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APB: Red truck with Wisconsin license plate # 213364F who ripped up signed recall petitions
November 22, 2011
http://scottwalkerwatch.com/apb-red-truck-with-wisconsin-license-plate-213364f-who-ripped-up-signed-recall-petitions/

Records show death threats made to Scott Walker in last 2 years
January 14, 2013
http://host.madison.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/records-show-death-threats-made-to-scott-walker-in-last/article_b62c7fd8-5e9b-11e2-a3df-001a4bcf887a.html

Gov. Scott Walker says protesters surrounded his car, blocked his exit and rocked the vehicle after a 2011 appearance in La Crosse

December 23rd, 2013
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2013/dec/23/scott-walker/gov-scott-walker-says-protesters-surrounded-his-ca/

More Bogus Bravado From Scott Walker

3/27/15
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/03/more-bogus-bravado-scott-walker [with comments]

Scott Walker Strips Wisconsin Workers Of 'Living Wage' In New State Budget
07/13/2015 Updated: 07/14/2015
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed the new state budget into law on Sunday with a last-minute change that strips the words "living wage" from state laws and replaces it with "minimum wage."
The change means minimum-wage Wisconsin workers will earn nearly $6,000 per year less than what the Massachusetts Institute of Technology calculates is a living wage in the state. And they will have no recourse, according to the Center for American Progress [ https://www.americanprogress.org/about/mission/ ]. MIT says a living wage [ http://livingwage.mit.edu/states/55 ] would be $10.13 an hour.
The new law eliminates the ability of low-wage workers to appeal for a living wage. Previously, Wisconsin law stated [ http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/104/02 ] that employee pay "shall be not less than a living wage," defined as "adequate to permit any employee to maintain herself or himself in minimum comfort, decency, physical and moral well-being." Wisconsin's living wage was tied to the state minimum wage, currently $7.25 an hour [ http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/america.htm#Wisconsin ].
The old law allowed residents to challenge the living wage amount with the Department of Workforce Development. Last year, 100 workers [ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/09/scott-walker-minimum-wage_n_5961506.html ], most earning just above the minimum wage, did just that, contending their pay wasn't a living wage. The state denied their claim [ http://media.jrn.com/documents/equal+rights+letter.pdf ], declaring "there is no reasonable cause to believe that the wages paid to the complainants are not a living wage." The workers later filed a lawsuit against the state.
Walker, who announced his 2016 presidential campaign on Monday, also decided workers don't need weekends off. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [ http://www.jsonline.com/business/budget-amendment-would-allow-7-day-workweeks-b99533515z1-312310311.html ], the budget Walker signed "would allow factory and retail employees to work seven days without a day off, as long as they said in writing that they were doing so voluntarily." The old law required [ https://dwd.wisconsin.gov/er/labor_standards_bureau/one_day_rest_in_seven_law.htm ] employers to give workers at least one day off for every seven days of work.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/07/13/scott-walker-eliminates-living-wage_n_7789472.html [with embedded video report, and comments]

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