Daily Kos: Koch Bros bankrolling legal dream team to defend Walker's Union Busting Bill in Wisconsi

Scuba

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Tue May-24-11 11:00 AM
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Daily Kos: Koch Bros bankrolling legal dream team to defend Walker's Union Busting Bill in Wisconsi

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/05/17/976935/-Koch-Brothers-Bank-Rolling-Legal-Dream-Team-to-Defend-Walkers-Union-Busting-Bill-

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One of the Koch brothers front-groups, the union-busting group National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, is rolling their tanks into Wisconsin to defend against a lawsuit from Dane County Firefighters and other public employee unions challenging the constitutionality of Walker's union-busting bill.

A 4/26 NRWLDF letter sent to numerous rightwing leaders in Wisconsin, said:

Dear Right to Work Supporter: As you may know, three Madison local AFL-CIO unions, Laborers Local 236, Firefighters Local 311, and AFSCME Local 60, have sued the State of Wisconsin and Governor Walker to have the courts declare unconstitional the "budget repair bill," 2011 Wisconsin Act 10. This is an attempt to reverse the decision of the legislature to repeal compulsory unionism for most public sector employees.

Staff attorneys with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation have defended similar statutes against constitional attacks before the United States Supreme Court. The Foundation is willing to help public employees of Wisconsin preserve their right to be free from forced tribute to unions.

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The Velveteen Ocelot

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Tue May-24-11 11:04 AM
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1. Fucking vampires.

"The Foundation is willing to help public employees of Wisconsin preserve their right to be free from forced tribute to unions."

:puke:

Please, please, save us all from those evil unions so we can be free to work in sweatshop conditions for minimum wage!

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DirkGently

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Tue May-24-11 11:16 AM
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3. Just like the classic "right to work" double-speak. Freedom is slavery.

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kenfrequed

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Tue May-24-11 12:15 PM
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5. standing?

Do they have standing to appeal this decision? Don't they have to announce who they are representing? If they make a public relations appeal like this do they risk interfering with the legal case they are making?

Unless they are actually representing a worker that is anti-union.

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aquart

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Tue May-24-11 11:16 AM
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2. Of course they are. Where's Buffy when we need her?

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madrchsod

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Tue May-24-11 11:34 AM
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4. well good luck boys...

Edited on Tue May-24-11 11:34 AM by madrchsod

you should`t have tipped your hand at the beginning of the game.

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bobthedrummer

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Thu May-26-11 05:01 PM
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6. ^ Wisconsin Is Open For Business! ^

"forced tribute to unions"
I thank my teachers of 50 years ago that gave me the history of another slogan-
ARBEIT MACHT FREI!

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