NYTimes magazine goes in-depth on Scott Walker's Wisconsin's right-to-work fight

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New York Times magazine goes in-depth on Wisconsin's right-to-work fight
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1 hour ago • By Jessie Opoien | The Capital Times



Randy Bryce, of Caledonia, with Iron Workers Local 8, reads his testimony outside a hearing room that is barricaded by police, after he was not able to speak during a meeting for a right-to-work bill after it was cut short at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, February 24, 2015. Amber Arnold -- State Journal




.........Kaufman gives a thorough account of labor history, stretching from the Bay View Massacre of 1886 to the origins of right-to-work to President Ronald Reagan's battle with the air traffic controllers to Walker's crackdown on collective bargaining by way of Act 10.

Walker signed the right-to-work bill into law in March, just a little more than two weeks after it was introduced. For years leading up to that point, he'd called it a "distraction" and said it wouldn't ever reach his desk. Six months before he signed the bill, he said, "I'm not supporting it this session."

But as it began to sail through the Legislature, Walker started touting the policy in fundraising appeals. During that time, at the Conservative Political Action Conference, when asked how he would confront the threat of radical Islamic groups like ISIS, Walker said, "If I can take on 100,000 protesters, I can do the same across the world."

Kaufman said that moment "may in the end define (Walker's) candidacy."

He also noted Walker's previous support for private-sector unions, who he called his "partner in economic development."

McGowan, who endorsed Walker in 2010 and 2014, told Kaufman he "sort of trusted the guy" at the time.

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