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Overnight Protesters in Wisconsin Statehouse Can Stay, Police Say
By Christopher Weber
Protesters who hunker down at night with pillows in Wisconsin's capitol will not be forced out, as long as the demonstration remains peaceful, state authorities said early Monday. The announcement reversed a decision by the state agency that oversees the capitol police, which had said Sunday that ...
Wisconsin Workers Get Support from Poland's Solidarity Trade Union
By David GibsonThe Polish trade union Solidarity, whose protests in the early 1980s helped precipitate the downfall of Soviet communism, has embraced the cause of Wisconsin's protesting public workers. Piotr Duda, head of the 700,000-member "Solidarnosc" trade union, wrote that on behalf of his organization he ...
Poland in 1980 and Wisconsin in 2011: History Rhymes
By Gerald J. Beyer
Mentioning the campaign against unions by a Republican governor in 2011 in the same breath as the anti-labor repression by Communist authorities in Poland in 1980 is sure to raise eyebrows. Yet as Mark Twain supposedly said, if history doesn't repeat itself, it sometimes rhymes. And there are some ...
Biden: Unions 'Not the Problem' in States Facing Economic Woes
By Tom DiemerVice President Joe Biden says unions are not to blame for economic hardship in financially strapped states but are being singled out by Republicans looking for an excuse to enact conservative agendas. "Public employees are not the problem," Biden said Wednesday night. "The problem goes much ...
Wisconsin Governor Stands Firm Against Collective Bargaining, Warns of Layoffs
By Christopher Weber
Gov. Scott Walker dug his heels in Tuesday in his week-long standoff with Wisconsin's unionized public employees, underscoring his claim that rolling back collective bargaining rights is necessary to keep the state fiscally sound. In a televised speech, Walker thanked and praised state workers for ...
Majority Opposes Limits on Collective Bargaining Power, Poll Finds
By Christopher Weber
Most Americans say they are against any laws reducing the collective bargaining power of unionized civil service workers as a way to balance a state's budget, according to a new survey out Tuesday. The USA Today/Gallup poll comes as there's no end in sight to the week-long budget showdown between ...
Two Ohios: Obama Talks Jobs in Cleveland, While Workers Rally in Columbus
By Tom Diemer
President Obama stuck to his script in Cleveland Tuesday -- promoting economic competitiveness -- even as labor unrest captured the public's attention 140 miles to the south at the Statehouse in Columbus and also in neighboring Indiana. Obama was greeted at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport ...
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Has a Choice: Union Buster or Real Leader?
By Jill Lawrence
Quick, which new Republican governor said earnestly in a campaign ad last year, "Real leadership means bringing people together to solve problems"? That would be Wisconsin's Scott Walker, whose plan to sharply curtail bargaining and political rights for unions has set off daily mass protests in ...
Obama: U.S. 'Poised to Lead,' but More Math & Science Education 'Critical'
By Tom DiemerWhile U.S. House Republicans celebrated passage of a dramatically slimmed down federal budget on Saturday, President Obama called for continued investment in math and science education as well as partnerships with private firms willing to help workers develop new skills. "If we want to win the ...
Marching in Madison: Are Union Workers Welfare Queens, or Friends and Neighbors?
By Eleanor Clift
On cable television for a time this week, it looked like Cairo had come to Madison, as up to 70,000 people demonstrating for their rights marched on the Statehouse in Wisconsin. Fourteen Democratic lawmakers fled the Capitol, crossing state lines to avoid giving a Republican majority in the state ...
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