First, Governor Walker rejected millions of dollars in stimulus funds that could have put unemployed Wisconsinites back to work and generated much-needed investments in the local and state economy.
Second, this Governor introduced legislation to eliminate the rights of hundreds of thousands of working people to bargain collectively, which will lead to crowded classrooms and increased nurse-to-patient ratios in hospitals and nursing homes.
Next, the Governor introduced a budget that makes minimum wage and poor people pay for the tax cuts that he gave to wealthy donors and corporations. Walker’s budget slashes hundreds of millions from early childhood education programs, including cuts to the program designed to combat fraud and improve child care in Wisconsin.
Scott Walker and the Republicans’ ideological war on the middle class and working families is now indisputable, and their willingness to shred 50 years of labor peace, bipartisanship, and Wisconsin’s democratic process to
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In Oregon, dozens of JwJ activists participated in joint actions Wednesday Oct. 29th in solidarity with 400 other JwJ activists who 
