Scott Walker on right-to-work

Feb. 22, 2011

"The bill I put forward(Act 10) isn’t aimed at state workers, and it certainly isn’t a battle with unions. If it was, we would have eliminated collective bargaining entirely or we would have gone after the private-sector unions. But we did not because they are our partners in economic development. We need them to help us put 250,000 people to work in the private sector over the next four years.”

Wisconsin Eye

May 11, 2012

"I have no interest in pursuing right-to-work legislation in this state ... It’s not going to get to my desk. I’m going to do everything in my power to make sure it isn’t there because my focal point, (is) private sector unions have overwhelmingly come to the table to be my partner in economic development."

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Dec. 12, 2012

"In each of these issues, regardless of what my personal opinions have been in the past, I just think it's a huge distraction. In particular with what we saw in Michigan, what we saw nearly two years ago here in Madison. (Right-to-work) would be a huge distraction from our number one focus, which is helping the people of the state create more jobs."

Wisconsin State Journal

Sept. 2, 2014

I'm not pushing for it. I'm not supporting it in this session."

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Dec. 3, 2014

"The right-to-work legislation right now, as well as reopening Act 10 to make any other adjustments, would be a distraction from the work that we are trying to do."

Associated Press

Dec. 30, 2014

Asked whether his noncommittal on RTW should be interpreted as a signal that he intended to sign it, Walker said: "If that's the case, then there must be 1,000 bills I'm going to sign this session, because there's no other bill I've threatened to veto. There's plenty of other bills that I'm not particularly interested in but you don't hear me running around threatening a veto of. I usually work with the Legislature, just as I have on this particular bill."

Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism