Of course, the Wisconsin AFL-CIO has been part of the movement to raise the minimum wage for years, clamoring to hike the wage to $15 an hour. Forget the fact that hiking the minimum wage often hurts workers because companies simply cut down on the number of employees.
As far back as 2011, AFL-CIO president Richard L. Trumka refused to condemn workers for comparing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to Adolf Hitler. That year, Walker signed Act 10, a bill ending forced unionization.
As Fox News reported about Act 10:
https://www.dailywire.com/news/29263/fight-15-crowd-slams-self-checkout-machines-hank-berrien
As far back as 2011, AFL-CIO president Richard L. Trumka refused to condemn workers for comparing Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to Adolf Hitler. That year, Walker signed Act 10, a bill ending forced unionization.
As Fox News reported about Act 10:
It empowered local governments and school districts to bid out to get the best deal for benefits on the open market – something that was virtually impossible under the state’s collective bargaining structure. It required public-sector union members to contribute 5.8 percent of their salaries toward their retirement (they had previously contributed nothing) and cover 12.6 percent of their health insurance premiums—still far less than the average benefit contributions for private-sector employees. It ended the practice of the state automatically collecting union dues on behalf of unions, letting workers choose whether they want to pay to belong to a union.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/29263/fight-15-crowd-slams-self-checkout-machines-hank-berrien
