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I agree he is those things.Standing up to union thugs.Hopefully he beats the recall election and implements more laws to weaken union power.I would like to see closed shops banned.If someone wants to join a union then that should be their choice and they should be able to join what ever union they want.They shouldn't be forced to join a union just because they want to be a public school teacher, firefighter or some other job.It amazes me that these people fraudulently claim that joining a union is a right when they want to force people to join their union in order to get that job.A right implies that you have the option.For example the 2nd amendment gives you the right to keep and bear arms, it doesn't force you to keep and bear arms.

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Lawsuits should be capped period. You should able to collect the collect the cost of the average attorney, and back wages should you win an employee discrimination lawsuit, but you shouldn't be allowed to collect hundreds or thousands of dollars of additional money.
 
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Walker is such a great guy! I mean a real stand up Governor! I pray to god he is gone

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He had an agenda when coming in to office and he's following through with it. Thank God for people like him and Rick Scott. People are getting a taste of "small government" Conservatism and what it really means. Pro-Corporate anti-middle class policies.
 
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So what? Still another ****ing terrible useless no point bill passed by this bastard/.

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It wasn't "passed" by Walker, champ. It was passed by the legislature. The governor doesn't create laws.

Last I heard, getting in the way of a democratically-elected legislature was an unprecedented and extraordinary no-no. Oh, wait; that's different.
 
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The financial punitive damages don't cure the problem.....the punishment aspect should be the termination of whatever level of managers participated...
while you are correct in your assessment about where the problem actually originates, it usually requires a plaintiff winning such a suit for HR to recognize that they have a bad manager who needs to be removed
at least that was my experience with one federal agency
senior management refused to take a look at what was going on until the jury awarded actual and punitive damages (plus attorney fees) in repeated title VII cases in federal court
usually took about a decade to finally get the terrible manager terminated
If the jerks are fired, that is putting the punishment where it belongs....
agreed, but too often those who can get rid of the jerk pay no attention until a title VII case is won
A lot of the crap that goes on at work would stop immediatelly if front line supervision weren't so eager to please upper management that they put their own jobs at risk.
again, too true - especially in the federal sector
that careerist manager in the field has to answer to that political appointee in DC
that appointee does not expect to be around forever. that careerist manager does. so, either (s)he follows the political appointee's directive - however illegal/unethical it may be, or that careerist manager's career is in jeopardy (because only a few federal managers have a union to defend them against such arbitrary termination actions by politically connected supervisors)
Human Resources is not there so much to protect the lower level employee as much as it is there to protect the company from the stupiditiy of its own front line management...
and the truest statement of all. HR is not there to support/defend the rank and file. misunderstand that reality at your own risk
 
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So you think it is perfectly ok for an employer to be able to ruin a families life because he didn't like the color of a guys shoes?

That's already the case in my state. It's a right to hire-right to fire state. You have a right to work anywhere you want, and any employer has a right to hire you or fire you for any reason other than race, sex, etc. They can walk in and say your shoes are an ugly color, goodbye. And there isn't anything you can do about it. Why? Because you do not have a right to a job. A job is not a right, no matter what liberals say.
 
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It wasn't "passed" by Walker, champ. It was passed by the legislature. The governor doesn't create laws.

Last I heard, getting in the way of a democratically-elected legislature was an unprecedented and extraordinary no-no. Oh, wait; that's different.

So why do Conservatives call the Affordable Care Act "Obamacare"?
 
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More examples of the far right GOP kissing the fat and wrinkled asses of corporate America and working against the common people.

I wonder if this is an ALEC templated bill?
 
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Lawsuits should be capped period. You should able to collect the collect the cost of the average attorney, and back wages should you win an employee discrimination lawsuit, but you shouldn't be allowed to collect hundreds or thousands of dollars of additional money.

I think lawsuits should be capped; but I also believe they must include punitive damages. You say an attorney should represent someone for his "average cost." I remind you that these cases take, sometimes, YEARS to settle. Attorneys take cases on a contingency fee basis that costs the plaintiff nothing until a case is won. Take away punitive damages, and you've just removed the ability of everyone but the rich being able to file a lawsuit.

Attorneys have to shoot with an elephant gun. Just not as big an elephant gun as they currently own.
 
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More examples of the far right GOP kissing the fat and wrinkled asses of corporate America and working against the common people.

I wonder if this is an ALEC templated bill?
so then you do agree with the supreme court that corporations are persons

*apologies; couldn't resist*
 
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So why do Conservatives call the Affordable Care Act "Obamacare"?

Because politics begets pet names which never tell the full story.
 
