Union Busting WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Democracy Now: Walkouts, Bank Boycotts and Recalls: Wisconsin Protests Intensify Against Union-Busting Legislation WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Alternet: Awesome: Wisconsin Firefighters Shut Down Bank That Funded Walker *March 11, 2011-* Everybody knows the GOP's biggest weakness is money, so why not hit 'em in the sweet spot? That's what many amazing Wisconsin firefighters did yesterday when they collectively began withdrawing their funds from Madison's M&I Bank -- ...
Madison protesters sing "Soon and Very Soon...They Will All Be Recalled" WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Huffington Post: More Than $3 Million Spent In Three Weeks On Wisconsin-Related Ads *March 11, 2011-* Labor unions and progressive groups, business lobbies and conservative outlets spent more than $3 million in television ads in state during the course of the Wisconsin budget fight, an analysis of expenditures that was commissioned ...
Huffington Post: Gray Davis Pollster Bullish On Wisconsin Recall Elections *March 11, 2011-* The lead pollster for Gov. Gray Davis (D-Calif.) in 2003, the year Davis was turned out of office by a recall election, says he is bullish about the prospects of forcing recall elections in state Senate districts in Wisconsin this ...
Time Magazine: Budget Fight: What Public Employees Really Cost *March 7, 2011-* On Sept. 6, 1791, a government worker named Robert Johnson rode his horse through a Pennsylvania forest. An unlucky man, Johnson. He was assigned to collect the first domestic tax ever imposed by the U.S. government — a whiskey tax ...
Retaking the Capitol, Madison, WI 3/9/11 WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Christian Science Monitor: Walker signs bill. What happens to Wisconsin unions now? Though stripped of its financial provisions, the bill Gov. Scott Walker signed Friday is a setback for public-employee unions in Wisconsin. Here's how it affects unions and their members. *March 11, 2011-* Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed a ...
Buzzflash: Koch Brothers Increased Wealth by $9 Billion Last Year As They Fund Laws to Make Working Class Poorer *March 11, 2011-* Based on a recent Forbes survey, Rachel Maddow revealed that while Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is stripping away the financial security of workers, the Koch brothers increased their wealth by $9 billion last year. Together, Maddow ...
Rachel Maddow: Connecting the dots from Wisconsin to DC WATCH ON MSNBC:
Common Dreams: Koch Brothers and US Chamber: Polluting Our Earth and Our Democracies Wisconsin Workers and Enviros Everywhere Face Same Enemy *March 11, 2011-* Among other truths made completely clear by the showdown in Wisconsin: the outsized role of the Koch brothers in American politics. (Photo by Steve Rhodes.) Charles and ...
Huffington Post: Why Wisconsin Matters for Environmentalists *March 11, 2011-* For one thing, the attack on worker's rights in Wisconsin matters for environmentalists because it matters for everyone. A war on workers is a war on all of us. Across the country, many of us are public workers or have family or ...
PBS Need To Know: Are public employee unions to blame for states’ budget woes? This week the battle of Wisconsin reached a new level of drama, state Senate Republicans pushed through a bill stripping public employee unions of collective bargaining rights. The Republicans acted while Senate Democrats were still out of the ...
PBS Need To Know: Public unions and state budgets, blood transfusions *March 11, 2011-* The ongoing conflict between public unions and state governments in Wisconsin, New Jersey and Ohio revolves around a central question: Are public unions in part responsible for states’ budget problems? This week, Need to Know ...
Crooks & Liars: Between Wisconsin Senate and Assembly Vote, Power Plant Sales Reappear March 11, 2011- A big thank-you to xoff at UppityWisconsin for this find. Remember that power plant provision? It wasn't in the document passed by the Senate on Wednesday. But guess what! It was changed before the Assembly vote on Thursday to include ...
PBS News Hour: Wisconsin's Walker: Collective-Bargaining Curbs Law 'Good for Middle Class' WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Pro Publica: Collective Bargaining, Explained: Why It’s at the Center of Fights Now *March 11, 2011-* The term "collective bargaining" has been somewhat ubiquitous lately, as legislators in several states have moved to limit union rights [1]. But while collective bargaining lies at the very heart of what unions do, how it works -- ...
Walker on Outside Money WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Think Progress: Gov. Scott Walker Refusing To Release Details Of Contacts With Koch Industries *March 11, 2011-* Shortly before signing the controversial bill that ends collective bargaining rights for public employees in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker appeared on Morning Joe today to lambaste the pernicious influence of “union bosses” and ...
Devastating New Ad Highlights State Senator's Attack on Working Families WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
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Student Activism: Wisconsin Solidarity School Walkout at 2PM Today Picking Up National Support *March 11, 2011-* High school and college students in Madison, Wisconsin are planning a two o’clock walkout this afternoon, and they’re picking up support and planned solidarity demonstrations all over the country. Students will be converging on the ...
