Scott Walker Quietly Repeals Wisconsin Equal Pay Law

[jaxx]

Scott Walker Quietly Repeals Wisconsin Equal Pay Law
Posted: 04/ 6/2012 12:09 pm Updated: 04/ 6/2012 12:18 pm

WASHINGTON -- A Wisconsin law that made it easier for victims of wage discrimination to have their day in court was repealed on Thursday, after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ® quietly signed the bill.

The 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act was meant to deter employers from discriminating against certain groups by giving workers more avenues via which to press charges. Among other provisions, it allows individuals to plead their cases in the less costly, more accessible state circuit court system, rather than just in federal court.

In November, the state Senate approved SB 202, which rolled back this provision. On February, the Assembly did the same. Both were party-line votes in Republican-controlled chambers.

<..> “We are finally starting to see progress here in Wisconsin, yet like their counterparts across the country, Legislative Republicans want to turn back the clock on women’s rights in the workplace,” said Hansen.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/06...1333728572

Another hit by Walker. He will go down in history as the most regressive governor to ever be recalled.

[SeattleGirl]

Walker must be on a suicide mission.....

[jaxx]

Posted at 01:53 PM ET, 04/06/2012
Scott Walker may loom over presidential election
By Greg Sargent

The Dem charge of a “GOP war on women” is getting a boost this morning, with the news that Scott Walker has quietly overturned Wisconsin’s equal pay law. This morning, Walker signed a measure repealing the 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act, which is designed to deter employers from discriminating against workers by giving them an easier way to challenge discrimination in the courts.

<..> With the battle for the female vote in the presidential race intensifying deaily, the Obama campaign will try to make Walker’s latest move stick to Mitt Romney. Asked for comment on Walker’s repeal, Obama campaign spokesperson Lis Smith sends over a statement calling on Romney to take a position on repeal of this law:

“As he campaigned across Wisconsin, Mitt Romney repeatedly praised Governor Scott Walker’s leadership, calling him a ‘hero’ and ‘a man of courage’. But with his signing yesterday of a bill make it harder for women to enforce in court their right to equal pay, Walker showed how far Republicans are willing to go to undermine not only women’s health care, but also their economic security. Does Romney think women should have ability to take their bosses to court to get the same pay as their male coworkers? Or does he stand with Governor Walker against this?”

<..> Today’s news add another twist — one involving women’s issues. The Romney campaign has rolled out Ann Romney to argue in multiple forums that the battle over contraception and cultural issues won’t hurt Mitt, because women mostly care about jobs and kitchen table concerns. But here is a gender issue that’s an economic issue, and if Romney takes the wrong side of it, Ann Romney’s argument won’t work in this case.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum..._blog.html

This puts Willard in the hot spot. Does he suck up to Walker, or does he uphold women's rights?

[SeattleGirl]

(04-06-2012 12:47 PM)jaxx Wrote:  This puts Willard in the hot spot. Does he suck up to Walker, or does he uphold women's rights?

My bet is that he will continue to suck up to Walker.

[Velleity]

Willard will do what the Koch brothers tell him to do.

[OptimistesMaddie]

women in Wisconsin. Oopsie....Keep it up Republicans....we don't have to spend any money right now....

[There Is No Spoon]

Scumbag piece of garbage is looking for a non-stop ticket to hell.

[jaxx]

(04-06-2012 07:31 PM)There Is No Spoon Wrote:  Scumbag piece of garbage is looking for a non-stop ticket to hell.

Yep and the Dems are ready to help him find that ticket.

[janedrake]

And he does this in the middle of the effort to recall him! I sure hope Wisconsin Dems aren't allowing him to keep this "quiet."

[MilesColtrane]

trying to encode his Bronze Age philosophy in the public law.