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Mark Pocan: “Scott Walker, when he became governor, he was already…”

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

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Podcast Discussion on Labor Rights and Union Support with Mark Pocan and AFL-CIO President Liz Schuler

Published | Video Starts at 11:20

And inevitably that ripples across a community, an economy, and it extends that ability for most working people to have those things. A place like Wisconsin in particular, I think where Scott Walker, when he became governor, he was already running for president from day one and that's when he destroyed public employee unions here in the state. And then they went on to go after prevailing wage and make us right to work. All Things that we never, I mean, we had a really great, I think, environment for workers and for businesses in Wisconsin because of that. (11:20–11:29)

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Asserts that Scott Walker destroyed public employee unions in Wisconsin when he became governor.

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