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Anti-Worker Legislation Under Fire Across the Country

by Tim Walker The strengthening resolve of working Americans in Wisconsin is being duplicated in state after state as signs emerge that this massive grassroots mobilization is having an impact. A...

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Largest Crowd Yet: 80,000 Rally in Wisconsin

by Tim Walker and Cynthia McCabe In one of the biggest rallies in Madison since the Vietnam War, up to 80,000 Wisconsin workers and their supporters, waving off freezing, snowy weather, marched into...

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Behind the Right-Wing Attacks on Collective Bargaining

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...

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It’s Not Just Wisconsin. It’s Everywhere.

By Mary Ellen Flannery and Tim Walker The battle over workers’ rights in Wisconsin was the first to capture national attention, but it won’t be the last. Gov. Scott Walker may be the poster child for...

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Educators Get Social to Protect Public Education, Workers’ Rights

By Kevin Hart As musician and poet Gil Scott-Heron famously promised, the revolution will not be televised – but it’s definitely being tweeted. A recent rash of legislation seeking to gut workers’...

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Wisconsin Prepares for High-Stakes Recall Elections

By Tim Walker Every day for two weeks in March, Jim Niemeier, a retired educator from Waupun, Wisconsin, stood outside his local post office, talking to people as they walked in and out. He did this...

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Michigan Lawmakers Push “Right to Work”– But Only for Public School Employees

By Robert McNeely A bill was introduced in the Michigan state senate on Thursday that would apply so-called “right to work’ laws exclusively to public school employees represented by the Michigan...

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Anti-Worker Law SB 5 Repealed in Ohio

By Miguel Gonzales and Tim Walker Ohio voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a referendum to repeal Senate Bill 5 (on the ballot as Issue 2), a controversial bill signed into law by Gov. John...

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The Evidence is Clear: The Middle Class Needs Labor

By Tim Walker Politicians who  target public employees use jargon like “budget crisis,” “job creation” and “shared sacrifice” to justify their policies to the  public. Their real agenda sas exposed...

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Michigan Legislature Passes ‘Right to Work’ Bill

By Brian Washington Even though a new poll shows voters are against it, the State House and Senate in Michigan this afternoon approved a bill pushed by leaders in the GOP-controlled state legislature...

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