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wtam.com - (Bedford) - A rally against Ohio Senate Bill 5 was held in Bedford Sunday afternoon. The keynote speaker was State Senator Nina Turner who called the measure an attack on the working class. State S...
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solidaritywisconsin.com - A new study shows that the proposed Walker budget will slow the economic recovery of the state and cost more jobs than expected. An estimated 21,843 jobs will be lost over the next year or two as p...
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teamsternation.blogspot.com - On April 4, actions will be taken by unions, student groups and human rights organizations across the country. The purpose of the actions is to show solidarity with all working people and to commem...
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gazettextra.com - ADVERTISEMENT JANESVILLE — The union representing Janesville public school teachers has again said no to a proposal to begin paying more for their benefits.The reasoning is the same: A fear that r...
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defendwisconsin.org - The fifth weekend of the Madison, Wisconsin protests against the budget “repair” bill, and now also the state budget bill, saw a smaller turnout than the 150,000 plus ralliers from last week. Even ...
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620wtmj.com - Story Created: Mar 19, 2011 Story Updated: Mar 20, 2011 Guest blog by George Mitchell: With one notable exception, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has provided extensive coverage of Wisconsin’s hig...
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easterniowagovernment.com - DUBUQUE – Unions have already lost much of their power in Wisconsin and now Iowa lawmakers are debating collective bargaining rights here. Fifty to sixty pro-union members gathered in Dubuque Sunda...
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 | bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Wisconsin: crucible for a new American left | John Nichols | Comment is free | guardian.co.ukWisconsin: crucible for a new American leftThough socialism has been written out of US history, this new... coopmike48 |
sltrib.com - Brigit Martinez is correct that private sector workers are at least as hard-up as those in the public sector (“Join the Club,” Forum, March 15). In fact, despite comparatively low wages, state work...
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scoop.co.nz - Monday, 21 March 2011, 11:33 amColumn: Walter BraschPresident Obama: MIA in Labor's Struggleby Walter BraschAs expected, Michael Moore, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka ...
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jsonline.com - March 19, 2011 4:34 p.m. | Those who follow or practice politics sometimes get presented with a choice: Be for "good government" or for a desired or desirable outcome. But it's often a false choice...
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mlive.com - Published: Sunday, March 20, 2011, 6:00 AMKALAMAZOO — School officials offer dire predictions if Michigan implements Gov. Rick Snyder’s budget plan, but others say it will finally force the right-s...
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uppitywis.org - So not only did Justice David Prosser call State Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson a "total bitch," but he also says it's her fault that he said it. The poor guy is being bullied by tw...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Fuzzy Privatization MathFuzzy Privatization MathMonday 14 March 2011by: Ellen Dannin | Employment Policy Research Network | Op-Ed(Photo: Jorge Franganillo)On May 31, 2010, Governor Chris Christie...
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thestatecolumn.com - Washington State Politics Latest Stories The State Column Pro Wisconsin governor Scott Walker said Thursday that he will push ahead with a plan to sell a number of the state’s power plants. “We’re ...
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jerseyjazzman.blogspot.com - Well, this explains quite a bit, doesn't it?The Democratic candidate for governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, has been receiving campaign contributions from a surprising source, state campaign finan...
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my.firedoglake.com - Are there no workhouses? Are there no poorhouses? Clearly, the GOP neighbors of Wisconsin’s Scott Walker intend to outdo him for meanness and humiliation. Republican legislators in Minnesota have i...
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teamsternation.blogspot.com - A Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel op-ed asks why Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker proposed a law that would make it nearly impossible to site wind energy projects in the state. The op-ed, titled "Wind power...
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theunionlegion.blogspot.com - I was handed the flyer below by a student at yesterday's rally in support of Wisconsin Public Employees and Worker's Rights by a student. I foolishly forgot to ask his name so that he could get pr...
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 | news.change.org - What's the price tag for shelter dogs in Wisconsin? According to current law — and Governor Walker — $1 is all it takes to purchase a homeless dog and subject it to a life of misery (a.k.a. researc... coopmike48 |
chicagotribune.com - By Erin Meyer Tribune reporter 7:52 p.m. CDT, March 19, 2011chibrknews-2-arrested-in-school-funding-protest-20110319 A Chicago Teachers Union official and a second protester were arrested Saturday ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - CTU Protest Of TIFs Leads To Arrests | Progress IllinoisCTU Protest Of TIFs Leads To ArrestsJackson Potter, a Little Village High School of Social Justice teacher and member of the Chicago Teachers...
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livingstondaily.com - Pinckney Community Schools' roughly 235 teachers will decide individually whether to illegally strike if asked to by the Michigan Education Association, said Mimi Katakowski, president of the Pinck...
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my.firedoglake.com - I usually give my man, Joe Biden, a break because he is just a Constitutional hired-hand, and I’ve always liked Joe, but I have my limits. Joe Biden disgraced himself this week by lying during a AF...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - What Happened To The Good Ol’ American Pie (Chart)? | MoveOn.OrgWhat Happened To The Good Ol' American Pie (Chart)?Posted on March 18, 2011 by AliciaRemember when everyone was served an equal porti...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Supreme Court tensions boil over - JSOnlineSupreme Court tensions boil overProsser says he was goaded into insulting chief justiceMadison - As the deeply divided state Supreme Court wrestled over w...
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theuptake.org - “It is not right to use racist, bumper-sticker hate to inflict human misery for political gain.”-Angel Buechner, Welfare Rights Committee If you look at a dollar bill, you’ll see the words “legal f...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - We Are One April 4On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, where he had gone to stand with sanitation workers demanding their dream: The right to bargain collective...
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democurmudgeon.blogspot.com - I don’t know if the study below takes into consideration the EXTRA spending we’ll have to do to cover the gaps created by Walker’s budget cuts, but either way, there may be trouble ahead.WSJ: Gov. ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Defending Wisconsin | Recall Scott WalkerHOME | STAY INFORMED | VOLUNTEER | FORUM | MAILING LIST | PETITION | DONATION | VIDEO | CONTACT USwww.Facebook.com/DefendingWisconsinAs the citizens of Wisc...
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coshoctontribune.com - Last November, the Ohio Democratic Party was left flat on its back, knocked out cold by an electorate that had just turned everything - from the governor's office to the legislature to the state co...
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host.madison.com - Dear Editor: Wisconsin voters bought a pig in a poke last fall. No matter how many protesters come to Madison, Wisconsin’s vainglorious governor continues preening for the cameras as he plays to a ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - DC fundraiser for Wisconsin GOP was roadbuilder-sponsored payoff | Uppity WisconsinDC fundraiser for Wisconsin GOP was roadbuilder-sponsored payoffby xoffThis was lost in the shuffle last week, as ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Last Week's Best Posts on Big Education Ape » PostRankHide9.8Defending Wisconsin | Recall Scott Walker #p2 #WIUNION #WEAREWI2011-Mar-19Defending Wisconsin | Recall Scott WalkerHOME | STAY INFORMED ...
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uppitywis.org - The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel is reporting today that, during an "abusive temper tantrum" witnessed by several people, Supreme Court Justice David Prossser called Cheif Justice Shirley Abrahamson ...
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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - GUEST COMMENTARY: We walked out to block radical GOP agendaGUEST COMMENTARY: We walked out to block radical GOP agendaStoryDiscussionBy Linda Lawson | Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 12:00 am | (45...
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defendwisconsin.org - Gov. Scott Walker’s plans to balance the state budget by cutting spending and public workers’ take-home pay will slow the state’s economic recovery, according to projections by a UW-Madison economi...
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