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So why do Conservatives call the Affordable Care Act "Obamacare"?

because they want nothing to do with it
this way they can run against it
good luck with that! [/s]
 
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Because politics begets pet names which never tell the full story.

I don't know....the President or a Governor doesn't "pass" legislation and they don't "pass" a budget but they they have a large impact on both of those things. Ecspecially in the case of Walker or the ACA when they are working with a legislature that is controlled by their party.
 
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Punitive damages for the multitude of BS discrimination claims ? Good job Walker ! They get back wages, costs, and fees. But there is no basis that added damages should be enabled.

Someone has to clean up this liberal mess that has been as an enema on the Republic. Walker is the man !!!!
walker is an ass...you should absolutely be able to collect punitive damages for discrimination....
 
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walker is an ass...you should absolutely be able to collect punitive damages for discrimination....

I agree. If discrimination is proven then punitive damages should be awarded. Companies who discriminate deserve to get the fines in order to deter the behavior and punish the offenders.
 
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I think lawsuits should be capped; but I also believe they must include punitive damages.

It don't think winning a lawsuit should make you a millionaire or buy you a big house.But there should be some exceptions like if someone got a injury serious enough to prevent them working, but that's a separate subject from employment discrimination lawsuits.

You say an attorney should represent someone for his "average cost."

I remind you that these cases take, sometimes, YEARS to settle. Attorneys take cases on a contingency fee basis that costs the plaintiff nothing until a case is won. Take away punitive damages, and you've just removed the ability of everyone but the rich being able to file a lawsuit.

Attorneys have to shoot with an elephant gun. Just not as big an elephant gun as they currently own.

I say average cost because this is to protect someone should he or she lose to someone who has a team of highpriced lawyers.So attourny fees should be capped to what one avagerage lawyer costs.Someone might be discouraged from suing if there is the possiblity that the person he or she is suing has a team of high priced lawyers like a corporation or big business.
 
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Wisconsin Democrats don't have a prayer of Walker getting recalled.
 
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Is this just for state workers or all workers?
 
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Last place I worked, before retiring, they hired a "hit man".....this guy did not want anyone knowing where he lived....after he eliminated a substantial percentage of our older work force, he was "fired". Many of us think that was just a cover. Apparently he goes from place to place doing the dirty deeds upper mgrs want done, then goes on to the next place. I found out where he went next, and knew someone there, and warned him....
 
I agree he is those things.Standing up to union thugs.Hopefully he beats the recall election and implements more laws to weaken union power.I would like to see closed shops banned.If someone wants to join a union then that should be their choice and they should be able to join what ever union they want.They shouldn't be forced to join a union just because they want to be a public school teacher, firefighter or some other job.It amazes me that these people fraudulently claim that joining a union is a right when they want to force people to join their union in order to get that job.A right implies that you have the option.For example the 2nd amendment gives you the right to keep and bear arms, it doesn't force you to keep and bear arms.



Lawsuits should be capped period. You should able to collect the collect the cost of the average attorney, and back wages should you win an employee discrimination lawsuit, but you shouldn't be allowed to collect hundreds or thousands of dollars of additional money.

If you wasn't closed shops banned them you dont support freedom. There is a argument to be made about preventing public unions from being chooses shouted though, but walker went to far by targeting all unions.

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I'm wating for Walker's "Haley Barbour" impersonation - when he sends his wife out to buy cars for the trustees he's released after working at the governor's mansion?
 
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April 9, 2012

Take a hypothetical husband and wife who are both lawyers. But the husband is working 50 or 60 hours a week, going all out, making 200 grand a year. The woman takes time off, raises kids, is not go go go. Now they’re 50 years old. The husband is making 200 grand a year, the woman is making 40 grand a year. It wasn’t discrimination. There was a different sense of urgency in each person.

You could argue that money is more important for men. I think a guy in their first job, maybe because they expect to be a breadwinner someday, may be a little more money-conscious. To attribute everything to a so-called bias in the workplace is just not true.

(Wisconsin State Senator Sen. Glenn Grothman (R), who led the effort to repeal Wisconsin’s Equal Pay Enforcement Act because of his belief that pay discrimination is a myth driven by liberal women’s groups.)

Wisconsin State Senator Says Money Is Less Important To Women
- in two-thirds of American families, women are either primary or co-breadwinners,

- women still earn less than their male counterparts in all 50 states

- in 2009, Wisconsin ranked 36th in the nation with respect to workplace gender parity

In their repeal of Wisconsin’s Equal Pay Enforcement Act, only Governor Walker and the Republican's could make such a strategic blunder during a presidential election year that would only further alienate women voters.

Mitt Romney may have gotten rid of Rick Santorum, but Scott Walker has just placed a huge political "albatross" around his neck!
 
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