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wsaw.com - MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin judge has ordered pro-union protesters to be removed from the state Capitol. Dane County Circuit Judge John Albert issued a verbal ruling Thursday night that prote...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Our Lawyer just got to the Capitol - News from Inside the Wisconsin Capitol BuildingOur Lawyer just got to the Capitol We are waiting to see both the court order for us to leave and court order for...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Wisconsin: Capitol Building Ordered Open During Business Hours, But Can Be Emptied at Night | FDL News DeskWisconsin: Capitol Building Ordered Open During Business Hours, But Can Be Emptied at Nigh...

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news.blogs.cnn.com - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has issued union layoff notices that could take effect as early as April 1, a governor spokesman said Friday. The measure "may be able to be rescinded and layoffs avoide...

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reuters.com - By James Kelleher and Karin Matz MADISON, Wis | Thu Mar 3, 2011 9:41pm EST MADISON, Wis (Reuters) - Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker vowed on Thursday never to compromise on the core of his plan to ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - And now for Plan 9 | FiredoglakeAnd now for Plan 9by Attaturkpic via jima at flickr.comIn the past few days the GOP State Senators of Wisconsin have tried several different tactics to get their Dem...

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wisconsininsider.typepad.com - WE ARE ROTUNDAVILLE! (I just found that out) Wisconsin is NOT for SALE! Peg Lautenschlauter is here (our lawyer, former atty general). SHOWERS! SHOWERS! SHOWERS! SHOWERS! Thanks to everyone in W...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Firefighters denied access to Capitol during emergency call - JSOnlineFirefighters denied access to Capitol during emergency calle-mailprintBy Patrick Marley of the Journal SentinelMarch 3, 2011 2:...

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quickanded.com - Only a few days before Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker started a war with organized labor he was effusively praising the state’s teachers and their union, the Wisconsin Education Association Council. O...

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washingtonpost.com - MADISON, Wis. -- About 50 pro-union protesters peacefully left the state Capitol late Thursday after a judge ruled they could no longer spend the night to show their opposition to Gov. Scott Walker...

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ednewscolorado.org - After being delayed twice so amendments could be prepared, the private school tax credit bill passed from the House Finance Committee Thursday to an uncertain future.House Bill 11-1048 would allow ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Des Moines Education Association: Fight Back Against the Bashing of Public EmployeesFight Back Against the Bashing of Public Employeesby Mr. RIf you are talking to your neighbor, a relative, or som...

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dekerivers.wordpress.com - It was the first time since coming to Madison in 1986 that I was not able to just walk into the Wisconsin State Capitol. Under gray skies and with rather somber faced people around, I waited in li...

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wisconsininsider.typepad.com - All hell just broke loose. A huge mass of protesters just got in somehow but are being blocked by a wall of cops, so insiders on one sude of the cops in a corridor and outsiders on the other side. ...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Fred Klonsky's blog(title unknown)by Fred KlonskyActivities scheduled for Wisconsin this weekend:MADISONSaturday 3/5/2011 – The Amalgamated Transit Union will gather between 10:30 and 11:00 am at t...

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online.wsj.com - Conservatives in Wisconsin are getting nervous that three Republican state senators may defect on the collective-bargaining reform vote. It's still anyone's guess as to when that vote will take pla...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - In Wisconsin, Walker Looks For a Way Out | FiredoglakeIn Wisconsin, Walker Looks For a Way OutBy: David Dayen Thursday March 3, 2011 4:48 pmTweet Share Can he talk his way out of this? (photo: Wis...

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huffingtonpost.com - I wrote two weeks ago about how Gov. Scott Walker's so-called budget repair bill was part of a larger Republican war on the working class. And the events of the last two weeks have backed that up.W...

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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Walker Losing Support from Senate Republicans in Wisconsin? | FDL News DeskWalker Losing Support from Senate Republicans in Wisconsin?by David Dayenboxed in?Scott Walker is boxed in. He missed his ...

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Modern School: Steve Conn Suspended From Detroit Teachers Union

Modern School: Steve Conn Suspended From Detroit Teachers Union

Steve Conn Suspended From Detroit Teachers Union

by Michael Dunn

Steve Conn, who continues to maintain that he won the recent presidential election for the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT), has been suspended from the union, along with three of his colleagues. He was suspended for disrupting the swearing in ceremony for his rival, Keith Johnson, who won the contested union election with less than a 100 votes. Hundreds of valid ballots were thrown out in the election, ballots that Conn and many others believe were unjustly invalidated. Conn asked for a recount, lost, and then won his appeal.

