The recall effort, organized by a citizens group, United Wisconsin, was strongly supported by unions and the Democratic Party. United Wisconsin also turned in more than enough signatures to recall Wisconsin’s GOP lieutenant governor and three more GOP state senators. Last year, recalls ousted two pro-Walker GOP state senators.
Those recalls were triggered by the mass protests against Walker’s law killing collective bargaining rights for 200,000 state and local government workers. His law became the first big battle in a national war on workers.
Walker’s anti-worker legislation also prompted the latest recalls, but supporters quickly identified other reasons to oust the governor, who has been in office a year. Those reasons include huge cuts in state aid to schools, eviction of thousands of state residents from health care programs and millions of dollars in corporate tax breaks.
“Thousands of grassroots volunteers and union members from across the state have put in countless hours in order to restore democracy, save Wisconsin’s middle class and put Wisconsin back on the right path,” the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO said in a statement.
“There is no question about it. Wisconsinites want to recall Walker in order to put an end to his disastrous agenda and stop his attacks on working families” President Phil Neuenfeldt said. “Putting corporate allies above the people of Wisconsin has led to months of job loss and a compromised economy. Destroying collective bargaining rights for public employees has hurt thousands of families and small businesses across the state. The ripple effects of Walker’s union-busting bill are estimated to cost Wisconsin 18,000 private-sector jobs a year.”
“For 60 days union and community members have organized at union halls, grocery stores and bowling alleys around the state to recall Walker and those who walk in lock-step with his extreme and dangerous agenda,” added Secretary-Treasurer Stephanie Bloomingdale.
“Last February, when Walker announced his plan to bust public sector unions and the middle class, a spark was lit and the people of Wisconsin began to take notice of Walker’s real agenda. This is a governor who crippled the rights of workers, raised taxes on the poor, compromised our children’s education and made it harder for Wisconsinites to vote. His agenda is not working and the people of Wisconsin won’t stand for two more years of Walker.”
The recall election will probably occur in June, after the state’s Democrats find a nominee to oppose Walker. The governor has already raised more than $5 million for his effort to beat the recall, with more than half of it from corporate interests outside Wisconsin. He also says he does not care who the Democrats nominate. He’ll run against, in his words, “Union bosses in Washington.”
This article was written by Press Associates, Inc., news service. Used by permission.
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The recall effort, organized by a citizens group, United Wisconsin, was strongly supported by unions and the Democratic Party. United Wisconsin also turned in more than enough signatures to recall Wisconsin’s GOP lieutenant governor and three more GOP state senators. Last year, recalls ousted two pro-Walker GOP state senators.
Those recalls were triggered by the mass protests against Walker’s law killing collective bargaining rights for 200,000 state and local government workers. His law became the first big battle in a national war on workers.
Walker’s anti-worker legislation also prompted the latest recalls, but supporters quickly identified other reasons to oust the governor, who has been in office a year. Those reasons include huge cuts in state aid to schools, eviction of thousands of state residents from health care programs and millions of dollars in corporate tax breaks.
“Thousands of grassroots volunteers and union members from across the state have put in countless hours in order to restore democracy, save Wisconsin’s middle class and put Wisconsin back on the right path,” the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO said in a statement.
“There is no question about it. Wisconsinites want to recall Walker in order to put an end to his disastrous agenda and stop his attacks on working families” President Phil Neuenfeldt said. “Putting corporate allies above the people of Wisconsin has led to months of job loss and a compromised economy. Destroying collective bargaining rights for public employees has hurt thousands of families and small businesses across the state. The ripple effects of Walker’s union-busting bill are estimated to cost Wisconsin 18,000 private-sector jobs a year.”
“For 60 days union and community members have organized at union halls, grocery stores and bowling alleys around the state to recall Walker and those who walk in lock-step with his extreme and dangerous agenda,” added Secretary-Treasurer Stephanie Bloomingdale.
“Last February, when Walker announced his plan to bust public sector unions and the middle class, a spark was lit and the people of Wisconsin began to take notice of Walker’s real agenda. This is a governor who crippled the rights of workers, raised taxes on the poor, compromised our children’s education and made it harder for Wisconsinites to vote. His agenda is not working and the people of Wisconsin won’t stand for two more years of Walker.”
The recall election will probably occur in June, after the state’s Democrats find a nominee to oppose Walker. The governor has already raised more than $5 million for his effort to beat the recall, with more than half of it from corporate interests outside Wisconsin. He also says he does not care who the Democrats nominate. He’ll run against, in his words, “Union bosses in Washington.”
This article was written by Press Associates, Inc., news service. Used by permission.