Stories & Grievances | Posted 3/11/2011 at 3:17 PM
The Wisconsin Assembly’s passage of a bill that will strip collective bargaining rights and cut wages and benefits for nearly 200,000 public sector workers marks a giant step toward the open dictatorship of the banks and corporations. The approval of the anti-worker bill came the day after Republicans pushed it through the State Senate in a secretive, and likely illegal, legislative maneuver. In order to avoid a
Government Lies, Corruption and Mismanagement | Posted 3/9/2011 at 1:41 PM
Whenever I read about "teacher evaluations" and "teacher effectiveness" I immediately ask, who is the writer? What factual knowledge does the writer have of the subject? What we are seeing right now in America is a dispute between those people who know nothing about who 'success ful teachers' actually are and yet have control of the major
Current Events | Posted 3/6/2011 at 3:47 PM
Contrary to what those in power would like you to believe so that you'll give up your pension, cut your wages, and settle for the life your great-grandparents had, America is not broke. Not by a long shot. The country is awash in wealth and cash. It's just that it's not in your hands. It has been transferred, in the greatest heist in history, from the workers and consumers to the banks and the portfolios of the uber-
Stories & Grievances | Posted 3/5/2011 at 4:23 PM
From Betsy Combier: I dont think this is the question teachers are asking. The question is: "When will the media stop playing into the politics of rich administrators, anti-union activists and others who want to downplay the difficult and challenging job of teaching to remove collective bargaining
