In May, Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill preempting the city’s law and ensuring that no

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jurisdiction within the state of Wisconsin is allowed to decide it wants to mandate paid sick days.


The sick leave law was approved by referendum — with nearly 70 percent of voters in favor — and was upheld a few weeks ago by the state’s court of appeals. However, Republicans in the Wisconsin state legislature passed a bill preempting the city’s law and ensuring that no jurisdiction within the state of Wisconsin is allowed to decide it wants to mandate paid sick days. Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI) — who gained notoriety for proposing a law stripping public sector workers of their collective bargaining rights and sparking mass protests — signed the anti-sick leave bill into law today:

Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that prohibits local governments from passing ordinances guaranteeing workers’ paid sick and family leave…Walker, a Republican, says in a statement the bill removes another barrier to creating jobs.http://mykeystrokes.com/2011/05/06/gov-walker-signs-bill-blocking-milawukee’s-paid-sick-leave-law/


They destroy the country because they say it will create jobs... What a load of crap....

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1. As is usually the case with Republican lies, this one contains a tiny

nugget of truth packed in among the shit. Sure his actions will create jobs - jobs where you can work 14 hour days without overtime for less than minimum wage; jobs where children can work full time in unsafe, unhealthy conditions; jobs where there are no benefits; jobs where the employees are little more than slaves, but they have to pay for their own housing, food, medicine, clothing, etc. It's been said before but it needs to be repeated every day: "Fuck you Walker!"