Wisconsin Republicans Ram Through Union-Busting Bill
Wisconsin Republicans have passed the union-busting sections of Gov. Scott Walker’s “budget repair” bill, by stripping out all the sections related to fiscal matters that required a quorum of Democrats: Wisconsin Senate passes public-sector union ban.
This isn’t over; Democrats are outraged over this surprise strong-arm maneuver, and there’s going to be a fight.
Whatever the outcome, this certainly does expose the Republican Party’s and Scott Walker’s true agenda. It was never about the budget. Very clearly, the real intent of this bill was to destroy the political power of public unions, from the start.
When the chips were down, the Republican Party sacrificed the budget to attack schoolteachers.