Why Scott Walker's right-to-work law won't deliver 'good-paying, family-supporting' jobs

Without the bulwark unions provide, Wisconsin can look forward to a host of new low-paying jobs

Scott Walker
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This week, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed a law making his state the 25th to embrace "right-to-work" laws.

"This is one more tool that will help grow good-paying, family-supporting jobs here in the state of Wisconsin," Walker declared. But there's a bitter irony right there that goes bone-deep. "Good-paying, family-supporting jobs" are essentially the opposite of what Walker's change is going to usher into his state.

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Jeff Spross

Jeff Spross was the economics and business correspondent at TheWeek.com. He was previously a reporter at ThinkProgress.