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politico.com - As organized labor hails an unprecedented moment of unity playing out amid a sea of supporters marching in Madison, Wis., other union officials elsewhere are quietly wringing their hands about the ...


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tnr.com - Anti-labor forces have waited decades for the opportunity that they are now trying to seize in Wisconsin. Republican Governor Scott Walker’s plan, echoed in proposals put forward by several other c...


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blog.aflcio.org - Kamal Abbas, general coordinator of the independent Egyptian Centre for Trade Unions and Workers Services (CTUWS), has sent an amazing message of solidarity to U.S. workers under assault by CEO-bac...


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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - We’d rather be in the classroom, but it was time to speak outBy Terry Schoessow, Special to Workday20 February 2011MADISON, Wis. - If you had told any of our group of eight teachers a month ago tha...


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huffingtonpost.com - Madison, Wisconsin, The Heartland, AmericaI am not what you would call a real "progressive" in the modern sense of the word. I actually have significant concerns about the role of public sector uni...


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huffingtonpost.com - Protests in Wisconsin continue to surge Friday, even as reports from Thursday evening claimed as many as 25,000 demonstrators had taken to the state's capitol building in Madison. Residents are tur...


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dailykos.com - The following comes directly from http://www.patriotactionnetwork.com/... Our goal is to make the gathering look as greedy and goonish as we know that it is, ding their credibility with the media a...


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abcnews.go.com - Feb. 20, 2011 The Democratic Wisconsin state senators camped out across the border in Illinois fired back at Gov. Scott Walker today, saying their action to block a vote on his budget proposal is a...


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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Stand With Wisconsin WorkersWISCONSIN WORKERS ARE UNDER ATTACK! TUESDAY, FEB. 22, 2011 STATE CAPITOL, SACRAMENTO 5:30 PMSupport Workers’ Rights!Join us for a Candlelight Vigil in solidarity with Wi...


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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - You might want to read this.How do states which allow collective bargaining for unions compare, academically, against those that don’t? Let’s first look at HS graduation rates:Grad Rates- The red a...


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npr.org - Steve Inskeep talks to Wisconsin state senator Scott Fitzgerald about the crisis with state employees there. Sunday was the sixth day of massive protests in Wisconsin, where Governor Scott Walker a...


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blogs.forbes.com - BusinessFeb. 18 2011 - 6:45 pm | 0 views | 0 recommendations |By RICK UNGAR As the nation focuses on the efforts of Governor Scott Walker to take away collective bargaining rights from public emplo...


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reuters.com - By James Kelleher MADISON, Wisconsin | Sun Feb 20, 2011 6:45pm EST MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) - The issues were serious but the mood was cheery on Sunday among demonstrators in Wisconsin protesti...


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huffingtonpost.com - Watching the battle in Wisconsin it is clear that the historic deal that created the great American middle class is in danger of unraveling. Government workers have long exchanged greater job secur...


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huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- It's day four of exile for Wisconsin's Democratic state senators, who crossed state lines in order to stall the expedited passage of Gov. Scott Walker's (R) budget proposal. Although ...


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signonsandiego.com - By RYAN J. FOLEY, Associated Press Monday, February 21, 2011 at 12:03 a.m. / AP Teacher Michael Mulvey of West Allis, Wis., carries a sign in the rotunda at the State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Sund...


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voices.washingtonpost.com - "Republicans say that public-sector employees have become a privileged class that overburdened taxpayers," write Karen Tumulty and Brady Dennis. The question, of course, is whether it's true. Consi...


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politifact.com - Crowds have built for a week in Madison as public employees and their supporters rally against Gov. Scott Walker’s plan to strip them of most of their collective bargaining rights. Walker supporter...


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suntimes.com - Wisconsin Gov. Walker turns state into battleground for unions By David Roeder Staff Reporter/droeder@suntimes.com Feb 20, 2011 11:51PM Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, shown Thursday, campaigned on th...


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cta.org - CTA stands with our colleagues and public employees in Wisconsin whose collective bargaining rights are under attack by Gov. Scott Walker. He is scapegoating working families for state budget probl...


