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Former union boss says Wisconsin governor's plan could backfire | Cache Valley Daily - News and Information for Cache Valley | Cache Valley News | Logan, UT News | Local News

Former union boss says Wisconsin governor's plan could backfire | Cache Valley Daily - News and Information for Cache Valley | Cache Valley News | Logan, UT News | Local News:

"Pearce claims that the Wisconsin governor's attempt to break the union could end up working against him.

'You're going to see people who previously have not looked toward unions look more and more toward them in order to get fair pay,' Pearce says. 'We're losing the middle class and the unions helped to make that middle class, whether it be public unions or whether it be unions of industry and so forth.'

Pearce says the country will see a major economic downturn if attempts to break up the unions continue."