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'''Diane Hendricks''' is the former head of [[ABC Supply]], a roofing supply company. She is the richest businesswoman in Wisconsin and is a major donor to the Republican Party. She was acknowledged at the Koch seminar in June 2011 in Vail, Colorado for donating at least $1 million to Koch-related causes. <ref name="Mother Jones Exclusive"> Gavin Aronsen, [http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/09/koch-brothers-million-dollar-donor-club Exclusive: The Koch Brothers' Million-Dollar Donor Club], Mother Jones, September 6, 2011</ref> | '''Diane Hendricks''' is the former head of [[ABC Supply]], a roofing supply company. She is the richest businesswoman in Wisconsin and is a major donor to the Republican Party. She was acknowledged at the Koch seminar in June 2011 in Vail, Colorado for donating at least $1 million to Koch-related causes. <ref name="Mother Jones Exclusive"> Gavin Aronsen, [http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/09/koch-brothers-million-dollar-donor-club Exclusive: The Koch Brothers' Million-Dollar Donor Club], Mother Jones, September 6, 2011</ref> | ||
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| + | Hendricks has given $510,000 to the [[Scott Walker]]'s campaign for Wisconsin Governor. She is Walker's single-largest donor and the largest known donor to a candidate in Wisconsin state history. <ref> [http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/in-film-walker-talks-of-divide-and-conquer-strategy-with-unions-8o57h6f-151049555.html In film, Walker talks of 'divide and conquer' union strategy], [http://www.jsonline.com JS Online], May 10, 2012 </ref> | ||
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| + | ====Hendrick's Pushes Right to Work and Union-Busting==== | ||
| + | In a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=sX69a45LFLI video] shot on Jan. 18, 2011 - shortly before Walker's controversial budget-repair bill was introduced and spawned mass protests - Hendricks asked the governor whether he could make Wisconsin a "completely red state, and work on these unions, and become a right-to-work" state. Hendricks was referring to right-to-work laws, which prohibit private-sector unions from compelling workers to pay union dues if the workers choose not to belong to the union. <ref> [http://www.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/in-film-walker-talks-of-divide-and-conquer-strategy-with-unions-8o57h6f-151049555.html In film, Walker talks of 'divide and conquer' union strategy], [http://www.jsonline.com JS Online], May 10, 2012 </ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:29, 16 May 2012
Diane Hendricks is the former head of ABC Supply, a roofing supply company. She is the richest businesswoman in Wisconsin and is a major donor to the Republican Party. She was acknowledged at the Koch seminar in June 2011 in Vail, Colorado for donating at least $1 million to Koch-related causes. [1]
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Political Contributions
Scott Walker
Hendricks has given $510,000 to the Scott Walker's campaign for Wisconsin Governor. She is Walker's single-largest donor and the largest known donor to a candidate in Wisconsin state history. [2]
Hendrick's Pushes Right to Work and Union-Busting
In a video shot on Jan. 18, 2011 - shortly before Walker's controversial budget-repair bill was introduced and spawned mass protests - Hendricks asked the governor whether he could make Wisconsin a "completely red state, and work on these unions, and become a right-to-work" state. Hendricks was referring to right-to-work laws, which prohibit private-sector unions from compelling workers to pay union dues if the workers choose not to belong to the union. [3]
References
- ↑ Gavin Aronsen, Exclusive: The Koch Brothers' Million-Dollar Donor Club, Mother Jones, September 6, 2011
- ↑ In film, Walker talks of 'divide and conquer' union strategy, JS Online, May 10, 2012
- ↑ In film, Walker talks of 'divide and conquer' union strategy, JS Online, May 10, 2012
