Labor in the News: AFSCME Council 26's Goldman on Federal Impact of Wisconsin Vote
Friday, June 8, 2012
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)AFSCME Council 26 Executive Director – and Metro Council Board member – Carl
Goldman (at right) told The Washington Post (What
does Wisconsin vote mean for feds?, 6/6/2012) he can’t imagine Wisconsin
Governor Scott Walker’s recent victory “emboldening [congressional
Republicans] any more than they already are.” As the Post noted, House Republicans have repeatedly pushed to limit
federal employee compensation, weaken federal unions, and cut the number of
federal employees. A pay freeze and many other attacks on federal workers have
already been enacted. Though “a long list of additional, much worse
legislation republicans proposed has not gone anywhere yet,” Goldman told
Union City it’s time for federal
workers to “step up the mobilization” against these attacks.- photo of Goldman at downtown SAMs workers protest
outside BID headquarters on 04/29/2011 by Adam Wright