UNION: Liberals’ yellow streak showing
We finally see the yellow streaks up the backs of liberals. To escape a vote on ending collective bargaining for public employee unions, liberal Democrats in Wisconsin fled. Cowards. When the health...
View ArticleUNION: Standing with the workers in Wisconsin
Since 2001, we have spent $1 trillion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2008, rampant deregulation led to the Wall Street crash, throwing countless people out of work. Even though many CEOs were...
View ArticleUNION: Gov. Walker a breath of fresh air
Now retired, I spent much of my 40-year career responsible for labor relations (for management). Although most of that time was in negotiating with unions in the private sector, for a short time I also...
View ArticleWISCONSIN: Oligarchs everywhere fear organized workers
It is heartening to see the spirit of freedom soaring in Madison, Wis., as well as the Middle East — and more than a little revealing to see Tea Partiers playing the role of the pro-government militia....
View ArticlePOLITICS: Right wing is throwing us under the bus
The 30-year war by the radical right on the poor, working poor and middle class is just about complete. With the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision allowing corporations to pour unlimited amounts...
View ArticleWISCONSIN: GOP outmaneuvers missing Dems
Awesome! Wisconsin voters had sent a clear and convincing message in the last vote that they needed politicians with the political stomachs to make hard cuts and balance the budget. When Democrats fled...
View ArticleUNIONS: Laws on the books now protect workers
It’s a shame that the public worker’s unions in Wisconsin have lost their collective bargaining rights. Now they are going to have to live just like me and the 93 percent of the private-sector workers...
View ArticleUNIONS: Pensions and elections at stake
The heartening thing about recent events in Wisconsin is that people, union members and non-members alike, are turning out in support of collective bargaining and workers’ rights. The Wisconsin...
View ArticleLABOR: Lesson learned from Wisconsin
The election in Wisconsin is over. I hope wounds heal and the state keeps moving in the right direction toward fiscal responsibility and fairness to taxpayers. I believe we may be too blue a state to...
View ArticleUNIONS: Koch connection, big money and union-busting
Re: “Public unions meet their ultimate employers: Voters” (editorial, 6-7). Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was caught several times on tape regarding his intent to break the state’s public employee...
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