{"id":22794,"date":"2015-02-26T10:09:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T16:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/?p=22794"},"modified":"2015-02-26T10:09:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T16:09:27","slug":"right-to-work-bill-passes-wisconsin-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/?p=22794","title":{"rendered":"Right-to-Work Bill Passes Wisconsin Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The passage of Right-to-Work legislation in the Republican-controlled senate is no surprise, but the <a href=\"http:\/\/badgerherald.com\/news\/2015\/02\/26\/right-to-work-bill-passes-in-state-senate\/#.VO9DS2ayr-k\">quick, efficient manner<\/a> they&#8217;ve done it in is gratifying.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A right-to-work bill passed through the Wisconsin State Senate with a 15-17 majority and no amendments Wednesday as union-backing protesters gathered inside the Capitol building.<\/p>\n<p>The vote comes after a rushed Senate Labor Committee hearing Tuesday and upcoming State Assembly debates to come next week. If the bill passes, Wisconsin will join 24 other right-to-work states and would abolish laws making union dues mandatory, which critics say would dissolve private sector unions.<\/p>\n<p>Republican lawmakers unexpectedly announced on Friday they would take up the legislation in an extraordinary session to pass the bill as quickly as possible<\/p>\n<p>Majority Leader Sen. Scott Fitzgerald, R-Juneau, said Wednesday at the Senate debate it is time for Wisconsin to modernize its economy to keep up with competing states in the Midwest. He said passing right-to-work legislation is a step toward this goal and toward individual freedom. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Also: &#8220;Two gallery members interrupted Fitzgerald\u2019s testimony to loudly express their opposition to right-to-work and as a result, Capitol Police escorted them out of the parlor. Senate President Sen. Mary Lazich, R-New Berlin, warned gallery members another interruption would lead to the expulsion of the entire gallery.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s almost as if the ridiculous recall circus completely united the Republican majority against union bullying!<\/p>\n<p>Republicans hold a 63 to 36 edge in the Wisconsin Assembly, so Right-to-Work legislation should pass easily there and go on to a quick signature from Governor Walker. <\/p>\n<p>Nice job, Wisconsin union goons and left-wing allies! If you hadn&#8217;t alienated so many ordinary Wisconsinites with your embarrassing, hysterical temper tantrum, none of this would have been possible&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The passage of Right-to-Work legislation in the Republican-controlled senate is no surprise, but the quick, efficient manner they&#8217;ve done it in is gratifying. A right-to-work bill passed through the Wisconsin State Senate with a 15-17 majority and no amendments Wednesday as union-backing protesters gathered inside the Capitol building. The vote comes after a rushed Senate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":21,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,319],"tags":[2865,2652,1651,2877,740],"class_list":["post-22794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-republicans","category-unions","tag-republicans","tag-right-to-work","tag-scott-walker","tag-unions","tag-wisconsin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22794"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22794\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22803,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22794\/revisions\/22803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.battleswarmblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}