Rep. Peter Barca just posted that Right to Work struck down in Wisconsin!

[Greybnk48]

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Source: Madison WKOW.com

MADISON (WKOW) --- According to a release by the Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, a Dane County judge struck down 2015 Act 1, Wisconsin's Right-to-Work law.


Read more: http://www.wkow.com/story/31679484/2016/04/08/dane-county-judge-strikes-down-right-to-work-law#

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This is such shockingly good news I'm having trouble believing it's true!!

[Jackie Wilson Said]

1. YES but will this now go to the SC in WI which has bought and paid for, right wing

justices who arrived on the court through clearly stolen elections?

[Greybnk48]

3. That's what my husband said.

I don't really know.

[Omaha Steve]

6. Right to Work would end up at the SCOTUS I believe!

It is a federal law that allows right to work to exist. So it would go to a federal court.



http://www.aflcio.org/Legislation-and-Politics/State-Legislative-Battles/Ongoing-State-Legislative-Attacks/Right-to-Work

States with Right to Work Laws Have:1
Lower Wages and Incomes
The average worker in states with right to work laws makes $5,971 (12.2 percent) less annually than workers in states without right to when all other factors are removed than workers in other states.2
Median household income in states with these laws is $6,568 (11.8 percent) less than in other states ($49,220 vs. $55,788).3
In states with right to work laws, 25.9 percent of jobs are in low-wage occupations, compared with 18.0 percent of jobs in other states.4
Lower Rates of Health Insurance Coverage
People under the age of 65 in states with right to work laws are more likely to be uninsured (16.3 percent, compared with 12.4 percent in free-bargaining states).5
They’re less likely to have job-based health insurance than people in other states (53.9 percent, compared with 57.1 percent)6 and pay a larger share of their health insurance premiums (29.9 percent compared with 26.1 percent).7
Only 46.8 percent of private-sector employers in states with these laws offer insurance coverage to their employees, compared with 52.6 percent in other states. That difference is even more pronounced among small employers (with fewer than 50 workers)—only 30.3 percent offer workers health insurance, compared with 38.8 percent of small employers in other states.8
Higher Poverty and Infant Mortality Rates
Poverty rates are higher in states with right to work laws (14.8 percent overall and 20.2 percent for children), compared with poverty rates of 13.1 percent overall and 18.3 percent for children in states without these laws.9
The infant mortality rate is 14.2 percent higher in states with these laws.10
Less Investment in Education
States with right to work laws spend 31.3 percent less per pupil on elementary and secondary education than other states.11
Higher Workplace Fatalities
The rate of workplace deaths is 54.4 percent higher in states with these laws, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.12
1 With the exception of the infant mortality rate and low-wage jobs data, the state data included here do not include data from Indiana and Michigan. These states are not included in the 2012 and 2013 data because they passed right to work laws in 2012; the impact of right to work policies on their economies would not have been fully experienced in 2012 and 2013. They have been excluded from the free-bargaining states versus right to work state analysis for the 2012 and 2013 data.
2 Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages, Average Annual Pay for 2013, accessed 12/9/14.
3 U.S. Census Bureau, Table H-8. Median Household Income by State: 1984 to 2013.
4 CFED, Asset and Opportunity Scorecard, Low Wage Jobs, 2011.
5 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Health Insurance Coverage of Nonelderly 0-64, 2012.
6 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Percent of Private Sector Establishments That Offer Health Insurance to Employees, 2012.
7 CFED, Asset and Opportunity Scorecard, Employee Share of Premium, 2012.
8 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Percent of Private Sector Establishments That Offer Health Insurance to Employees, by Firm Size, 2012.
9 U.S. Census Bureau, POV46: Poverty Status by State: 2013 Below 100% and 50% of Poverty -- People Under 18 Years of Age, WEIGHTED PERSON COUNT.
10 Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Infant Mortality Rate (Deaths per 1,000 Live Births), 2007-2009.
11 National Education Association, Rankings & Estimates–Rankings of the States 2013 and Estimates of School Statistics 2014, H-11. Current Expenditures for Public K-12 Schools per Student in Fall Enrollment, 2012-2013, March 2014.
12 AFL-CIO, Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect, April 2014.

[potone]

8. We need to change what these states are called.

"Right to work" is a euphemism. They are anti-union states, and in my view should be called that.

[LiberalArkie]

2. I wonder how the appeal will go.

[AllyCat]

4. Wow! Amazing stuff there. intersting how Ch 27 just quotes the RW points about this.

[riversedge]

5. OMG---I hope this sticks. whow.

[itsrobert]

7. Rep. Barca: Endorses Hillary Clinton for president

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Rep. Barca: Endorses Hillary Clinton for president
3/23/2016

Contact: Peter Barca, [email protected]

KENOSHA - Today, Rep. Peter Barca (D-Kenosha) formally endorsed Hillary Clinton for President. Rep. Barca, who serves as the Assembly Democratic Leader, issued the following statement on his endorsement:

"In this Presidential election, the stakes have never been higher. I am proud to stand with Hillary Clinton - a leader who has the experience and vision to lead our country into the future and make sure that every family in Wisconsin and across the nation can get ahead and stay ahead.

"Hillary Clinton has a lifelong record of fighting for our families and the American Dream from her early start at the Children's Defense Fund through her service as Secretary of State. At a time when Wisconsin is losing middle class families at an alarming rate, we need a leader like Hillary Clinton who will tackle the issues keeping Wisconsinites awake at night.

"Hillary Clinton is the only candidate in the race with the strong broad-based experience to lead our country and fight to grow our economy and incomes so that every American can afford a better life. I have the utmost confidence that Hillary Clinton will work tirelessly to keep our nation safe, ensure every child can reach his or her full potential, help build the middle class and continue the progress America has experienced economically the past eight years.

"I believe in Hillary Clinton and I hope you will join me in voting for her on April 5th."

Early voting in Wisconsin takes place on weekdays from March 21-April 1st. For more information on early voting visit: http://www.gab.wi.gov/elections-voting/voters/absentee

[Omaha Steve]

9. Well that was before the Wisconsin Primary

I'm sure she will hear a lot before the convention from her constituents. She wants to get re-elected in Nov. too.

[branford]

10. Don't get too excited.

The right to work legislation has been struck down before. It almost a guarantee with any challenge in Dane County, a Democratic stronghold.

On appeal, the trial court decisions have always been reversed, and it likely will be the same this time around, particularly since the WI Supreme Court has actually become more conservative since the law first passed.

The only way this law and those like it across the country will be overturned is at the ballot box electing pro-union representatives.

[Scuba]

11. Good news but, likely to be appealed until it reaches our State Supreme Kangaroo Court ...

... where the WMC-backed judges are in a majority and have already demonstrated that they will not recuse themselves despite their obvious and ugly conflit-of-interest.

[Omaha Steve]

12. Locking after a review by forum hosts

I never thought I would lock a pro labor post in LBN. Sorry.

Please comment at the earlier post here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141408151

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