Union leaders are livid.
Other media outlets saw Walker’s plan as a desperation move – one that would harm workers’ interests. In almost all of them, Walker led his hypothetical opponents.
“Collective bargaining is not a right, it is an expensive entitlement”, he said, speaking with his sleeves rolled up, in between a pair of oversized construction vehicles and in front of a large American flag. Walker was at 2 percent in the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. He didn’t like what he heard. “Some day, when I’m old and broken down, I’m going to be able to retire without government assistance”.
Walker’s decline in polls at both the national and state level have coincided with the phenomenon of two candidates with no prior political experience – business mogul Donald Trump and retired pediatric neurosurgeon Ben Carson – outperforming the mainstream GOP candidates.
A policy proposal on this issue was nearly necessary from Walker, who made a name for himself as the union-busting Republican governor of Wisconsin, a traditionally blue state.
Walker unveiled a sweeping plan to curb unions.
We’re looking desperately for some way to be offended by that statement. “They also would be a massive blow to the strength of organized labor, a major player in Washington politics and staunch ally of the Democratic Party”. It’s not working for American families.
Hillary Clinton, who is actively courting the union vote, went on the offensive against Scott Walker on Twitter, Monday, characterizing his Wisconsin union reforms as “attacks on unions” and calling him a “bully”.
We now know what President Scott Walker would do about labor. He won re-election to the governorship past year. “This will take the breath away from anyone who’s worked in labor relations for any length of time….”
Walker took on public-sector unions in Wisconsin and faced down and defeated a recall effort that meant he had to win three statewide elections in the span of four years.
“It’s a statute that’s passed by Congress, so it’s not something that can simply be eliminated through executive order”, Cornell noted.