Gov. Scot Walker loves Union referees!

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Think Progress reports:



Unions Increase Economic Mobility



Union-Busting GOP Governor Scott Walker Demands Return Of Unionized NFL Referees

By Travis Waldron on Sep 25, 2012 at 9:25 am
The National Football League’s decision to lock out its unionized officials at the beginning of this season has had serious consequences, as the incompetence of the replacement referees has jeopardized player safety, led to obvious mistakes, and drawn criticism from fans, the media, coaches, and players. And now, elected officials are getting their jabs in too.
After the Green Bay Packers were robbed of a win by an blown call during Monday Night Football, union-busting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) — a Packers fan — took to Twitter this morning to demanded the return of the league’s unionized officials:


Walker’s sudden support of union labor is surprising, given his push for a radical union-busting law that effectively ended collective bargaining for many of Wisconsin’s public employees. The law, which Walker and his fellow Republicans pitched as necessary to fix Wisconsin’s budget before admitting that it was the “first step” in an anti-union strategy, was so unpopular that it led to massive protests outside the state capitol in Madison and recall elections against Walker and six Republicans in the state senate.
Multiple Packers players, incidentally, urged Wisconsinites to vote against Walker in the recall. And while Walker decries the scab officials who replaced union labor on the football field, he doesn’t hold himself to the same standard: after his union-busting law went into effect, union workers were replaced with prison labor."

On top of everything else it seems that the whole referee's strike is over such pitiful small amounts compared with the profits of the NFL and the player's salaries.
 
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Also probably has to deal with the scab refs making a bad call on the Green Bay vs Seattle game monday night that cost Green Bay the game, I wouldnt look too hard into this. Everyone weants the original referees back.
 
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Also probably has to deal with the scab refs making a bad call on the Green Bay vs Seattle game monday night that cost Green Bay the game, I wouldnt look too hard into this. Everyone weants the original referees back.
True that. He never said the loved the Union or its underlying principles...his team lost, so he wants refs who know what they are doing.
 
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It proves that experienced officials are a valuable part of the whole process. Unions can be valuable to making a good product. In this case it was the NFL who locked out the officials union and not a strike.
 

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well possibly because the officials union wants more money and for what? to referee a one hour sports game? I mean really they should just ref and then negotiate on the side, not ruin the entire season of the nfl
 
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This time it was the NFL who LOCKED out the refs. Its like manufacturing without any quality controls. Would buy such a product?
 

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uh yeah the refs wanted more money than the NFL wanted to give them, so the nfl said screw you and hired replacements. Thats what happens when people are greedy.