Wisconsin Farmers' Tractor Rally for Workers' Rights PART 1 WATCH ON YOUTUBE: read more
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NYT: For Wisconsin Lawmakers, a Hero’s Homecoming *March 12, 2011-* They are the unlikeliest of folk heroes. But this group of once-obscure lawmakers — a dairy farmer, a lawyer and a woman who is seven months pregnant, among others — that fled this capital nearly a month ago, returned Saturday to ...
Duluth News Tribune: Wis. governor greeted at Washburn fundraiser by thousands of protesters *March 13, 2011-* Wisconsin’s protracted family fight over the budget and public employee unions moved to this Bayfield County town Saturday evening, as embattled Gov. Scott Walker spoke at an invitation-only event and was greeted by at least 2,000 ...
CNN: Democratic senators greeted by cheering crowds in Wisconsin *March 13, 2011-* Democratic state senators who fled Wisconsin to protest the governor's bid to curb the bargaining rights of public workers were greeted Saturday by cheering crowds and vowed to continue the fight. "People think that this is a picnic ...
Dayton Business Journal: Poll: Strong opposition of collective bargaining bills *March 13, 2011-* Ohio's controversial bill to weaken collective bargaining rights for public workers in the state is opposed by more than 9 out of 10 people in a new online poll. The results come the same weekend as tens of thousands of pro-union ...
Things We Had When New York Was A Union Town *-Blogged by Mark Naison on Blogspot/ New Black Man* *March 12, 2011-* With collective bargaining rights having just been eliminated in Wisconsin by legislative fiat, and with more states poised to do the same; with union teachers everywhere being ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Democratic senators return to Madison to tell crowd fight isn't over *March 12, 2011-* Unbowed and unrepentant, 14 Democratic state senators returned to the Capitol on Saturday and received a tumultuous welcome from tens of thousands of pro-labor demonstrators. Despite last week's passage of Gov. Scott Walker's ...
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Huffington Post: Did They Die in Vain? *-Op-Ed by Alan Grayson* *March 12, 2011-* On May 4, 1886, in Haymarket Square in Chicago, the public rallied peacefully in support of 40,000 workers in Chicago who had gone on strike, to win the right to organize. The police attacked, and eight ...
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The Hill: Share the sacrifice *March 8, 2011-* In a piece in last week’s edition of The Nation titled “Why Washington doesn’t care about jobs,” Christopher Hayes points out that D.C. is doing much better than the rest of the country economically, which is a significant ...
RAW Story: Mass protest against Republican cuts to services, union rights *March 12, 2011-* Farmers on tractors joined a massive crowd surrounding Wisconsin's capitol Saturday to protest Republican moves to undermine unions and slash government services in a battle spreading across the United States. Cheers and bells rang ...
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RAW Story: WI Repub lives outside district with mistress, says wife *March 13, 2011-* Protesters who marched at the home of Wisconsin state senator Randy Hopper (R-Fond du Lac) were met with something of a surprise on Saturday. Mrs. Hopper appeared at the door and informed them that Sen. Hopper was no longer in ...
Truthout: Assault on Collective Bargaining Illegal, Says International Labor Rights Group *March 13, 2011-* The International Commission for Labor Rights (ICLR) sent a notice to the Wisconsin Legislature, explaining that its attempt to strip collective bargaining rights from public workers is illegal. Anyone who has watched the events ...
