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Mark Pocan: “In 2011, Governor Scott Walker launched one of the most…”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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Rep. Pocan Speaks in Favor of Fair Collective Bargaining Rights for Federal Workers

Published | Video Starts at 00:18

Earlier this year, Donald Trump did an illegal executive order stripping a million federal workers from their collective bargaining rights, rights they've had since 1962. We've seen this in my home state. In 2011, Governor Scott Walker launched one of the most aggressive attacks on workers rights, stripping collective bargaining rights. What happened? Our school of education had a two thirds drop in people applying to be teachers. We lost long term public employees and that affected services. (00:18–00:26)

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Asserts that in 2011, Governor Scott Walker aggressively attacked workers' rights by stripping collective bargaining rights.

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