{"id":24268,"date":"2014-12-05T12:04:07","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T17:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=24268"},"modified":"2014-12-05T12:04:07","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T17:04:07","slug":"rtw-less-pushed-wisconsin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/rtw-less-pushed-wisconsin\/","title":{"rendered":"Walker Aims At Building Trades, Private Sector Unions","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/r-SCOTT-WALKER-EMAILS-large570.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-24269\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/r-SCOTT-WALKER-EMAILS-large570-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"r-SCOTT-WALKER-EMAILS-large570\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nA Wisconsin State Representative has announced that he will introduce a Right-to-Work for less bill in the upcoming legislative session.\u00a0 The move comes just days after a former Americans for Prosperity associate, Lorri Pickens, announced a new tea party group called \u201cWisconsin Right to Work.\u201d.<br \/>\nWisconsin House Speaker Robin Vos has suggested in the past that \u201cRight-to-Work\u201d would not be on the party\u2019s agenda during the two-year legislative session beginning in January.\u00a0 However, following the announcement of the tea party backed \u201cWisconsin Right to Work\u201d group, he changed his tune. \u00a0Vos now says that \u201che looks forward to discussing the benefits of becoming a right-to-work state.\u201d<br \/>\nSenate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has said \u201che was open to the idea.\u201d<br \/>\nGov. Scott Walker is sticking to his talking point on the matter, saying \u201cRight-to-Work isn\u2019t a priority.\u201d\u00a0 His spokeswoman, Laurel Patrick, added that, \u201cWalker is focused on creating jobs and anything that distracts from that goal isn\u2019t a priority.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 It should be noted that this was wxactly what was said by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder in the weeks leading up to when Right-to-Work for less legislation was snuck through in Michigan.<br \/>\nOne impediment to passing such legislation has been the support Walker has received from the leadership of Operating Engineers Local 139.<br \/>\nScott Fitzgerald said Republicans could exempt the operating engineers from the bill as\u00a0a reward\u00a0for their support.\u00a0 He also admitted that exempting them from the Right to Work for less bill could make the law more likely to be shot down in a court of law, which would make the GOP less likely to carve out the operating engineers.\u00a0 In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Local 139\u2019s Business Manager noted he was not made aware of the GOP attempt to push through Right to Work for less.<br \/>\nIn 1993, as a freshmen legislator, Walker co-sponsored Right to Work for less legislation.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Wisconsin State Representative has announced that he will introduce a Right-to-Work for less bill in the upcoming legislative session.\u00a0 The move comes just days after a former Americans for Prosperity associate, Lorri Pickens, announced a new tea party group called \u201cWisconsin Right to Work.\u201d. 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