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Scott Walker stated on February 27, 2011 in an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press':

"Most federal employees do not have collective bargaining for benefits, nor for pay."

By Robert Farley• March 2, 2011

Donna Brazile stated on February 20, 2011 in an interview on "This Week with Christiane Amanpour.":

"The firefighters, the policemen and others who supported (Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker) in his election bid ... don't have to worry about their collective bargaining rights."

By Angie Drobnic Holan• February 21, 2011

AFSCME stated on April 03, 2012 in a web site posting:

Says gubernatorial recall candidate Tom Barrett supported passage of Gov. Scott Walker’s bill stripping collective bargaining of state employees.

By James B. Nelson• April 6, 2012

Scott Walker stated on July 29, 2013 in a speech:

Says President Franklin Delano Roosevelt "felt there wasn’t a need in the public sector to have collective bargaining because the government is the people."

By Dave Umhoefer• August 14, 2013

Scott Walker stated on February 21, 2011 in a news conference:

"I campaigned on (the proposals in the budget repair bill for Wisconsin) all throughout the election. Anybody who says they are shocked on this has been asleep for the past two years."

By Dave Umhoefer• February 23, 2011

Scott Walker stated on February 18, 2011 in a radio interview:

Says under his budget-repair bill, "collective bargaining is fully intact."

By Tom Kertscher• February 19, 2011

Lena Taylor stated on February 15, 2011 in in a TV interview, as well as other venues:

Hitler "abolished unions and that’s what" Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is "doing today."

By Tom Kertscher• February 22, 2011

John Kasich stated on April 26, 2011 in a radio interview:

"Two million federal workers negotiate zippo, zero. There is no collective bargaining for federal employees."

By Joe Guillen• May 10, 2011

Scott Walker stated on September 02, 2011 in a campaign fundraising letter:

"I asked the unions to pay into their own health care insurance ... and they said I was being unreasonable. I requested that they contribute toward their own pensions ... and they screamed it was unfair."

By Dave Umhoefer• September 16, 2011

Scott Walker stated on April 01, 2014 in an interview:

A poll taken "a few months ago" found "70 percent approval or higher" for the Act 10 collective bargaining law.

By Tom Kertscher• April 6, 2014

AFL-CIO stated on February 17, 2011 in a television ad:

For thousands of public employees, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s budget-repair bill would "take away any say they have in the workplace, and eliminate their union."

By Dave Umhoefer• February 17, 2011

Scott Walker stated on March 19, 2012 in a television interview:

"We gave every public employee in the state the freedom to choose whether or not they want to be in a union."

By James B. Nelson• April 9, 2012

Tom Barrett stated on October 26, 2011 in :

On using Gov. Scott Walker’s collective-bargaining limits to help balance the city of Milwaukee budget

By Dave Umhoefer• October 27, 2011

Brett Hulsey stated on May 21, 2014 in a letter:

Says opponent Mary Burke told reporters she would have "required workers to give up bargained-for healthcare and retirement benefits like Gov. Walker."

By Dave Umhoefer• May 29, 2014

Jeff Stone stated on March 03, 2011 in various votes and public statements:

On his support for sharply limiting collective bargaining by public employees.

By Dave Umhoefer• March 25, 2011

Scott Walker stated on June 02, 2015 in a speech:

Thanks to the Act 10 collective bargaining law that took effect four years ago, ACT scores in Wisconsin "are now second-best in the country for states where more than half the kids take the exam."

By Tom Kertscher• June 12, 2015

AFSCME stated on April 07, 2012 in a letter to members:

In labor negotiations with city employees, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett "demanded concessions that went beyond those mandated" by Gov. Scott Walker’s collective bargaining law

By Dave Umhoefer• April 18, 2012

Scott Walker stated on February 22, 2011 in a news release:

Says Milwaukee County spent over $170,000 in salaries in 2010 for employees to "participate in union activities such as collective bargaining."

By Tom Kertscher• May 8, 2011

Scott Walker stated on September 03, 2014 in a press release:

Says Mary Burke’s Madison school district "will be the only school district left in the state" to "ignore the (Act 10) law" in the 2015-16 school year.

By Dave Umhoefer• September 10, 2014

Scott Walker stated on November 13, 2013 in a book:

"During my eight years as county executive, we cut the number of county workers by 20 percent."

By Dave Umhoefer• November 14, 2013

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