Senate committee passes right-to-work bill amid chaos

Source: wisconsin state journal





Senate committee passes right-to-work bill amid chaos




..........The 3-1 vote, with all Republicans in favor, one Democrat opposed and one Democrat not voting, came after Senate Labor Committee chairman Steve Nass abruptly adjourned a day-long public hearing citing a "credible threat" to disrupt the meeting.

Nass cited a story in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that the Service Employees International Union and Voces de la Frontera would disrupt the proceedings and ended the hearing at 6:30 p.m. with dozens waiting to testify.

He ordered the committee meeting closed, prompting howls of protest.

Sen. Chris Larson, D-Milwaukee, called for debate, but the clerk called the roll of the five members, and three Republicans apparently voted in favor with no discussion. After the meeting ended, Sen. Bob Wirch. R-Kenosha, read the newspaper story, which said that the two groups planned a peaceful protest to disrupt the committee hearing.

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I first saw this tweet from the Capital Times (a left leaning web Madison WI newspaper) and could not figure out what was going on.....until I found the Wisconsin State Journal article posted above. What a bunch of crapola!!




The Capital Times ?@CapTimes 24m24 minutes ago

That "credible threat" appears to be based on this report from @journalsentinel reporter @jasonmdstein http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/293912651.html … #wipolitics