Mr. Walker’s victory was helped by political crosscurrents unique to Wisconsin, where the historic union-led attempt to remove the governor halfway through his four-year term was the culmination of red-hot anger over his push to end collective bargaining for public workers. But the outcome also provided a kind of election-year exercise that put on full display the financial, economic and organizational forces that are already shaping the presidential contest between Mr. Obama and Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican nominee.
This article attracted me because the issue being addressed is an issue near and dear to me, unions. Now I am a supporter of unionized work because I believe that corporations should work for their community not the other way around. When I first heard about the threat Govener Scott Walker had made to destroy collective bargaining I was shocked and appauled. How could they take away the essential part of unions and get away with it? Without collective bargaining unions would have no power to protect its workers and the whole point of having a union would be a sham. I'm saddened at the fact that the govener was not repleaced. I hope it was more based on the republicans use of funds being greater than the democrats and not based on popular support but I don't know. I hope this issue will not be lost in time now though and that we as a country will realize the importance of having unions before it is too late.
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