U.S. Union Busting: Who’s Scarier, Scott Walker or ‘Jihadi John’?

NSNBC ^ | March 2, 2015 | Shamus Cooke

[mistfree]

Shamus Cooke is a social worker, trade unionist and activist in the Occupy movement. Shamus Cooke is is a writer for Workers Action and a prolific writer on political and social issues. nuf said

[BCW]

there were 568 views...looks like this LIBERAL video is going viral!!!! (sarc/)...it has 22 likes...I’m sure we are going to be talking about this for weeks to come....not!

I had to listen to it twice to try and follow what her points were...like “for abortion or against abortion...or whatever”...because in the end - they are both the same...WOW....

[Cincinatus' Wife]

They're a wild and crazy bunch.

Milwaukee County says nearly all Walker emails released [Taxpayer funded witch-hunt in Wisconsin]

[Gaffer]

.......his wealthy audience.....the 1%....idolized by super-rich....dismembered unions...butchered unions ..average U.S. worker has more to fear from Walker than ISIS...

Just a few selected words from this author's repertoire. You cannot discuss, much less reason with, socialist zealots like this. There is no point.

[Graybeard58]

For example, Walker’s anti-union laws have reduced union membership in Wisconsin by 50 percent since he defeated the “Wisconsin Uprising” in 2011

50% of union members, when given the option, to pay dues or not, chose not to and that's Walker's fault?

Graybeard58, 30+ year, retired union member.

[WayneS]

How many unions had “Jihadi John” tried to bust?

[bert]

oops.... walker is for profits. since profits not paid to the workers are evil, Walker is evil
QED

[WayneS]

Here is how one right to work state deals with public employee unions and their like:

from the Code of Virginia:

§40.1-57.2 - Prohibition against collective bargaining.

No state, county, municipal, or like governmental officer, agent or governing body is vested with or possesses any authority to recognize any labor union or other employee association as a bargaining agent of any public officers or employees, or to collectively bargain or enter into any collective bargaining contract with any such union or association or its agents with respect to any matter relating to them or their employment or service.

§ 40.1-55 - Employee striking terminates, and becomes temporarily ineligible for, public employment.

Any employee of the Commonwealth, or of any county, city, town or other political subdivision thereof, or of any agency of any one of them, who, in concert with two or more other such employees, for the purpose of obstructing, impeding or suspending any activity or operation of his employing agency or any other governmental agency, strikes or willfully refuses to perform the duties of his employment shall, by such action, be deemed to have terminated his employment and shall thereafter be ineligible for employment in any position or capacity during the next twelve months by the Commonwealth, or any county, city, town or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth, or by any department or agency of any of them.

[CIB-173RDABN]

One reform I would like to see (if we can not ban public employee unions all together) would be any pension from the state government could only be paid to legal residence of that state.

This way they would have live in the nightmare they created and not move on to infest other states.

[afraidfortherepublic]

Walker compared to Jihad Johnny!

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.

[JPG]

The deathblow that Walker delivered to Wisconsin public unions devastated the powerful teacher union.

Oh, please, what a flaming crock. The teachers stopped having their dues automatically deducted from their paychecks, and vast numbers, in effect, said "Screw this, I'm free---ain't paying no more. Buh-bye."

[Cincinatus' Wife]

American Thinker:......."Given the poll bias, in my mind, Scott Walker was the true winner. I did not see his speech, but the poll suggests that Walker left CPAC in the strongest position with the party faithful of any prospective future GOP presidential candidate. Washington insider The Hill agrees, writing:

His performance didn’t have the same fervor as his acclaimed speech last month to the Iowa Freedom Forum, but it didn’t matter. Walker’s CPAC straw poll placing -- a close second behind the favorite Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) -- shows he got the most bounce out of the event. His showing was especially impressive given that he lacks the organizational muscle of the likes of Paul and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R), who finished fifth.

And he deserves it. While from a messaging and charisma standpoint, my personal favorite is Ted Cruz, Walker has been tested in an unprecedented, relentless, vicious, four-year trial by fire from Democrats, unions, and the media. He is the first governor ever to survive a recall election, and despite a national effort by unions and Obama’s left, he won handily. Same with his re-election. Walker has survived unsullied by a four-year secret probe that vies with the IRS scandal as one of the greatest systematic abuses of governmental power in recent memory. Corrupt prosecutors used the power of the bizarre “John Doe” law in a vicious attempt to shut down the GOP throughout the state and destroy Scott Walker’s re-election prospects. The only mystery is why Milwaukee County DA John Chisholm and his assistant, Bruce Landgraf, are not in jail. Against all these odds, Walker has governed effectively – introducing changes and reforms that have reversed the state’s downward economic slide, balancing the budget, and cutting taxes.".....

More on this vicious John Doe" business.