MADISON – Today Rep. Christine Sinicki (D-Milwaukee) offered the Democratic Weekly Radio Address. The topic this week is the Republicans' divisive "Right to Work" legislation, which is being fast-tracked for a vote in the full Assembly this week.

"So-called 'Right to Work' will drive down wages, hurt job creation, harm our economy and further divide our state. Yet Republicans are still trying unnecessarily to rush this bill through in less than two weeks – and limit public input in the process," Rep. Sinicki said. "Let’s stand together and let Governor Walker and the Republicans know that 'Right to Work' is wrong for Wisconsin."

The audio file of this week’s address can be found here and a video version can be found here and below.

Published on Mar 4, 2015.

A written transcript of the address is below:

This week, we heard hours and hours of testimony from workers, business owners, researchers and many others who told us how “Right to Work” is wrong for Wisconsin. Yet Republicans are still trying unnecessarily to rush this bill through in less than two weeks – and limit public input in the process.

So-called “Right to Work” will drive down wages, hurt job creation, harm our economy and further divide our state. And our neighboring states are already taking notice of the negative impact “Right to Work” will have in Wisconsin. The Republican chair of the House Jobs Committee in Minnesota is reaching out to Wisconsin businesses and encouraging them to relocate to their state.

Republicans are fast-tracking this bill – with the full Assembly set to vote on it this week – so Governor Walker can use it as a smokescreen to distract from his disastrous budget while he runs around the country courting Republican primary voters.

But this fight is not over – you still have an opportunity to voice your opposition to this divisive bill by signing the petition at RTWisWrong.com. Let’s stand together and let Governor Walker and the Republicans know that “Right to Work” is wrong for Wisconsin.