Posts Tagged Scott Walker
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin (DPW) had scheduled a “Unity Rally” for the evening of Wednesday, May 9th, on the steps of the state capitol. The rally was supposed to feature all the Democratic candidates and others uniting to defeat Walker and expressing support for the winner of the Democratic primary. The DPW has canceled the Unity Rally.
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government by MIKE FLYNN
Democratic, Kathleen Falk, Republican, Scott Walker, Tom Barrett, United States, Unity Rally, Wisconsin
Class Warfare? Yes please. via memeorandum
Wisconsin Supreme Court upholds union-busting legislation via memeorandum
“… Meticulous attention should be paid to the special relationships and obligations of public servants to the public itself and to the government. All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations … The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for … officials … to bind the employer … The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives …
“Particularly, I want to emphasize my conviction that militant tactics have no place in the functions of any organization of government employees. Upon employees in the federal service rests the obligation to serve the whole people … This obligation is paramount … A strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent … to prevent or obstruct … Government … Such action, looking toward the paralysis of Government … is unthinkable and intolerable.”
For example, although he had a lock on labor’s vote, he expressed caution about public sector unions. In a little-known letter he wrote to the president of the National Federation of Federal Employees in 1937, Roosevelt reasoned:
FDR’s warning: Public employee unions a no-no
Civil service, Collective bargaining, Democratic, Employment, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Republican, Scott Walker, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Supreme Court
Controversial Wisconsin Labor Law Cleared to Take Effect via Fox News
Wisconsin’s Republican governor has won a major victory: the state Supreme Court says his polarizing union rights law can go into effect.
Gov. Scott Walker pushed the law that eliminates most of public employees’ collective bargaining rights and forces them to pay more for their health and pension benefits. He says it’s needed for the state to address its budget problems.
The law passed in March after weeks of protests that drew tens of thousands of people to the state Capitol. But the law has been tied up in the courts since a Democrat filed a lawsuit accusing Republicans of violating the state open meetings law during the run-up to passage.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court said the judge (Sumi) had no authority to interfere with the legislative process.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/14/wisconsins-high-court-says-controversial-union-law-can-take-effect/#ixzz1PI8MwTbm
Collective bargaining, Democratic, Law, Republican, Scott Walker, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Supreme Court
THE EDITORS: The Left isn’t fighting for workers, but for its power to seize their paychecks. A Modest Victory in Wisconsin.
CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER: Wisconsin Democratic assemblymen whine on about the bill’s passage. Wisconsin Takes Action.
KATRINA TRINKO: The battle gets hotter as Wisconsin Democrats mount recall efforts against eight GOP senators. Playing the Recall Card.
DEROY MURDOCK: Workers should decide whether to join a union. The Right to Choose.
Republican, Scott Walker, Unions, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Democratic Party, Wisconsin Senate
“… Meticulous attention should be paid to the special relationships and obligations of public servants to the public itself and to the government. All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations … The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for … officials … to bind the employer … The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives …
“Particularly, I want to emphasize my conviction that militant tactics have no place in the functions of any organization of government employees. Upon employees in the federal service rests the obligation to serve the whole people … This obligation is paramount … A strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent … to prevent or obstruct … Government … Such action, looking toward the paralysis of Government … is unthinkable and intolerable.”
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This opened up the floodgates around the country as other Democratic legislators followed Wagner’s lead. In 1959, Wisconsin became the first state to enact public employee collective bargaining laws. President John F. Kennedy then followed with an executive order granting federal employees the right to bargain collectively. As journalist Roger Lowenstein wrote in his recent book detailing the explosion of government pension debt, “Membership in public unions rose exponentially.”
http://www.laborunionreport.com/portal/2010/10/unions-patron-saint-fdr-rejected-public-sector-unions/
Civil service, Collective bargaining, Democratic Party (United States), Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Scott Walker, Wisconsin
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