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More Unions Finding Common Ground Against Walker
"He calls unions unreasonable while making no attempt to talk to the unions," said Marty Beil, executive director of AFSCME Council 24.
"We wouldn't advocate for anything that will be to the detriment of labor," said Jim Palmer, executive director of the Wisconsin Professional Police Association.
Their focus now, according to Mary Bell, president of the Wisconsin Education Association Council, is to "make legislators understand the effect on communities."
Candice Owley, president of the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses & Health Professionals, bluntly outlined one of those effects: "This puts our patients in danger."
Several speakers made reference to Walker's desire to run the state like a business. In their view, however, no successful business would treat its workers the way he has. "Well-managed corporations don't destroy decades of labor relations with a week's notice," said Michael Bolton, director of United Steelworkers District 2.
Danny McGowan, legislative liaison for Teamsters Joint Council 39, likened Walker's administration to a "dictatorship" for its one-sided approach to managing the state's problems.
Sgt. Dave McClure, vice president of the Madison Professional Police Officers Association, says his group intends to post a statement on its website later today. It is also looking into taking out an ad in Wednesday's Wisconsin State Journal, and it is actively encouraging its membership to show up for this week's rallies against the budget bill at the state Capitol. More >>>
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The cowardly lion will not even be in Madison today. He's going to Hobart, Milwaukee, and Eau Claire.
"Scott Walker will be in Milwaukee on Tuesday February 15, 2011 at Grover Piston Ring - 2759 S 28th street between 9:00 and 9:30am."
"Governor Scott Walker will be in Hobart Tuesday to discuss his plans to solve the state's budget woes.
Walker will visit Centerline Machining & Grinding, Inc. from 9:50 a.m. to 10:35 a.m."
"Governor Scott Walker is scheduled to be in Eau Claire WI between 2 & 2:30pm at McDonough Manufacturing on Melby Road."
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