Labor & Employment Law

Walker Won?t Bend, But Calls for Flexibility?

By Mike Hall

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) claims that it just isn?t enough that Wisconsin?s nurses, teachers, snowplow drivers and other public service workers have agreed to his proposed economic concessions to help fix the state?s budget.

Nope, he still wants to eliminate their right to bargain for middle-class jobs, claiming the state and localities need the ?flexibility? that ending workers? rights would bring.

In an interview yesterday with CNBC, Maryland Gov. Martin O?Malley (D) put Walker?s claim in perspective.

Collective bargaining only takes away flexibility if you have leaders who are utterly inflexible.

That sure seems to be the case in Wisconsin.

Click here for O?Malley?s full interview.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on February 23, 2011 (boomark / email).