Posted on 09/13/2015 11:44:51 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker plans to focus Monday on weakening labor by proposing to abolish unions for federal workers, create a national "right-to-work law" and eliminate the National Labor Relations Board.
At a Las Vegas manufacturer, he also plans to call for requiring all unions to hold periodic votes so workers can decide whether they should continue to exist, according to his campaign. He will also cancel President Barack Obama's Labor Day order that federal contractors provide paid sick leave and work to end policies requiring some salaried workers to receive overtime—saying in some cases they should get time off instead.
"It's time to address the problems with collective bargaining in public service rather than tinker around the edges. As president, I will work with Congress to eliminate big-government,federal unions on behalf of the American taxpayer."
..In 2011, just weeks after he became governor, Walker proposed all but eliminating collective bargaining for most public workers in Wisconsin. That sparked massive protests and prompted Senate Democrats to leave the state for three weeks in an attempt to block the legislation.
Walker and Republican lawmakers overcame that opposition and put the measure now known as Act 10 into law. Their opponents tried to recall Walker from office, but he survived the effort, becoming the first governor in American history to win a recall election..
At construction equipment maker Xtreme Manufacturing in Las Vegas, Walker also plans to propose:
Ending the ability of unions to require government workers in some states to pay fees to unions.
Banning the federal government from withholding union fees from workers' paychecks if they go toward political activities.
Barring caps that would prevent employees from being rewarded for exceptional work..
Establishing protections for union whistleblowers to protect them from retaliation.
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Even FDR thought government unions were a bad idea.
You have government workers negotiating with government workers for the benefits of ....government workers.
What could go wrong?
This would be huge. A game-changer. And its something that Congress and a Republican president actually could do. And Walker is tough enough to do it.
oooohhh, I like that idea.
One small problem.. currently there are nearly 22 million government employees and only 12 million workers in the private sector.
Consider there are 94 million people NO LONGER in the workforce. Many of them are on government handout programs, such as disability, food stamps, aid to dependent children, etc, etc.
Government workers and handout receipients already at the feeding trough are NOT going to vote for anyone or anything that resembles removing their esteemed trough.
The DNC isn't taking this well.
Why stop at Federal Workers? For 25 years I was forced to pay union dues working for a large city fire department. State, city and county workers including teachers should not have unions. Civil Service Boards should be enough to ensure fair treatment.
Though he talks a good sound-bite here, sorry, I’m not a single issue voter.
If he can flesh it out and present, to The People, a solid plan, I think that’d open the field to more debate on the topic (and see where the others stand...or fall).
Course, if the field were full of Constitutionalists (or even some Conservatives), they’d ALL be talking along the same ideas....sad.
Walker isn’t a single issue candidate.
Is Trump a single issue candidate?
I didn’t say HE was...I was saying I’M not a single-issue voter; I care about where they stand on ALL issues.
What I’d LOVE to hear is the use of E.O. to rescind *ALL* prior E.O. and enforcing the ‘Judicial and Executive don’t/won’t/can’t make Law’.
Tie that to Congress cannot abrogate their responsibility, by creating Dept of XYZ/etc., (IE: Law created by those that cannot be voted out) all rules and regulations are null and void.
Yeah, I got a wish-list I suspect would never see the light of day in any case before my demise...
Walker said Obama’s immigration EO is gone Day One.
He has the play book for fighting back and winning, that is why they fear him.
Throughout American history — and as recently as the 1950s — there were no unions for government workers. Public-sector employees were expected to earn a bit less than their private-sector equivalents. The reasons they did so included an interest in public service, job security and reasonable benefits.
. . . in 1962, when President John F. Kennedy granted federal employees the right to collectively bargain. Since then, public sector union membership has skyrocketed while, in the private sector, unions have fallen out of favor.
Source:
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2010/02/illustrated-history-of-public-sector.html
He won’t be able to do it. Nobody will.
He’s done it.
Doing it for all federal employees on a national level is a different story. It is not going to happen.
Then crawl into your hole and stay out of the way.
Walker is making this bold claim because his campaign has been tanking due to him being afraid to have an opinion on issues. He wouldn’t even say whether or not he thought Obama loves America which is a no brainer. So this looks like a gimmick to get back in the game. If it were to be done it would take someone much tougher than Scott Walker.
It’s a good idea, but it’s too little too late for Walker imo.
Just ONE of the myriad of illegal EOs; the majority I do not hold my breath for wait til they too are rescinded.
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