Labor & Employment Law

Vets Group Tells Walker, Other Govs, ?Don?t Punish Workers?

By Mike Hall

The veteran?s group VoteVets.org has launched a new video and petition to support Wisconsin public employees in their fight against Gov. Scott Walker?s (R) attempt to eliminate their rights to bargain for middle-class jobs and in support of workers engaged in similar battles in other states.

Ashwin Madia, interim chairman of VoteVets.Org, says there are more than 2 million veterans who are union members, many thousands of whom are in Wisconsin and

amongst those who are protesting. There are other public employees in Wisconsin who do valuable services for veterans every single day, including things like transporting disabled veterans to the VA, and running transitional housing programs for homeless veterans. These employees deserve the right to collectively bargain.

The petition (click here to sign) also calls on governors ?to not punish our public employees by taking away their right to negotiate,? for good jobs.

We stand firmly against Governors Scott Walker, Mitch Daniels, and John Kasich, who already have announced such efforts. Their efforts only stand to punish American veterans, and those who serve them.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on February 24, 2011 (boomark / email).