Mike Hall
By Mike Hall
AFL-CIO Senior Writer
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) finally decided to do what most any other law-abiding citizen would do—obey a judge’s order. Walker administration officials told the Associated Press today that he will comply with a restraining order he defied last week that puts a temporary halt on his law that guts collective bargaining rights for public employees.
Last week, Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued the first restraining order that halted the implementation of the law. But Walker tried to end run the ruling and published the anti-worker measure anyway and claimed that action put into effect the law that ends workers’ right to bargain for middle class jobs.
Tuesday, Sumi issued a second order and said she wanted to make “crystal clear” the law would not be implemented into legal challenges are heard. Today’s action is a change of heart because yesterday Walker’s Secretary of Administration Mike Huebsch, declared the law was in effect despite Sumi’s orders to block it.
Legally, that makes today a “Two-fer Thursday” for Walker. This morning after AFL-CIO lawyers threatened legal action against Walker for using an AFL-CIO logo on his Facebook page, he removed it. Maybe he’s finally realizing he’s not above the law. The jury’s still out on that.
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Re-Posted from the AFL-CIO Now Blog
Posted March 31, 2011 at 1:52 pm, in From AFL-CIO
