Unions: This time, we’ll defeat Walker

The Hill ^ | July 15, 2015 | Tim Devaney

[E. Pluribus Unum]

With enemies like them, who needs friends?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Why Labor Hates Walker, in Three Charts

[SNIP]

Labor unions rely on density for two reasons. First, unions need monthly dues in order to be able to pay organizers and staff. The more members, the more dues, the more organizing. Second, the more unions that exist in a region, the easier it is to organize. That's because more union employers usually means smaller disparities between the wages paid by different businesses -- meaning less incentive to oppose organizing drives. That's why New York state has the highest union membership rate in the country: New York City's high union density makes it easier to organize.

Again, half of the country's union members work in government. That's high density. Public-sector employee unions work hard -- and spend heavily -- to support elected officials that support their organizing efforts.

And that's why Walker gives labor such conniptions. He demonstrated that unions could be beaten -- and that even in a state that twice backed Barack Obama, he didn't pay a political price for it. Walker has made his defeat of the unions a core part of his pitch to conservative voters. So far, he's running with the front of the pack."

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[KC_Conspirator]

Feel the hate dripping from the left.

[DoodleDawg]

I’m sure they’ll try but they don’t have the sway they once had. Might cost him Ohio but other than that big union states like Michigan were out of reach anyway.

[KC_Conspirator]

“That’s pretty much the most offensive thing he could say that working people who are standing up for their rights are equivalent to terrorists".

The unions do not speak for working people.

[Biggirl]

Keep trying, come up a LOSER again!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Notice that the quotes are from UNION officials.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Exactly!

[bkepley]

They’ll take credit for it. He’s fine but I don’t think he’ll win.

[cripplecreek]

Can you feel the love?

[C. Edmund Wright]

Is it just me....or do these commie union thugs remind anyone of the 1972 Soviet bball team in the Olympics......hard core lefties getting shot after shot after shot at defeating the good guys.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwZuPi4cbyg

[DoodleDawg]

Notice that the quotes are from UNION officials.

I knew that. And?

[Cincinatus' Wife]

2011 Wisconsin protests

"The 2011 Wisconsin protests were a series of demonstrations in the state of Wisconsin in the United States beginning in February involving at its zenith as many as 100,000 protesters opposing the 2011 Wisconsin Act 10, also called the "Wisconsin Budget Repair bill." Subsequently, anti-tax activists and other conservatives, including Tea Party advocates, launched small pockets of counter protests.

The protests centered on the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, with satellite protests also occurring at other municipalities throughout the state. Demonstrations took place at various college campuses, including the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. After the collective bargaining bill was upheld by the Wisconsin Supreme Court on June 14, the number of protesters declined to about 1,000 within a couple days.

The protests were a major driving force for recall elections of state senators in 2011 and 2012, the failed recall of Governor Scott Walker in 2012 and a contentious Wisconsin Supreme Court election in 2011."..........

[cripplecreek]

Might cost him Ohio but other than that big union states like Michigan were out of reach anyway.

You do realize that Michigan is a RTW state now too right? In fact, Walker looks strong in Michigan and I say that as a Cruz supporter.

[cripplecreek]

It was kind of funny. Less than 24 hours after the recall attempt failed in Wisconsin, they dropped their recall attempt against Rick Snyder in Michigan.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Americans working in jobs where UNIONS have taken over, are now free from paying dues to the UNION leadership that supports Liberal politicians.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/07/13/dear-democrats-you-only-have-yourself-to-blame-for-scott-walker/

“.....Looking back, it’s clear that without the recall, there is no Scott Walker presidential announcement today. What the recall did was turn Walker into a conservative hero/martyr — the symbol of everything base GOPers hate about unions and, more broadly, the Democratic party. He went from someone no one knew to someone every conservative talk radio host (and their massive audiences) viewed as the tip of the spear in the fight against the creep of misguided Democratic priorities. He became someone who had the phone numbers of every major conservative donor at his fingertips. He became what he is today: The political David who threw a pebble and slew the mighty liberal Goliath.

It’s hard for me to imagine that if Democrats had never tried to recall Walker that he would be a) running for president in 2016 or b) solidly established as one of the three candidates regarded as most likely to be the nominee. Even if Walker had, as he did, won a second term as governor in Wisconsin in 2014, it’s much more likely he’d be grouped in with fellow governors like John Kasich and Chris Christie rather than, as he is now, with Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio.”

[Cincinatus' Wife]

“According to one University of Wisconsin professor, presidential candidate Scott Walker and mass-murdering dictator Adolf Hitler are so similar that it’s actually “terrifying.”

“My grandfather, a psychologist, just walked me through similarities between Walker and Hitler.

There are so many-it’s terrifying,” educational-policies professor Sara Goldrick-Rab tweeted on July 1.

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/421196/professor-scott-walker-terrifying-similarities-hitler

[KC_Conspirator]

I know, a once again, one sided liberal article.