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Union Buster Brad Schimel supports right-to-work law
After a court upheld Wisconsin’s right-to-work law, Schimel commented, “The Constitution does not protect a union’s right to take money from non-union members and I’m proud to have defended the rule of law in Wisconsin.” [Reuters, 7/12/17]
Schimel brought right-to-work before the U.S. Supreme court
Schimel Sought U.S. Supreme Court Review Of Wisconsin’s “Right-To-Work” Law After An Appeals Court Struck Down Provisions Of The Law, Which Prohibited Companies And Unions From Signing Contracts That Would Require Workers To Pay Dues Or Fees To The Unions That Represented Them. According to the Associated Press, “[Kaul] has dropped the state’s appeal of a 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision declaring that federal law blocks provisions in Wisconsin’s ‘right-to-work’ law, which prohibits companies and unions from signing contracts that would require workers to pay dues or fees to the unions that represent them. Schimel had asked the U.S. Supreme Court to take the case.” [Associated Press, 5/10/19]
as attorney general, schimel argued in defense of union-busting "right-to-work" laws
The Capital Times reported, “While in office, Schimel argued a range of high-profile cases, defending the state’s 2011 legislative maps, right-to-work law and a measure, ultimately struck down in federal court, that would have required doctors performing abortions to hold admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, which clinics argued would have hindered abortion access. He also generated controversy over spending on commemorative coins and other merchandise for staff and his office’s handling of untested rape kits, though Schimel maintains thousands of kits had not been submitted to the state for testing at all.” [Capital Times, 12/6/23]
