Republican says won't back down in union battle

[steve2470]

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/27/us-usa-wisconsin-idUSTRE71Q1W920110227

Wisconsin's Republican Governor Scott Walker said on Sunday he would not back down in his confrontation with state public sector unions and repeated his threat to lay off state workers if the standoff continues.

Walker urged the 14 Senate Democrats who fled Wisconsin to block a vote on his plan to curb public union collective bargaining rights to return, and said he hoped to avoid layoffs.

"If we do not get these changes and the Senate Democrats do not come back, we're going to be forced to make up the savings in layoffs and that to me is unacceptable," Walker said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Tens of thousands of protesters marched against Walker's plan in Wisconsin on Saturday and solidarity rallies for labor rights were held around the country. More protesters were expected at the state capital on Sunday.

[LWolf]

1. That lying POS. It's not about the savings.

It's about collective bargaining rights. He can achieve hard budget decisions through the collective bargaining process, but he doesn't want to talk about that.