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Organized Labor is On the Run…
Wisconsin was the first state to legalize collective bargaining for public employees. Republican Governor Scott Walker has put an end to that. He survived 3 years of massive political backlash, and last week the State Supreme Court approved laws that make public unions all but irrelevant.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenWith the decline of membership in the private sector, public employee unions have come to dominate organized labor. Now, Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker has successfully taken them on. We’ll hear how he survived political backlash, what’s happening in other states, and what the future holds for the union movement. Is a new era at hand? Also,Israel announces a truce before a strike kills a Palestinian girl, and on Today’s Talking Point: the Super PAC to end Super PAC’s.
Image: Cartoon: The hand that will rule the world: Industrial Workers of the World journal "Solidarity" (June 30, 1917 issue) by: CsDix
