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Gov. Walker: White House interested in Wisconsin union law.
Daily Mail ^ | 2/1/17 | AP

Posted on 02/01/2017 6:07:12 PM PST by Nicojones

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Wednesday that he spoke with Vice President Mike Pence about how the White House can implement on a federal level parts of the Republican governor's contentious policy that all-but eliminated collective bargaining for public sector unions in the state.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4181638/Gov-Walker-White-House-interested-Wisconsin-union-law.html#ixzz4XUPfcvLd

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: govwalker; union
It just keeps getting better with Trump! Time to reign in the bloated federal workforce!
1 posted on 02/01/2017 6:07:12 PM PST by Nicojones
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To: Nicojones

Telegraphing the play is not a good strategy.


2 posted on 02/01/2017 6:08:39 PM PST by Crucial
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To: Nicojones

First thing they should do is stop collecting union dues.

If I’m not mistaken, the law allows it, but can’t actually require it.

So would be an easy exec order to stop.


3 posted on 02/01/2017 6:10:02 PM PST by fruser1
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To: Nicojones

Trumps team also needs to rescind this Obama executive order 13522, which gave Federal employee unions effective control of their government agencies with “pre decisional” consultation (currently interpreted as hey unions, you get to run the show!) .

See here - https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Executive_Order_13522

This is the damaging part in sec 3 - allow employees and their union representatives to have pre-decisional involvement in all workplace matters to the fullest extent practicable, without regard to whether those matters are negotiable subjects of bargaining under 5 U.S.C. 7106; provide adequate information on such matters expeditiously to union representatives where not prohibited by law; and make a good-faith attempt to resolve issues concerning proposed changes in conditions of employment, including those involving the subjects set forth in 5 U.S.C. 7106(b)(1), through discussions in its labor-management forums


4 posted on 02/01/2017 6:13:03 PM PST by Nicojones
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To: Nicojones

I have been dreaming of this day, especially in the industry I’m involved with. Once the unions money flow is cut off, good bye Dummycrat party.


5 posted on 02/01/2017 6:14:39 PM PST by max americana (For the 9th time FIRED LIBERALS from our company at this election, and every election since 2008)
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To: Nicojones

The federal workforce has been granted numerous equivalents of “titles of nobility” as this beloved aristocracy has numerous privileges not available to the bulk of the peasantry.


6 posted on 02/01/2017 6:17:50 PM PST by Degaston
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Using five year old numbers total unionized federal workforce is slightly over one million, lets call it 1.2M. The total federal workforce is roughly 4.95M. That’s 1.2/4.95 = .2424 or 24.24%. So since these are 5 year old numbers lets call it 25%.

So roughly 1/4 federal workers are union. Not as much as I thought but still government workers should not be in a union. Even FDR thought it crazy!


7 posted on 02/01/2017 6:29:03 PM PST by Reily
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To: Nicojones

A national right to work and banning public unions...

Luv it.

And it would defund the democrats FOREVER as unions are by far their largest campaign contributers...


8 posted on 02/01/2017 6:35:16 PM PST by 2banana (My cng ommon ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Reily

Certain agencies are prohibited from having a union, like DOJ or the FBI. However, others like the FDIC and the treasury (which includes the IRS) have significant union membership and are virtually under their control. That 25% is much worse when you factor out the employees at the prohibited agencies.


9 posted on 02/01/2017 6:36:53 PM PST by Nicojones
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To: Nicojones

Then that number probably climbs 40-45%.


10 posted on 02/01/2017 6:40:30 PM PST by Reily
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To: Reily

Exactly, but what’s even worse is that it’s not spread evenly among the remaining agencies, leaving many with much higher concentrations and effectively making them union “captured” agencies.


11 posted on 02/01/2017 6:43:39 PM PST by Nicojones
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To: Crucial

You have to wonder about some of the folks supposedly on our side.

Trump brought two people back to Washington to confound the media. What happened? Our side blabed who the pick was hours before the announcement.

Our people have no concept of timing, secretive tactics, and playing the game to win.

I’m not sure who blabbed here, but I do wish Republicans could play on the same page for a change.


12 posted on 02/01/2017 6:50:52 PM PST by DoughtyOne (NeverTrump, a movement that was revealed to be a movement. Thank heaven we flushed!)
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To: Nicojones

Nice...more winning??


13 posted on 02/01/2017 7:32:43 PM PST by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is DEPLORABLE :-))
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To: Nicojones

I’d go further, bring back the spoils system and fire them, hire decent Americans instead.


14 posted on 02/01/2017 10:22:24 PM PST by Impy (Toni Preckwinkle for Ambassador to the Sun)
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To: Nicojones

The whole idea of government employees unionizing against the very people they are supposed to serve is immoral. President Trump is doing things that I never believed any President would have the guts to do ever again. As much as I dread his tweets and speeches, his actions are absolutely brilliant. Every day is like Christmas. And the way he is playing the press is superior to even Reagan. I think Reagan still respected the press. Trump does not in the least. And he shouldn’t.


15 posted on 02/02/2017 1:20:08 AM PST by TruthBeforeAll (November 18, 1978, Jonestown Guyana. What happens when liberals don't get their way.)
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