Scott Walker still thinks he's going to be President
There's no way this is going to be popular with his base here in Wisconsin. It's straight-out pandering to the Hispanic voters.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/scott-walker-backs-optional-state-holiday-for-union-organizer-csar-chvez-b99204169z1-245228251.html
Madison — A proposal to declare an optional holiday for state workers on the birthday of Latino leader and union organizer César Chávez has an influential supporter — Gov. Scott Walker.
The draft bill wouldn't add another day of rest for state workers, who currently receive nine paid holidays each year. But, as long as the state agency could still function, the measure would let workers give up their day off on another holiday to celebrate the birth and life of Chávez on March 31 of each year.
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No Republican lawmaker has been willing to sign onto the bill so far.
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The support for the bill might surprise some, given that Walker has drawn fierce attacks from union leaders for his 2011 legislation ending nearly all collective bargaining for most public workers in Wisconsin. But Evenson said that the governor has supported the ability of private-sector unions to organize. In his work with what became the United Farm Workers, Chávez advocated for agricultural workers. The labor leader died in 1993 at the age of 66.
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