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Abele Confronted for Stand on Palermo Strike « Larry Miller's Blog: Educate All Students!

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Abele Confronted for Stand on Palermo Strike

Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele seems to be drawing a line in the sand about worker’s right to organize a union. On July 11, in a Journal op-ed, Abele presented his support for the President and CEO of Palermo’s Pizza, someone he knows.
The only conclusion I get from his comments are that workers do not have the right to unionize. Isn’t this America?
To see Chris Abele’s opinion piece on the Palermo strike go to:
http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/more-light-less-heat-on-palermo-lb6371u-162139165.html
Following is a response to Abele from journalist Barbara Miner.

The Old Boys Network in action

By Barbara Miner View from the Heartland (blog) MJS July 13, 2012
It’s not often us mere mortals get to see the Old Boys Network in action. So hats off to Chris Abele, our