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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Indiana State AFL-CIO - Daily Schedule of Events - February 28, 2011Daily Schedule of Events - February 28, 2011Printer friendly version | Send this story to a friendThe following is a tentative sc...
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bloomberg.com - Koch Industries Inc. and its employees and subsidiaries spent $1.2 million in the last election helping to elect Republican governors who are now trying to take away bargaining rights of state work...
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edweek.org - Madison, Wis.The largest crowd yet converged at the Wisconsin Capitol on Saturday to rally against a Republican-backed bill that would weaken public sector unions, with protesters—including a few f...
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theawl.com - There are no two ways about it: Wisconsin workers, both private and public, will emerge worse off on the other side of the current budget bill battle. But Wisconsin is going down fighting. The ques...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - activities | Support Our Union | Legislative Resources | Issues & Advocacy | Wisconsin Education Association CouncilEvents continue throughout the state!Keep raising your voice!Background Article: ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mad, mad, mad town! « Fred Klonsky's blogMad, mad, mad town!FEBRUARY 26, 2011by Fred Klonsky.Share this: Facebook StumbleUp
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labornotes.org - Today’s news from Madison: The biggest demonstration yet is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday. The central labor council says as many as 110,000 are expected. The state Assembly passed the “budget repair...
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 | academicbiz.typepad.com - Teachers are not overpaid. Their benefits are not too rich. And collective bargaining is a bad way to ensure that all sides get a fair hearing, it’s just better than the alternatives. Image via W... coopmike48 |
 | sacramentopa.blogspot.com - Rallies in 50 States Support Wisconsin Protesters By the CNN Wire Staff February 27, 2011 (CNN) -- A coalition spearheaded by liberal advocacy group Moveon.org held rallies across the country Satur... coopmike48 |
bigeducationape.blogspot.com - 3StepsEvilTwin | Feb 26, 2011 | 1 likes, 0 dislikesMoveOn.Org Rally in Sacramento, CA 2/26/2011
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 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick's Email to State Employees (39)Mass. Gov. Deval Patrick's Email to State Employeesby AFT - American Federation of Teachers on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 1:45pm Dear Col... coopmike48 |
npr.org - In Indiana on Wednesday, the state Senate approved a bill that would limit collective bargaining by teachers' unions. Enlarge AJ Mast/AP Rick Muir, president of the Indiana Federation of Teachers, ...
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preaprez.wordpress.com - Trying to Think a Few Steps AheadSo, how might this "everybody's fired" thing going to play out? There are a few scenarios I can think of. These may play out in parallel, particularly as the elemen...
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democraticunderground.com - That won't happen, at least from him, so our best hope here for the moment is from the state senate republicans.Wisconsin is the front now for this war. The battle here might be lost for the time b...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Here's how I spent my dayHere's how I spent my dayby Mike Klonsky
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modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/02/gutting-child-labor-laws-in-missouri.html"; Missouri state senator Jane Cunningham has sponsored senate bill 222, which would revoke current st...
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my.firedoglake.com - Georgia’s proportion of unionized workers is four percent, tied for forty-eighth and close to the bottom of the heap in the U.S., which is close to the bottom among nations that consider themselves...
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 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - REALTeachers for SCTA | REALTeachersREALTeachers for SCTAPosted on February 26, 2011 by adminReal Teachers is proud to announce its team of candidates for the Sacramento City Teachers Association o... coopmike48 |
 | larryferlazzo.edublogs.org - My upcoming book, "Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Problems," is due to be published on 30 April, 2011.You can read more about it here. coopmike48 |
bannorphoto.smugmug.com - Protestors gather in downtown Chicago in support of public union workers in Chicago. gallery pages: 1 2 3 > Protestors at the Rally to Restore the American Dream, Chicago. Protestors at the R...
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theindychannel.com - POSTED: 7:26 pm EST February 26, 2011UPDATED: 7:50 pm EST February 26, 2011INDIANAPOLIS -- Rallies at the Indiana Statehouse continued on Saturday as the ongoing stalemate between House Democrats a...
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millermps.wordpress.com - “Madison Police Estimate Biggest Crowd Yet.” The Wisconsin State Journal estimated the crowd size at 70,000 at 12:30 PM, which was 2 and a half hours before the rally was to begin. By 3PM over 100,...
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modeducation.blogspot.com - digg_url="http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/02/providence-fires-all-its-teachers.html"; "Pere Ubu, You're Killing Everyone!" ("Ubu Roi, the War March," 2009, by Hernan Bas)In an unprecedent...
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msnbc.msn.com - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said on NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday that government workers’ collective bargaining rights have caused unsustainable costs and stuck to his demand that bargaining rights ...
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californiaprogressreport.com - Printer-friendly versionSend to friendBy California Labor Federation As Republican governors continue wage war on public workers, you may be wondering who will be left to do the work after all the ...
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blogs.edweek.org - The nation's governors are gathering in Washington this weekend at a time when education issues have bolted to the front of the public debate—and not for reasons the state leaders would have hoped....
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newsweek.com - But unions still have a crucial role to play in America. First, they give workers a voice within—and, when necessary, leverage against—their employer. That means higher wages, but it also means tha...
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thedailyshow.com - Crisis in Dairyland - Scott Walker Prank Call 02/23/11 If Scott Walker doesn't get what he wants by Friday, the streets of Madison will run pink with slips.
