Union Leaders Vow to Fight Walker on Right to Work in Wisconsin
The confrontation is set as Walker looks to build his standing ahead of a likely campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at his election night party November 4, 2014 in West Allis, Wisconsin.
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More than a dozen Wisconsin labor leaders said anti-union legislation supported by Governor Scott Walker is being rushed through the legislature to discourage discussion.
“If right to work was any good for this state, we wouldn’t see it being tried to pass this quickly, with limited debate in an attempt to circumvent democracy,” Phil Neuenfeldt, president of the Wisconsin AFL-CIO, said Monday during a news conference in Madison, the state capital.