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philly2philly.com - Thousands of Wisconsin citizens are taking to the streets to protest Republican Governor Scott Walker's proposal to strip public employees of their collective bargaining rights. Republicans argue t...


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huffingtonpost.com - As events in Egypt showed, you never know what will set off mass protest.Here at home, over-reaching by a novice Republican governor of Wisconsin has finally triggered the protest marches that have...


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coopcatalyst.wordpress.com - Just recently I got into a discussion on Facebook with some of my mother’s friends about the goings on in Wisconsin. To make a long story short, we disagreed about a lot of things including tax cut...


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rawstory.com - Tags: American, budget, labor unrest, last fifteen years, Medicare, party, percent, president bill clinton, private sector employees, public sector workers, Republican, republican strategy, sector,...


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memphisflyer.com - Well, it's about time! I wondered what it would take for Cairo-like demonstrations to break out on this side of the pond, and now, thanks to the folks in Madison, Wisconsin, we know the answer: it'...


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nytimes.com - Last week, in the face of protest demonstrations against Wisconsin’s new union-busting governor, Scott Walker — demonstrations that continued through the weekend, with huge crowds on Saturday —...


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act.aflcio.org - So-called “Right to Work” Legislation · Backed heavily by out-of-state corporate interests, “Right to Work” legislation is designed to wipe out unions by bankrupting them and weakening thei...


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themoderatevoice.com - Across the US, GOP Lawmakers Build States of Denial by Michael Winship Forced at gunpoint this weekend to clean out a lot of old paper files in anticipation of some home improvements, I ran across ...


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huffingtonpost.com - WASHINGTON -- The protests that erupted last week in Wisconsin have attracted attention not only across the United States, but even as far away as Egypt. One of those out-of-state observers, Maine ...


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nytimes.com - WASHINGTON — The battle in Wisconsin over public employee unions has left President Obama facing a tricky balance between showing solidarity with longtime political supporters and projecting a mess...


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media.www.dennews.com - Dave Balson/Opinions Editor 2011 is shaping up to be one hell of a year for democracy. History books will look back on the unprecedented protests of the past two months as a time when millions of p...


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timesfreepress.com - NASHVILLE — While Senate Republicans largely support a statewide law banning collective bargaining for teachers, some of their House counterparts are talking about leaving the decision in local gov...


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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - After six days of protests that packed the state capitol, Wisconsin's major teachers' union called on members to start returning to work Monday but keep fighting a proposed rollback of union protec...


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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - crooksandliars.com - Fox News broke this bulletin about an hour ago. It stems from a video posted by the MacIver Institute Wisconsin alleging that a doctor is signing bogus excuses for teachers pro...


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boston.com - MILWAUKEE—Doctors who wrote medical notes over the weekend excusing protesters at the Wisconsin Capitol from work are getting slammed with angry phone calls and profane e-mails from people telling ...


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247wallst.com - Successful political activity often spreads from one geographic area to another. That has certainly been true among financially weak countries in Europe. It is now happening among nations in the Mi...


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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - MADISON (WKOW) -- The Madison School District sent out this memo Sunday evening, asking staff to report, but saying schools will be closed again Monday.The Madison Teachers Union is advising member...


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cnn.com - Protesters crowd Wisconsin capitalSTORY HIGHLIGHTS Rock guitarist says he'll play for protesters on Monday Governor Walker reiterates calls for missing Democrats to come back Tea Party activists ar...


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communities.washingtontimes.com - EASTON, MD — February 21, 2011 — Thousands of peaceful protestors flood the capital. Thinly veiled threats of force are issued against the protestors. Opposition leaders flee elsewhere, going int...


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buzzfeed.com - 45 awesome protest signs against Governor Scott Walker's budget bill. I'm very impressed with your signs, Wisconsin. Very clever.


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sunjournal.com - Nuggets from the notebook while wondering if Maine's labor groups will be emboldened by their colleagues in Wisconsin ... From Maine's perspective, watching the protests in Wisconsin may seem like ...