The suspension has no effect on Conn’s teaching assignment or pay or benefits. However, i

Gay Agenda or Teaching Tolerance?

by Michael Dunn

In a move that has pissed off religious conservatives, California state senator Mark Leno (Democrat from San Francisco) proposed a bill in December that would require textbooks to include gay history and portray it “in a positive light.” With all the recent media coverage of bullying and gay suicides, the time would seem ripe for this bill. However, homophobic parents and religious leaders are vowing to fight it.

In 2008, a lesbian student at Jesse Bethel High School in Vallejo, California, filed suit with the American Civil Liberties Union accusing the local school district of discrimination. As part of the settlement, administrators recently agreed to show films and assign homework depicting same-sex families, starting with elementary school-aged students.

In November parents and religious leaders attacked the school board for “pushing their gay
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Walker Losing Support from Senate Republicans in Wisconsin? | FDL News Desk #wiunion

Walker Losing Support from Senate Republicans in Wisconsin? | FDL News Desk

Walker Losing Support from Senate Republicans in Wisconsin?

by David Dayen

boxed in?

Scott Walker is boxed in. He missed his chance to claim victory when public employee unions agreed to his health care and pension concessions, essentially agreeing to a 7% pay cut. But Walker wanted it all. He wanted the destruction of public unions by eliminating collective bargaining. Nothing less would do.

We know what happened next (though if you want an excellent explainer of how it all transpired, Andy Kroll has you covered). The outcome will either be decided by Senate Democrats, or Senate Republicans. Walker will not move. But it appears his colleagues on the GOP side in the Senate may. Stephen Moore sent out an alarm calltoday:

Conservatives in Wisconsin are getting nervous that three Republican state senators may defect

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Corporate funded fascists working hard to defeat American workers | Dailycensored.com

Corporate funded fascists working hard to defeat American workers | Dailycensored.com

Corporate funded fascists working hard to defeat American workers

Written by Danny WeilMediaMar 4, 2011
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The fascists at Fox work non-stop, 24/7 to bring their message of corporate fascism to a bewildered American population. They also work day and night to advise their supplicant coin-operated politicians how to divide and conquer the working class in the interest of corporatiziing the state.

The truth of the matter is that we are beyond neo-liberalism now; the corporations prefer ownership of the ‘state’ rather than ‘managing the state’. The ‘Shock doctrine’ that began with New Orleans, Louisiana after the hurricane has now spread throughout the nation. This is a Pinochet moment.

Fox and Rupert Murdoch along with rightwing radio, so-called Christian radio and TV, and propaganda advisors like Karl Rove, Frank Luntz and

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Layoff Notices Go Out in Wisconsin as Walker Approval Plummets | FDL News Desk

Layoff Notices Go Out in Wisconsin as Walker Approval Plummets | FDL News Desk

Layoff Notices Go Out in Wisconsin as Walker Approval Plummets

by David Dayen
Wisconsin protest

(photo: mrbula)

Scott Walker held to his threat of issuing layoff notices to public employees because of the passing of a deadline for the budget reapir bill. The deadline, which concerns a $165 million refinancing scheme that Walker claims he needs time to accomplish, seems bogus to many financial experts who I’ve consulted about this. Basically, bond restructuring doesn’t need four months lead time, which Walker wants here. It’s pretty clear that Walker is using the layoff notices as a tool to pressure unions and the Democratic Senators to finish off the bill.

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Behind the Right-Wing Attacks on Collective Bargaining : NEA Today

Behind the Right-Wing Attacks on Collective Bargaining : NEA Today

Behind the Right-Wing Attacks on Collective Bargaining

March 4, 2011 by clong
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by Cindy Long

Despite opposition within its own GOP ranks, and several national polls showing that the public supports collective bargaining, Republicans in Wisconsin, Ohio, and a growing number of other states around the country are determined to strip the rights of public employees under the guise of balancing state budgets.

“We’re staying focused on reducing the cost of government and making Ohio competitive, and the first place to start is with our own budgets,” said Ohio Sen. Shannon Jones, the Republican sponsor of SB5, which eliminates public employee collective bargaining.

But trying to blame public employee salaries and pensions for budget shortfalls is a red herring. Republican-controlled legislatures around the country, from New Hampshire to Arizona to Florida, are

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