This Runnin' Ute don't truck with that Badger Walker.
Wisconsin Governor Walker is nothing more than an over glorified Union buster with really, really, really rich friends. Out here in Utah, Wisconsin's problems might seem distant, but they aren't. Nor are they insignificant.
Wisconsin is a Union state while Utah is right-to-work. RTW weakens Unions immensely. So much so that RTW states are basically little ships of workers moored to the Union states. Our benefits and wage scales are as strong as they are because our neighboring states are fortified by Unions. Non-Union workers get their wage scales and benefits in RTW states based on competing with Union workers. Every worker benefits from strong Unions in states like Wisconsin. (National RTW groups call them "Forces-Unionism" states.)
So why, then, is Walker's recall so necessary? When an aggressive anti-Union campaign is piloted by a Governor, but clearly funded by Industrial Barons (Koch Brothers), on a statewide level, with more Governors and more Barons watching closely, you must understand that our moorings are being hacked away. Without Union states, workers in RTW states will suffer.
It will be a helluva lot easier to defend our territory than it will be to recapture. As a stunningly inspirational US Marine told a room full of Teamsters at the UNITY Conference: we only fight for a position once, we never give it up.
What is at stake? Here's a list, you'll find the best parts of your life are on this list.
(I especially like #2 because the first Teamster Strike was over the right to take a break AND FEED THE HORSE!)
As for Wisconsin, God Speed, Badgers, you're fighting for everybody today (well, 99% anyway)
http://www.unionplus.org/about/labor-unions/36-reasons-thank-union
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