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millermps.wordpress.com - You heard it here first: Tax the rich and solve budget shortfall By Marc V. Levine Feb. 26, 2011 MJS Op-Ed One of the most pernicious myths surrounding the Wisconsin budget showdown is Gov. Scott W...
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washingtonpost.com - OREGON, WIS. - Michael Wernick, 61, a longtime body and fender man, says his financial fortunes have gone nowhere but down over the past decade. His salary is stagnant, and his 401(k) has shrunk, d...
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 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Anatomy of a protest: From a simple march to a national fightAnatomy of a protest: From a simple march to a national fightSTORYDISCUSSIONFont Size:Default font sizeLarger font sizeDAN SIMMONS | dsi... coopmike48 |
jsonline.com - Feb. 27, 2011 10:51 a.m. | Madison - The Wisconsin AFL-CIO released a statement early Sunday that said "hundreds to risk peaceful arrest to defend rights," as police prepare to shutdown the Capitol...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Hey, Mr. President – Go to Wisconsin !! : Video in 2007: Barack #Obama promised to “walk on that picket line” if workers are denied the right to collective bargaining « Continuing ChangeHey, Mr. Pr...
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huffingtonpost.com - MADISON, Wis. -- David Rhode is a paramedic in Middleton, Wis. He works 56 hours a week, mostly in 24-hour shifts, frequently carrying wheezy patients up and down flights of stairs. He said he earn...
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articles.latimes.com - February 06, 2011|By Tom Hamburger, Kathleen Hennessey and Neela Banerjee, Los Angeles TimesReporting from Washington — The billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch no longer sit outside Washing...
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prwatch.org - While most news coverage has focused on how Governor Scott Walker’s budget repair bill attacks the state’s 200,000 public sector workers (and by extension, the entire middle class), the law is incr...
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suntimes.com - Citizen Action Illinois hosts a rally in support of the workers of Wisconsin outside the James R. Thompson Center on Saturday afternoon February 26, 2011 in Chicago. | Richard A. Chapman~Sun-Times ...
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palmbeachpost.com - By John KennedyPalm Beach Post Staff WriterUpdated: 9:18 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011 Posted: 8:15 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 26, 2011TALLAHASSEE — Gov. Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature's ruling Rep...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - MOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE: BAMN organizes to save schools | Dailycensored.comMOVEMENT FOR JUSTICE: BAMN organizes to save schoolsWritten by Danny WeilEducationFeb 27, 20110diggShareSAVE OUR CITY!SAVE OU...
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winonadailynews.com - The Associated Press winonadailynews.com | Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 6:54 am | ST. PAUL, Minn. - Gov. Mark Dayton looked to the wealthy to erase about half of a $6.2 billion budget defic...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Lessons for Wisconsin From the Flint Sit-Down Strikes of 1936-37 « Larry Miller's BlogLessons for Wisconsin From the Flint Sit-Down Strikes of 1936-37by millerlfBy Mark Naison from the History New ...
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UnitedWisconsin.com - United Wisconsin is for Wisconsin residents to sign a pledge to recall Scott Walker. Since we can not distribute the actual petitions until 11/3/11, sign a pledge for recall as we will only have 60...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Education VotesNEA President Van Roekel on Fox Business: Workers Won’t Be Silencedby cmccabe | Discuss 0 Share Tags: Bulls & Bears, collective bargaining, dennis van roekel, wisconsin ralliesThe ef...
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dropkickmurphys.com - Hey Everyone the Dropkick Murphys would like to take a moment to acknowledge the struggles of the working people of Wisconsin and to pledge our support and solidarity by releasing the song “Take Em...
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washingtonpost.com - That phrase, uttered in the fourth minute of what Scott Walker believed to be a private phone conversation, tells you everything you need to know about the rookie governor of Wisconsin.Walker thoug...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Dayton: Tax rich to fix deficitDayton: Tax rich to fix deficitStoryDiscussionThe Associated Press | Posted: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 6:54 am | (13) CommentsFont Size:Default font sizeLarger fon...
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preaprez.wordpress.com - Wisconsin’s Governor Walker thinks David Rhode, a paramedic from Middleton, is the cause of the state budget deficit. Congress wants to kill Big Bird and Elmo. Don’t let them. “Enough is enough!” D...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - More than 100,000 Rally in Wisconsin | AFL-CIO NOW BLOGMore than 100,000 Rally in Wisconsin by Tula Connell, Feb 26, 2011930ShareThis is a crosspost from the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO.On a snowy Wisc...
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my.firedoglake.com - It was a dark and stormy night It was a PERFECT DAY for this Solidarity Action! 56 degrees, only a slight breeze, and sunshine all around, especially in the attitudes of those present. I kludged t...
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thepoliticalcarnival.net - You know all those protests by hundreds of thousands of union supporters that have taken place over the past few days? They have been peaceful, there have been no arrests. Compare and contrast:Twee...
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huffingtonpost.com - Speaking to a cheering crowd of eight to ten thousand outside of Chicago's State of Illinois Building Saturday, American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Deputy Director ...
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host.madison.com - The news from the state Assembly chamber early Friday morning was not that Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill passed despite bipartisan opposition from Democratic and some Republican members. T...
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obrag.org - Video by Shane Finneran
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