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salemnews.net - LISBON -Columbiana County's two state legislators find themselves on opposite sides of proposed legislation to limit the negotiating power of public employee unions.State Rep. Craig Newbold is will...


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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Indiana teachers rally against efforts by Governor Mitch Daniels to divert resources from public schools to charter schools and private schools.


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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - With the battle going on in Wisconsin, we wanted to ask: How many states have collective bargaining with public employees' unions? How many forbid it? Check out our map. It's pretty revealing. Map ...


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bigeducationape.blogspot.com - Micheal Moore posted video from Cairo, Egypt for the Wisconsin protesters. 2/21/11.Watch the video here:http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/must-read/statement-kamal-abbas“Victory belongs to all the ...


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tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com - Tensions remained high in Wisconsin on Sunday as Gov. Scott Walker (R) remained in a standoff with state public employees unions and Democratic legislators over a proposal that would not only requi...


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What can you do to help the workers and fight-back against ‘capital‘s’ assault on labor in Wisconsin? Rallies planned all over the country | Dailycensored.com

What can you do to help the workers and fight-back against ‘capital‘s’ assault on labor in Wisconsin? Rallies planned all over the country | Dailycensored.com

What can you do to help the workers and fight-back against ‘capital‘s’ assault on labor in Wisconsin? Rallies planned all over the country

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We cannot let the capitalist class win in Wisconsin. Teachers have agreed to return to work, due to Fox News and other corporate media outlets that have created the image in the minds of many that teachers are overpaid thugs who have abandoned their students when in fact they are currently giving their students the best lesson they can get in critical thinking and social responsibility and courage. Meanwhile, countries throughout the world, including Egypt, have ‘bought pizzas’ for the protestors in Wisconsin.

Fighting for the moral values of solidarity, diversity, participation in power (collective bargaining), equity in funding for basic human rights (the public commons) and a decent wage is now going on in Wisconsin. The morals are in the budget and nowhere can this be seen better than Wisconsin, right now undoubtedly a ‘canary in the coal mine’ for the nation as governors in New jersey, Illinois, Indiana, California, New York and Ohio saddle up for the same fight. In fact, 12 states are ginned up for right wing assaults on worker’s rights and education.

Do not be fooled! the issue is worker’s rights and the role of capital in destroying pensions, housing values, businesses, and demand which have all led to lower tax revenues. The private sector cannot create ‘demand’ which is the economic problem facing this nation. Lowering worker’s wages with ‘austerity’ programs that destroy democracy, families and the social fabric is a disaster for the national and state economies. Killing unions is

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Artist's del Valle Mural Channels Twitter | The Blog

Artist's del Valle Mural Channels Twitter | The Blog

Artist's del Valle Mural Channels Twitter

Posted by Alex Parker on Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 2:00 PM

Barack Obama had Shepard Fairey.

Miguel del Valle has Maya Escobar.

The 27-year-old self-described digital media performance artist recently completed a “mobile mural,” featuring a stoic del Valle surrounded by images of Chicago — neighborhoods, greenery, cycling, a bungalow and Willis (née Sears) Tower. Nodding to del Valle’s grassroots campaign and its use of Twitter and other online media, Escobar named the canvas mural #delvallemural (pronounced “Hashtag: del Valle mural).

click to enlargeMaya Escobar's #delvallemural project
  • Maya Escobar's #delvallemural project

“I really wanted to show a vibrant thriving city. For me, that’s how I see Chicago," says Escobar, who moved back to her native Chicago from Saint Louis three weeks ago. “It’s about neighborhoods and it’s about communities, and not just about the big skyscrapers.”

She’s a self-professed del Valle supporter, and completed the mural

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: IN MY MAILBOX

IN MY MAILBOX

From Deborah Meier in Madison

Mike,

It was anything but an "angry crowd"! There is something joy-prodcing about this kind of protest--as though in releasing our voices we are refilled with energy and affection for each other. An occasional Tea-partyer (a few thousand at most of "them" amongst 75 thousand pro-unionists, etc hardly made for ay problems at all! In fact sometimes their slogans just fit into ours. It was only the media saw it as a serious "confrontation" between Wisconsin citizens! Bah humbug.)

