Labor & Employment Law

Republican Governors Desert Wis.?s Scott Walker

By Tula Connell

Memo to Gov. Scott Walker: Your allies are deserting you. They know something you don’t seem to: the public supports the freedom to bargain for good middle-class jobs.

Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott:

My belief is as long as people know what they’re doing, collective bargaining is fine.

Republican Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbitt:

We’ll begin negotiations with the public-sector unions and anticipate we’ll conduct those in good faith.

Republican Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels:

I’m not sending the state police after anybody. I’m not gonna divert a single trooper from their job of protection the Indiana public. I trust that people’s consciences will bring them back to work. … For reasons I’ve explained more than once I thought there was a better time and place to have this very important and legitimate issue raised. I’ll also say I think it would have the potential — just tactically — to possibly reduce or wreck the chances for education reform and local government reform and criminal justice reform and the things we have a wonderful chance to do.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on February 22, 2011 (boomark / email).