Wisconsin Governor Accused Of 'Selectively' Leaking Emails To Make Him Seem Moderate [View All]

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Source: Huffington Post


Wisconsin Governor Accused Of 'Selectively' Leaking Emails To Make Him Seem Moderate

WASHINGTON -- Union officials in Wisconsin are accusing Gov. Scott Walker of selectively leaking emails in an effort to come off as more compromising than he has been in the debate over his sharply contested budget bill.

On Tuesday, the governor’s office made public several exchanges it had with AWOL Senate Democrats seeking to find a bit of common ground in an anti-collective bargaining measure included in the budget proposal.

The exchanges presented Walker in a far more moderate light than recent press coverage -- which had focused largely on his refusal to even sit at the bargaining table with union leaders. It also revealed, for the first time, the contours of a possible resolution to the current stand off: one that would no longer restrict bargaining rights to rates of inflation, or prevent unions from bargaining over mandatory overtime, performance bonuses, or hazardous duty pay.

Labor leaders weren’t impressed, either with the legislative compromise or the new, softer version of Walker.

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