Grijalva on Arizona’s anti-worker bills

by David Safier

Here are a few passages from Grijalva's Media Release speaking out against Arizona's proposed anti-worker legislation.

“Blaming unions and working families for a lack of jobs is the same insulting distraction it’s always been,” Grijalva said. “These bills are a slap in the face of every teacher, policeman, firefighter, nurse and public servant who makes our lives better and only asks for the right to bargain for a decent wage. This is about a harmful political ideology, not helping the economy, and voters aren’t going to forget it.”

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“We cut corporate taxes – the jobs didn’t appear. We slashed education spending to the bone – the jobs didn’t appear. We closed hospitals for lack of Medicaid support – the jobs didn’t appear. Now we’re going to wipe out a hundred years of labor rights for public employees. At what point do we step back and ask whether any of this is really working for Arizona?”


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