Scott Walker’s anti-union drivel will not revive his presidential candidacy

Scott Walker’s anti-union drivel will not revive his presidential candidacy photo Scott Walker’s anti-union drivel will not revive his presidential candidacy

J. David Cox, president of the American Federation of Government Employees, the largest union of federal workers, representing about 750,000 people, said it’s a last-ditch effort by a failing candidate.



But in doing so – contrary to Walker’s suggestion – the article didn’t come close to writing his political obituary.

Expanding on the hatred of unions that he imposed as Wisconsin’s governor, right wing Republican presidential hopeful Scott Walker is proposing to abolish the National Labor Relations Board, turn the USA into a “right-to-work” nation, and eliminate federal workers’ rights to union representation.

Trying to pique Republican interest as he previewed his proposals in a post on conservative website Hot Air, Walker wrote: “The fact that this is occurring at a time when the IRS and VA lurch from one scandal to another and struggle to provide basic services to those they are charged with serving underscores the need for reform”.

I don’t think it’s in Scott Walker’s bones to be against the 14th Amendment and want to build a giant wall and throw everybody out”, said Bishop, who has been on the county party’s executive committee since 2008. It was part of the plan he released Monday. “I’m the only one on that [debate] stage that fits the bill”.

USA presidential candidate Scott Walker said if he is elected next year he will seek to eliminate federal government unions and the agency that investigates labor disputes, as well as helping states let public employees opt out of union membership.

Walker extols the freedom of every worker-“every state or local worker and every private sector worker has the freedom to choose whether they want to be in a labor union or not”. Critics like Walker say it unnecessarily increases the government’s costs. Walker also calls for implementing a federal right-to-work law that states would have to opt out of in order to avoid.

After surviving a recall election in 2012 – the first governor in United States history to do so – he pushed even further, enacting right-to-work laws in March that lift the requirements of workers to pay union dues as a condition of employment. Walker said. “Or how about the Department of Veterans Affairs?” “Wouldn’t be nice if they were working to help our veterans?” excerpts continue. Bernie Sanders, said Walker’s plan would only make rich people and corporations even wealthier.

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