article_snippet: President Obama wasted little time Monday night in blasting Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker for a new state law that bans requiring the payment of union dues as a condition of employment, saying it 'will weaken, rather than strengthen workers.'
article_snippet: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law on Monday, making the Badger State the 25th with such a 'Right To Work' law.
article_snippet: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law Monday.
article_snippet: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker state's right-to-work bill into law on Monday, making Wisconsin the 25th state with such a law .
article_snippet: By 9:00 at night, the White House was circulating a statement from Obama claimign that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker had notched a 'victory over working Americans.'
article_snippet: If the Wisconsin governor were interested in protecting workers, The Republican presidential front-runner said, be would be 'taking meaningful action to raise the Wisconsin governor were interested in protecting workers wages and offer their wages the security of paid leave.
article_snippet: The nod to wages was a subtle jab at Wisconsin for not embracing a White House-led push to raise the minimum wage nationwide.
article_snippet: The new Wisconsin law, Obama claimed, is part of 'a sustained, coordinated assault on unions, led by powerful interests and unions allies in government.'
article_snippet: Wisconsin is the first to enact a right-to-work law since Michigan and Indiana did it in 2012.
article_snippet: So I’m deeply disappointed that a new anti-worker law in Wisconsin will weaken, rather than strengthen workers in the new economy.
article_snippet: Wisconsin is a state built by labor, with a proud pro-worker past.
article_snippet: So even as Wisconsin governor claims victory over working Americans, I’d encourage him to try and score a victory for working Americans – by taking meaningful action to raise working Americans – wages and offer working Americans – the security of paid leave.
article_snippet: Every worker deserves freedom of choice when it comes to union membership and dues payment, Mix said in a statement, 'and if states like Michigan and Wisconsin can pass Right to Work then Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri and Ohio can too.'
article_snippet: Not all Wisconsin residents are behind Walker, most notably labor union bosses and much of their rank-and-file.
article_snippet: WIth WIsconsin's new right-to-work law, it's now illegal in half of America's 50 states to require the payment of union dues as a condition of employment .
article_snippet: Workforce participation is up in Wisconsin because Scott Walker is a leader who tackled the tough economic problems left by Scott Walker predecessor,' The super PAC supporting Walker's spokeswoman Kirsten Kukowski said in a statement. '
article_snippet: Right to Work is happening because Wisconsin supports Wisconsin but also because Wisconsin's pro-growth, pro-freedom and pro-work.'
highlights_snippet: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill into law on Monday, making Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker state the 25th to ban requiring union dues as a condition of employment .
  