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Category Archives: Collective Bargaining
Reclaim Wisconsin Rally in Madison marks one year anniversary of Walker signing Act 10
The Reclaim Wisconsin Rally on Saturday in Madison concluded a statewide tour that was three weeks long. With estimates ranging from 30,000+ to 60,000 depending on unofficial counts so far, it was a beautiful day weather-wise to mark the one year anniversary of Governor Scott Walker signing the Act 10… Read the full story »
Posted in 2012 Recall, Collective Bargaining, Fitzwalkerstan, Photos, Rallies, Wisconsin
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Ed Shultz gets update from John Nichols on Walker’s ALEC-funded bash in Arizona (audio)
Ed Schultz got an update from The Nation’s John Nichols regarding the latest news about the Scott Walker’s visit in Arizona last November where he was a keynote speaker at an American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) meeting/fundraiser at the Goldwater Institute trashing unions with the approval of GOPborg leather-faced scank… Read the full story »
Walker exposed as liar who said he campaigned to eliminate collective bargaining
It’s been bandied about by Walker supporters petrified of the recall efforts that the Governor had campaigned on how he was going to eliminate collective bargaining. There is ZERO evidence that he did… no video, no political campaign materials, no audio, no interviews, no advertisements of any kind… we obviously… Read the full story »
Koch Brothers kickbacks can’t stop Governors Kasich and Walker from losing political battles
On November 8, Ohio voters will decide whether to repeal Governor Kasich’s Senate Bill 5 (SB5) after almost a million valid signatures were collected by repeal efforts. The legislation is known as “The Public Employees’ Collective Bargaining Law“. Fast forward to the eve of the Ohio election and we can… Read the full story »
Posted in 2012 Recall, Collective Bargaining, Fitzwalkerstan, Kasich, Ohio, Wisconsin
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June 29, 2011-”Get Well Soon, Wisconsin Unions” event all day in Madison
Do what you can to come to the Capitol to wish Wisconsin unions, workers and those attacked by Walker and the Fitzwalkerstan Fanatics some get well wishes! Get Well Soon, Wisconsin Unions When: Wed, June 29, 9:30am – 8:00pm Where: Wisconsin State Capitol Description: On Wednesday, June 29, the attack… Read the full story »
June 29, 2011-Walker’s collective bargaining bill disaster becomes law with legal battles ahead
Scott Walker’s overstepping and contentious collective bargaining bill will officially be law on June 29, but it will be late August before state employees see a difference in their paychecks. This is obviously a choice made to quell even more protests until after the recall elections. Nearly five months after… Read the full story »
June 15, 2011-Wisconsin labor unions file lawsuit to block anti-union budget repair bill in Federal Court
A coalition of Wisconsin unions, who would be stripped of the democratic ability and long tradition of collective bargaining, have filed a Federal Court lawsuit fighting back against the Walker power grab and war on public workers. The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO joins a broad coalition of worker right’s organizations today… Read the full story »
June 15, 2011-Sam Seder interviews John Nichols regarding Anti-Union Wisconsin Supreme Court decision (audio)
June 14, 2011-People vs Walker Rally at Madison Capitol (video)
One of the fantastic speakers at the event, Mahlon Mitchell (President of Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin), got the crowd going and then the crowd (estimated in tens of thousands) calmly circled the Capitol building and held hands in solidarity and sang “We Shall Overcome”, due to fighting back against… Read the full story »
June 14, 2011-Wisconsin State Supreme Court shows Republican activism overturning Open Meetings law violation
The Wisconsin State Supreme Court voted along partisan lines in favor of slapping the working people of Wisconsin with massive cuts to collective bargaining rights for public workers in the state, overturning Dane County Sumi’s decision that Wisconsin’s controversial law had been passed illegally by violating Open Meetings law. Perhaps… Read the full story »
Walkerville Tent City begins while the Walker Regime continues its War on Workers
The showdown again has begun and stripping workers’ rights are also combined with stripping people of their right to express themselves like they could before the Walker Regime began its power grab and marching orders from ALEC, the Koch Brothers and the plutocratic oligarchs at war on the Middle Class:… Read the full story »
May 26, 2011-Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi voids anti-union collective bargaining rights law
The Fitzwalkerstan Sock Puppets were handed some disappointing news that they actually have to adhere to laws that the state of Wisconsin has in place that make sense. The Wisconsin Open Meetings law requires 24 hours notice of any meeting, which can be shortened to two hours if “good cause”… Read the full story »
Capitol collective bargaining standoff report shows some fine examples of Republican thuggery
The right-wing Echo Chamber has been very deft at sending out the “message” that there have only been “thugs” at the Madison protests and elsewhere throughout the state. Yes, there have been some incidents by a few people on the protester “side”, but considering the tens of thousands who participated,… Read the full story »
Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA) legislation introduced ending full collective bargaining for Police and Fire Department staff
In case the police or fire departments thought they would still maintain full collective bargaining rights while other public sector workers would lose their rights, the other show has now dropped. The Assembly is looking at legislation to go after police and fire departments as they have with other public sector workers Continue reading →
Wisconsin Republicans hell-bent on ramming through extremist right-wing legislation by June 30
The Fitzgerald Brothers have admitted it. Now other Republicans are admitting it. They see the Recall elections in July as a opportunity for them to ram through off-the-wall, right-wing extremist legislation before the tables are turned and there isn’t a Republican Rubber Stamp majority to appease the Koch Brothers and… Read the full story »
Posted in Budget, Collective Bargaining, Conceal and Carry, Education, Photo ID, Privatization, Recall, Republicans, Teachers, Unions
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Secretary of State Doug La Follette says union-busting Act 10 has not taken effect yet
The controversial union-busting Act 10, illegally spawned by violating Open Meetings law, is not officially published as law yet, according to the Secretary of State: Secretary of State Doug La Follette said Saturday that the budget-repair bill has not taken effect because it has not been published by his office.… Read the full story »
