in which he stated he did oppose that.