Meh. I'm in the same line of work, except for the feds instead of WI. We have no collective bargaining rights, and never have. We can form PACs and lobby, but we can't negotiate for wages or benefits. Whatever the Congress hands us, through whatever manipulations the Executive branch chooses, is what we get.
Our most recent surprise is a change in how much we pay for our retirement contribution. Yeah, it sucks that I'm effectively taking a 5% pay cut, but I have a job, one that pays more than if I launched out into the private sector at age 48, after 20 years in this business. I'm not bitching. I know I'm better off than most of the people who pay for my job. Politically, I'm fighting for those people, not me. I'm no altruist: by fighting for the taxpayers, I'm fighting for myself and my children.