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UCmeNdc

(9,600 posts)
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 04:09 PM Sep 2015

Scott Walker throws Hail Mary, calls for banning public sector unions and abolishing NLRB

Five months ago, back when his campaign wasn’t in shambles, Scott Walker assured voters that his cruel and unusual union-busting plan in Wisconsin would stay in Wisconsin, calling it a “state issue“:

Not anymore. Now that Walker is polling at under five percent nationwide, he’s got to start throwing some Hail Marys. And since waffling on birthright citizenship and refusing to say anything about Syrian refugees won’t cut it, he’s going with what he knows best, releasing a white paper earlier today that would eliminate public sector unions and the National Labor Relations Board, along with enacting nationwide “Right to Work” legislation that would cripple workers’ ability to collectively bargain by letting workers to opt out of union membership, both allowing them to free-ride on union representation while diluting the power of the union itself.


http://americablog.com/2015/09/scott-walker-hail-mary-banning-public-sector-unions-nlrb.html


Does the rest of the GOP candidates agree?

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Scott Walker throws Hail Mary, calls for banning public sector unions and abolishing NLRB (Original Post) UCmeNdc Sep 2015 OP
I'm amazed that his campaign sharp_stick Sep 2015 #1
hey scotty, that should go over well with the working folks in america... spanone Sep 2015 #2
I wonder what Charlie & Dave (Koch) think of this ? jaysunb Sep 2015 #3
There's a space waiting for him on the hifiguy Sep 2015 #4
More of his Divide and conquer strategy. postulater Sep 2015 #5

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
1. I'm amazed that his campaign
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 04:11 PM
Sep 2015

is imploding this early. He really looks like a darling of the I've got mine class of assholes that make up the bulk of the Republican base. I guess he's just not quite as outwardly crazy as the base is looking for this time around.

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
3. I wonder what Charlie & Dave (Koch) think of this ?
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 04:16 PM
Sep 2015

I'm betting they're kicking themselves (again) for ever trusting this idiot to keep his mouth shut about the "plan."

postulater

(5,075 posts)
5. More of his Divide and conquer strategy.
Mon Sep 14, 2015, 06:24 PM
Sep 2015

Wisconsin people just trusted him too much ("How bad could he be? He's a Republican. I always vote Republican.&quot . They are still not fully aware of what they have done.

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