About 900,000 men, women and children are part of public sector working and retiree families in Wisconsin. Gov. Walker’s budget repair bill violently attacks the financial well-being of those families. If it is passed, many kids and families will be crushed.

Will the new Republican-dominated Legislature foolishly go along with Walker’s deceitful rush to pass his budget repair bill and become one-term legislators? Or will they uphold their oath of office to protect the people, exhibit due diligence by holding statewide public hearings, and stop Walker’s effort to jam this bill through the Legislature in five days?

Walker’s bill is a Christmas present to Walmart, the largest private employer in Wisconsin, and to other corporations that hate unions. They have spent millions urging passage of right-to-work legislation for years. We call it “right to work for less.” On average, RTW states like Mississippi have annual wages about 14.1 percent lower than states like Wisconsin.

Walker’s bill eliminates the right to collective bargaining for tens of thousands of employees and for the rest it reduces the issues labor and management may bargain for. It will bankrupt unions by forcing them to assist workers who will not pay dues but demand assistance.