SAN DIEGO (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will describe his presidential ambitions at a conservative gathering in San Diego.
The Republican was a young state legislator when he joined the American Legislative Exchange Council, which is holding its annual showcase for political causes.
Alec, as the group is known, promotes model legislation for state lawmakers on a wide range of business-friendly issues, including “right-to-work” measures to prohibit companies and unions from requiring employees to be union members.
Such positions guarantee a warm reception Thursday for Walker, whose policies weakened organized labor’s political heft, required public employees except for police and firefighters to pay more for pension and health care benefits and limited collective bargaining.