Rep. Kucinich Fires Up Madison Workers’ Rights Rally WATCH ON THE UPTAKE:
Andrew Klavan: Behold! Your Public Sector Unions at Work. Right Wing propagandist explains to the kiddies about unions: WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Reuters: Up to 100,000 protest Wisconsin law curbing unions Bigger protest than during Vietnam era, police estimate *March 12, 2011-* Up to 100,000 people protested at the Wisconsin state Capitol on Saturday against a new law curbing the union rights of public workers that is seen as one of the biggest ...
Politicus USA: The Wisconsin Protest Outdraws Glenn Beck’s Rally To Restore Honor *March 12, 2011- *You wouldn’t know it if you were relying only on cable news, but according to the city of Madison, today’s protest was the largest yet. 85,000-150,000 Wisconsin residents took to the streets to stand up for their freedoms. This ...
Think Progress: Nearly Identical Anti-Labor Bills Appear In Maine, Missouri, New Hampshire, Other States *March 12, 2011-* Reporting for the progressive Maine blog Dirigo Blue, Gerald Weinand has discovered that a proposed “right to work” law in Maine mirrors similar proposals in several other states, like New Hampshire and Missouri. The legislation in ...
Reuters: Massive crowd gathers to protest Wisconsin union law *March 12, 2011-* A massive crowd gathered at the Wisconsin state Capitol on Saturday, one day after Republican Governor Scott Walker signed into law union restrictions that have sparked a national confrontation with organized labor. Madison Police ...
Media Matters: Wash. Times Cherry-Picks Poll To Falsely Suggest Americans Oppose Unions *March 11, 2011-* *The Washington Times* cherry-picked a Quinnipiac poll to claim that "Americans are starting to catch on to the 'us vs. them' attitude of the unions." However, numerous other polls have shown strong public support for unions and ...
Truthout: The True Power Behind the Wisconsin Protests *March 12, 2011-* The protests in Wisconsin have focused on whether the state of Wisconsin will take away the right of government workers to bargain collectively. However, government does not "give" workers the right to strike, nor the right to ...
Madison Welcomes Susan Sarandon- 3-12-11 WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
CMD PR Watch: WI Firefighters Spark "Move Your Money" Moment *March 12, 2011-* On the day that the bill passed the Wisconsin Assembly effectively ending 50 years of collective bargaining in Wisconsin and eviscerating the ability of public unions to raise money through dues, a new front opened in the battle for ...
Liberaland: Buried In Altered Wisconsin Bill: Sale Of Power Plants That Can Benefit Koch Bros *March 12, 2011-* A couple of items found themselves inserted into the Wisconsin budget review bill between the time it left the Senate and arrived at the Assembly, reports Uppity Wisconsin. The stripped-down union busting budget review bill was ...
Al Franken: This isn’t over *Posted on Al Franken's Blog- March 11, 2011* We were all shocked by what happened in Wisconsin Wednesday night. Eighteen Republican state senators broke faith with the people who elected them. They broke their word. They may have even broken the ...
Richard D. Wolff: "Public Higher Education" WATCH ON TRUTHOUT:
Truthout: The Last Hurdle for Corporate Capitalism: Deunionizing America *March 11, 2011-* The campaign to control private-sector union membership has been mostly successful as corporate US capitalism shifted its attention to the last hurdle to a union-free country: public-sector unions. Critical examination of the ...
