Fmr. leader: Wisconsin teachers union lost 60% of members after Scott Walker’s reforms

Fmr. leader: Wisconsin teachers union lost 60% of members after Scott Walker’s reforms - EAGnews.org:
"..He used the analogy of a tree, and he said before their troubles began, he thought that the Wisconsin Education Association tree was solid. 
Its core was strong.
The roots were in the ground and nothing could topple it.
But then along came that mighty, mighty storm, and quickly the 100,000-member Wisconsin tree was toppled, just like that.
In one fell swoop, they lost everything.
Gone.
The tree that they thought was solid and would never fall fell, and fell hard.
Where three years ago there were over a hundred thousand members, today, there are 40,000. 
Where once they had a staff along the same lines as OEA, they now have a staff of less than 20.
Their power and influence, he says, are virtually gone.....