If Union Workers Currently Are Getting Such a Great Deal...

Wis. unions rush deals ahead of bargaining law - 14 Mar 2011 at 7:01pm - MADISON, Wis. -- School boards and local governments across Wisconsin are rushing to reach agreements with unions before a new law takes effect and erases their ability to collectively bargain over nearly all issues other than minimal salary increases.

... -- as the tea-partiers & other anti-union types seem to believe -- why would school boards & local governments be rushing to reach agreements with them before the new law takes effect?