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Wis. Judge Halts Governor's Union Law, at Least for Now
By not in system - AOL NewsMADISON, Wis. -- A Wisconsin judge on Thursday did what thousands of pro-union protesters and boycotting Democratic lawmakers couldn't, halting Republican Gov. Scott Walker's plans - at least temporarily - to cut most public workers' pay and strip them of most of their union rights. Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued a declaration stating in no uncertain terms that the collective bargaining law that led to weeks of large protests at the state Capitol had not taken effect, contradicting Republican arguments that it had because a state office published it online. Hours later, Walker ...
Fight Over Wisconsin Union Law Heads to Court
By not in system - AOL NewsMADISON, Wis. -- With Republican Gov. Scott Walker's administration insisting a new law eliminating most of state workers' collective bargaining rights had gone into effect and other state and municipal leaders disputing that, many were looking to a Tuesday court hearing for some kind of clarity. The latest over the collective bargaining law began Friday when the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau published the law by posting it on a website, and Walker said that was all that was needed for it to take effect. Typically, a law goes into effect when it's published by the secretary of ...
Gridiron Gridlock: NFL Labor Talks Start to Turn Nasty
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- Had enough of the he-said, he-said rancor between the NFL and players? Don't expect it to go away anytime soon. The outcome of the league's first work stoppage since 1987 could be decided in court; the first hearing on the players' request for an injunction to block the owners' lockout was scheduled for April 6. In the meantime, there probably will be more of the same as Monday, when Kevin Mawae -- president of the NFL Players Association, the now-dissolved union -- accused the league of spreading "complete falsehoods and complete lies." Alex Brandon, AP Kevin Mawae, ...
Abraham Lincoln Inauguration Pictures
By not in system - AOL Newshttp://xml.channel.aol.com/xmlpublisher/fetch.v2.xml?option=expand_relative_urls&dataUrlNodes=uiConfig,feedConfig,localizationConfig,entry&id=988920&pid=988919&uts=1299194985 http://www.aolcdn.com/ke/media_gallery/v1/ke_media_gallery_wrapper.swf AOL News Photo - 26517 Friday marks 150 years since Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States. On March 4, 1861, Lincoln took his oath of office and gave his inaugural address in which he promised not to interfere with the institution of slavery and emphasized that the ...
Wisconsin Protests: Far From the Madison Crowd
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Wisconsin Protesters: Can You Spare Some Solidarity?
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailySorry, Wisconsin protesters. I want to root for unions. But I can't. That's because they're only for the working man and woman. They don't seem to care about the unemployed and the legions of Americans forced into part-time work. As depicted in the British comedy "I'm All Right Jack" -- I'm all right, and to hell with everyone else -- unions are narrowly focused on union workers. That's the hidden reason sympathy has declined. A lot has happened to the working man and woman in the last 40 years, and none of it good. Unions have not been paying attention. Unions brag it was they who put an ...
Scott Walker: 5 Facts on the Wisconsin Governor Who's Targeting State Employees
By Greg Robillard - AOL NewsMeet the new boss. In his recently unveiled budget, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker plans to cut benefits to state workers, increase their personal contributions to health care and retirement, and end their collective bargaining power. State employees are not pleased with the proposed cuts, and union organizers have mounted protests over the weekend. The Republican governor has also hinted he might use the somewhat-big-government strategy of calling out the National Guard to prevent government workers from striking. Surge Desk presents a few facts on the new man in Madison. 1. A history in ...
Civil War Message in a Bottle Decoded: No Help Coming
By not in system - AOL NewsRICHMOND, Va. - A glass vial stopped with a cork during the Civil War has been opened, revealing a coded message to the desperate Confederate commander in Vicksburg on the day the Mississippi city fell to Union forces 147 years ago. The dispatch offered no hope to doomed Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton: Reinforcements are not on the way. The encrypted, 6-line message was dated July 4, 1863, the date of Pemberton's surrender to Union forces led by Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Siege of Vicksburg in what historians say was a turning point midway into the Civil War. The message is from a Confederate ...
Labor Unrest Fuels Strikes, Protests Across Europe
By Lisa Flam - AOL News(Sept. 29) -- Workers across Europe took part in coordinated actions to protest government austerity measures, shutting down much transport in Spain and filling the streets of Brussels with tens of thousands of marchers. Spain's first general strike in eight years left few buses running in Madrid and about half of underground trains out of service, Reuters said. The government said an agreement with unions guaranteed minimum service. Sky News reported that Iberia, Spain's largest airline, expected only a third of its scheduled flights to take place. Unions claimed that more than half of ...
50-Star Flag Designed by Ohio Teen Turns 50
By Chris Epting - AOL News(July 3) -- This Fourth of July marks the 50th anniversary of something special: the birth of the 50-star flag. While it might not seem like much of an accomplishment, there's a patriotic story behind the design of the flag. In 1958, a 17-year-old Ohio teenager, Robert Heft, had a high school assignment to create something of his own imagination and concept. AP Photo/Byron Rollins President Dwight Eisenhower holds a corner of a new 50-star flag displayed for the first time at the White House on Aug. 21, 1959. Minutes earlier, the president signed a proclamation admitting Hawaii to ...
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