Tag: Gov. Walker

Scott Walker’s handpicked candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court loses in a landslide

The following article by Josh Israel was posted on the ThinkProgress website April 4, 2018:

Walker’s candidate and a scheme to eliminate the State Treasurer both lost by double digits.

Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice-Elect Rebecca Dallet Credit: Dallet’s Twitter Feed

Wisconsin voters sent a strong message to Gov. Scott Walker (R) and the National Rifle Association on Tuesday, electing liberal Rebecca Dallet to an open seat on the state’s Supreme Court.

Dallet defeated a Walker-appointed and NRA-endorsed judge, Republican-backed conservative Michael Screnock, by a surprisingly lopsided 56 percent to 44 percent majority. Her win narrows the pro-Walker conservative majority on the court to 4 to 3 — and marks the first win by a liberal to an open seat since 1995. Continue reading “Scott Walker’s handpicked candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court loses in a landslide”

Anti-worker Republicans take a page from Wisconsin playbook

The following column by Ken Martin, DFL Party Chair, was released October 27, 2017:

Credit: cspan.org

Our neighboring state of Wisconsin was thrust into the national spotlight in 2010 when Gov. Scott Walker staged an all-out assault on labor unions. Despite protestors flooding the Capitol for nearly three weeks, Walker signed a bill to dramatically curtail collective bargaining rights for public employees.With no power to effectively bargain over workplace rules or salaries, union membership in Wisconsin has dropped by a staggering 40 percent.

Workers in Minnesota have watched what’s happening across the border with grave concern. That concern was unfortunately validated earlier this month when a state legislative panel voted to reject a new contract for nearly 30,000 state employees. The workers belong to Minnesota’s two largest public employee unions, AFSCME and Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE). The proposed contract included modest pay increases, improved health coverage, and expanded benefits. Continue reading “Anti-worker Republicans take a page from Wisconsin playbook”