WI Gov. Scott Walker signs Right to Work law

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Legal Insurrection:

William A. Jacobson

Monday, March 9, 2015

 

 

Put another feather in his cap, Scott Walker today signed Right to Work legislation in Wisconsin, becoming the 24th State to do so.

 

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported prior to the signing:

 

 

Gov. Scott Walker will sign so-called right-to-work legislation on Monday morning at Badger Meter in Brown Deer after the Assembly passed the measure Friday morning following almost 24 hours of debate.

 

The measure bans labor contracts that would make it mandatory for workers to pay union fees.

 

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Our Sisters and Brothers in the Progressive Movement Respond.

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Not to slam Walker, but what did he have to do with it besides sign the bill versus veto it?

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Obama slams Walker on right-to-work law

Kendall Breitman

3/10/15

 

In an unmistakable shot at Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, President Barack Obama slammed Wisconsin’s new right-to-work law in a statement late Monday, calling it “inexcusable.”

 

Unions were able to build America’s middle class by demanding higher wages, benefits, worker protection and ensuring a safe work environment, Obama said. “So it’s inexcusable that, over the past several years, just when middle-class families and workers need that kind of security the most, there’s been a sustained, coordinated assault on unions, led by powerful interests and their allies in government,” he said.

 

Obama does not mention Walker by name or the term “right to work” in his statement, but it is a clear reference to the legislation the possible 2016 GOP candidate signed into law on Friday. The new law makes it so that unions are unable to collect mandatory fees from workers who are not union members, but work for a unionized employer.

 

Obama called the legislation “a new anti-worker law” that will “weaken” middle-class workers. He called instead for boosting working wages and for paid sick leave.

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I can't tell you how shocked I am that Fearless Leader would say something like this!