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Robert Wirch: “I am in favor of collective bargaining rights for everyone.”

Featuring: Robert Wirch, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 22

Senator Bob Wirch debates Pam Stevens

Published November 5, 2012 | Video Starts at 16:59

But if it's helping people get to work efficiently, then, yes, I'd be for that. Thank you. We can start off with Senator Palmer. How do you feel about collective bargaining rights for state employees? I am in favor of collective bargaining rights for everyone. If you look at. If you're Catholic, the papal encyclicals will say that you have a right to form a union. You have a right to a just wage. (16:59–17:04)

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“We gave $2.3 billion to big corporations and rich people in this state.”
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“28% of the districts reduce special ed positions out there because of the budget.”
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“We did research and found that five states in this country don't have governor's mansion.”
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“I have worked for, certainly for education, for increasing money for UW system, tech schools and K12.”
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“I've also fought for senior care, just a good program in Wisconsin to help seniors get their drugs through a good system that they like.”
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“They [Republicans] want to tell women if they can use birth control pills or not.”
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“I've been an advocate in the past and I am now for minimum wage increases.”
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“Certainly I've pushed for health care reform on the state level.”
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“I work with John Steinbrink on the Great Lakes Compact to protect our Great Lakes from being exploited as we have drought all over the…”
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“We brought in between 8 to 10,000 jobs into our area working together as a team.”
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“I'm pushing especially hard for putting money back into the tech schools so that we can provide the training for those specific jobs that…”
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“We are underfunded by the federal government for special ed.”
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“The governor blew up a compromise that we had on siting new wind energy turbines.”
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“They're promised [the i94 bypass] 14 years out, but we have to do our projects that are on the schedule right now.”
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“In Wisconsin, they decided they had to destroy the unions. So they basically, they took most of their power away for collective bargaining.”
Senator Bob Wirch debates Pam Stevens | Uploaded November 5, 2012 | 17:48-17:57
“You can't bargain over health and safety. That's terrible for prison guards out there.”
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“Every year you have to recertify the union. You can't collect dues.”
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“The governor appoints the people for civil service now that interpret the laws that are left for labor.”
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“We didn't do that in the last budget with that 2.3 billion. We just threw tax cuts out there. We threw incentives with no job guarantees…”
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“They wasted millions of dollars paying corporate, or I shouldn't say corporate, but lawyers out there, five, six hundred dollars an hour for…”
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“I co-sponsored a bill with someone in the House that would have the same system as Iowa. Iowa has an independent third party that sets up…”
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“We have had a personhood bill that was introduced in this state.”
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“Equal pay for women. No, they didn't want to do that in the state.”
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