What ingenuity the signs themselves showed, as families and kids held up their ingenious ideas. Finding rhymes and slogans that were filled with the fun of language. Lots of it fgocused on respect and democracy. Chants and songs that have grown u
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School Board Pres Michael Bonds on Budget Debates and MPS « Larry Miller's Blog #wisolidarity #wiunion #weac

Statement by School Board President Michael Bonds on Budget Debates and MPS « Larry Miller's Blog

Statement by School Board President Michael Bonds on Budget Debates and MPS

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Press Release

February 21, 2011

For Immediate Release

The ongoing political activities and budget debates at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison involve very emotional and passionate issues that challenge all of us. These are real issues that have real implications for our students, families, staff, and communities, both in the short term and in the long term. While I’m personally 100% supportive of public education and the rights of workers to have collective bargaining, I’m also 100% committed to the 80,000+ MPS students and their families. Our students and parents have rights too. Our students have the right to be educated and to be in school daily, even during these challenging times. Our parents and community have rights and expectations for MPS to carry on its responsibilities during these challenging times. Therefore, I’m requesting that all MPS employees be present on Tuesday and the remainder of the week so we can resume our primary function of educating our children. But I’m also asking all MPS employees to take this opportunity to educate our students, families and community about these issues, if the opportunity should arise after school, outside of the classroom, or as an extension of the curriculum. While these are very emotional and challenging issues, I do not want us to lose our focus of educating our children on a daily basis in a safe and conducive environment. This must continue to be our main focus.

I am requesting that the MPS Administration refrain from making threats of disciplinary action toward our employees. The use of threats does not send the appropriate message to our employees, nor does it serve any constructive purposes. There will not be any blanket disciplinary actions of employees. District collective bargaining agreements require personal conferences prior to disciplinary actions. We have contracts with our employees, which outline procedures relative to the use of sick leave and disciplinary procedures. Any disciplinary actions administered by the MPS Administration will be considered on a case-by-case basis and follow MPS’ currently established policies and contractual language. I am also requesting

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Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Are they still calling it "reform"? #wisolidarity #wiunion #weac

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: Are they still calling it "reform"?

Are they still calling it "reform"?

Reform Detroit style: Bobb will close half of city schools, raise class size to 60. This is nothing less than criminal.

President's Day in Boise. Thousands of teachers, parents, and students are spending their day off protesting Superintendent of Public InstructionTom Luna's plan to require high school students to take four online courses, introduce merit pay for teachers and end tenure for new teachers. It would also eliminate about 770 teaching positions.

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Thousands of Wisconsin union members and supporters are packing the Capitol again today to protest T-Party Gov. Walker's plan to not only to cut wages and benefits for some public employees, but go after teachers'
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Florida teachers plan to rally against proposed budget cuts WTSP.com 10 News#wisolidarity #wiunio

Florida teachers plan to rally against proposed budget cuts | Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Sarasota | WTSP.com 10 News

Florida teachers plan to rally against proposed budget cuts

Isabel Mascarenas 17 mins ago

Dunedin, Florida -- Fourteen years in the classroom and teacher Brandt Robinson says what's happening in Wisconsin is just the beginning.

"I have people on Facebook in Iowa, in Wisconsin, in Nevada. It's gaining momentum. It might gain momentum into 2012 to the elections," says Robinson.

Tens of thousands of Wisconsin teachers continue a sixth day of rallying at the state capitol, protesting the governor's proposed budget cuts. Wisconsin teachers are also fighting to protect their collective bargaining rights - a right Florida's public workers, including teachers, have under the state constitution.

Like Wisconsin, Florida teachers say they are trying to protect their profession. "We're still fighting the perception this is missionary work, while it is we're still professionals and want to be treated as professionals," says Robinson.

Proposed legislation would tie teacher evaluations and merit pay to student test scores, and Governor Scott proposes having all public employees contribute five percent of their salaries into their pensions.

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