Big Labor Paid $575K to Wisconsin Dem Senators Opposing Right to Work

WI wins under Walker

According to the Wisconsin Reporter’s Adam Tobias:

Unions gave $575K to Wisconsin Democratic senators voting against right-to-work bill

Labor unions have contributed about $575,000 to the 14 Democratic senators who voted Wednesday against right-to-work legislation being fast-tracked through the state Legislature, according to a Wisconsin Reporter review of campaign finance records.

Although the bill passed on a party-line vote of 17-15, liberal lawmakers did not go down without a drawn-out fight, spending nearly eight hours on the Senate floor criticizing right-to-work laws, which prohibit private-sector unions from charging union dues as a condition of employment.

Taking a page out of their union donors’ playbook, the Democratic senators spouted the usual, disputed rhetoric… [read more at the Wisconsin Reporter]