Talking Points Memo: A Bit More Detail *March 26, 2011-* As we've reported, a whole new controversy broke out tonight in Wisconsin as state Republicans appeared to defy a court to put into immediate effect the governor's controversial anti-union bill. I wanted to take a quick moment and ...
AlterNet: Union-Busting: Six Fired After Demanding Sick Days for Fast-Food Workers *After publicly demanding paid sick days, organized workers at the fast-food sandwich chain were fired. * *March 25, 2011-* Six key organizers with the Jimmy John’s Workers’ Union in Minneapolis were fired on Tuesday, March 22, after putting up ...
Co-op Rally, Capitol Square, Madison, 3/26/11 WATCH ON YOUTUBE:
Think Progress: Justice-For-Sale Lobbyists Raising "Unlimited and Undisclosed" Donations To Buy Supreme Court Seat *March 25, 2011-* Last year, Wisconsin Supreme Court justice and Gov. Scott Walker ally David Prosser cast the key vote in favor of a “justice-for-sale” ethics rule written by two corporate lobbying groups. Thanks to Justice Prosser, his colleagues ...
Rabble.Ca: Tea Party architects lobby Alberta for input into tar sands industry *March 25, 2011-* The Koch Brothers, architects of the Tea Party and bankrollers of climate-change denial, have recently set up shop to lobby the Alberta government, according to the Edmonton Journal. Alberta's lobbyist registry shows that on March ...
KABC-TV: Thousands of union supporters march through downtown LA WATCH ON KABC:
KABC-TV: Thousands of union supporters march through downtown LA *March 26, 2011-* Some 10,000 people marched through downtown Los Angeles supporting union workers in Wisconsin in what protesters have dubbed, "Solidarity Saturday." Wisconsin passed a law stripping public employee unions of collective bargaining ...