Rep. Andy Jorgensen: Bipartisan action is needed now to stem job losses

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It is a pipe dream to think Republicans will work with Dems to help the Wisconsin people.

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Rep. Andy Jorgensen: Bipartisan action is needed now to stem job losses

REP. ANDY JORGENSEN Nov 11, 2015 20

Jaws dropped and hearts fell as we learned of Oscar Mayer’s plan to close its Madison plant and lay off 1,000 workers.

It was jarring news, but we really shouldn’t have been surprised. Massive job losses are now the norm in Gov. Scott Walker’s Wisconsin.

In October, Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson announced it would cut 250 salaried positions. In September, General Electric shared a plan to cut 350 jobs in Waukesha. In August, Johnson Controls announced it would cut 197 jobs in West Allis.

And, it’s not just the big companies bleeding.

HyPro of Whitewater is laying off 62 employees. The Daniels Sentry grocery store is closing too, and 53 people will lose their jobs. In Janesville, Data Dimensions laid off 120 workers and Grainger laid off 20.

By year-end, Wisconsin will have lost more than 10,000 jobs in mass layoffs alone.

It’s a deeply troubling statistic. So, too, is Wisconsin’s job growth rate of just 1.7 percent, well behind the national average........................

[yourout]

1. Here is the Walker Group proposal.

Question#1....Are you a Union Shop? If NO goto Question#3. If YES you get nothing.

Question#2....Are you a publicly held company? If NO goto Question#3. If Yes you might get something if your CEOs give enough to Walkers campaigns but no donation means no $$$.

Question#3....Do you give money to Walker campaigns? If YES....how many Million would you like and don't worry about the paper work. If NO....give us $10K and we will give you $10Mill and don't worry about the paper work.

[dembotoz]

2. true dat