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To: re_nortex; cynwoody; All
May 2, 2015: With membership now voluntary, Wisconsin AFSCME forced into big cutbacks

"Governor Scott Walker and the GOP-controlled state legislature freed government employees from involuntary forced union membership, enabling them to choose or not choose to pay dues. The results have shown that roughly two-thirds have not chosen union membership when given the opportunity. And that has meant big cutbacks for the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), one of the most left wing and biggest political contributors to Democrats among American unions.......

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.....Keep in mind that AFSCME [American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees] was founded in Wisconsin, the state that was the birthplace of the Progressive political movement. Thus, the rejection of forced union membership is doubly painful. And it is already painful for the union bosses:........"

....No mention is made of political donations by the unions, but in the past AFSCME has been a major source of money and manpower for the Democrats. That racket is now ending for workers in Wisconsin, and one of Scott Walker’s strongest appeals will be to extend these reforms nationwide."

22 posted on 09/14/2015 1:04:58 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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Sept 11, 2015: Hillary Appeals To Unions With Attack On Walker

“What happens when you are a proud union member and you have a governor that wants to drive you out?” Hillary declared, according to The New York Times."

Sept 07, 2015: Scott Walker fires back at Obama on collective bargaining

Walker's remarks came in response to the president's Labor Day speech in Boston, in which Mr. Obama alluded to Republican presidential candidates who have worked to weaken unions.

"He is bragging about how he destroyed collective bargaining rights in his state, and says that busting workers prepares him to fight ISIL. I didn't make that up!" the president said of Walker, without naming him.

23 posted on 09/14/2015 1:11:05 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; cynwoody
A decision in 1806, Commonwealth v. Pullis, determined that unions constitute illegal conspiracies engaging in thuggish tactics to form a mob to raise their wages. A leftist Massachusetts court overturned that decision but the reality is that all unions are anti-American mobs back by communists.

The total eradication of unions will lead to American economic dominance and will reduce Red China to its rightful status of an irrelevant, weak, third-world cesspool.

25 posted on 09/14/2015 1:17:32 AM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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