March 3, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Think Progress website on March 2, 2011.) The Ohio state Senate’s Commerce, Insurance and Labor Committee considered and passed a Republican bill to effectively eliminate state employees’ ability to collectively bargain, which has...
March 3, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on The Plain Dealer website on March 2, 2011.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — After three weeks of raucous debate that drew thousands state Capitol, the Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved by the slimmest margin possible a bill that would drastically reduce...
March 2, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Huffington Post website on March 1, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As protests continue over the proposal by Gov. Scott Walker (R) to strip collective bargaining rights from public employees in Wisconsin, two new independent national media...
March 2, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Washington Post website on March 2, 2011.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Thousands of union supporters descended on the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday to protest a proposal that would dramatically curtail bargaining powers of government workers, as the...
February 28, 2011 | Headlines, Teamsters, Unions
(The following appeared on the CBS News website on February 26, 2011.) Protests kicked off around the country on February 26 as the group moveon.org organized noontime rallies in all 50 state capitals as a sign of solidarity for union workers in Wisconsin battling...
February 28, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the USA Today website on February 28, 2011.) MADISON, Wis. — Protesters in Wisconsin, who have sparked a national debate about workers rights versus state budget needs, vowed to continue fighting Sunday even as police prepared to clear out...
February 25, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the CNN website on February 25, 2011.) The Wisconsin state Assembly passed a Republican bill Friday that strips most public workers of their collective bargaining rights, but the fight over the bill seems far from over. The bill still has to...
February 25, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the CNN website on February 24, 2011.) The fight over public union benefits and collective bargaining is spreading across the United States. Here is a state-by-state breakdown: Wisconsin Thousands of people have protested a proposal in...
February 24, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Mother Jones website.) On Saturday night, when Mother Jones staffers tweeted a report that riot police might soon sweep demonstrators out of the Wisconsin capitol building — something that didn’t end up happening — one Twitter user...
February 24, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Huffington Post website on February 23, 2011.) The call made by a Buffalo blogger pretending to be billionaire right-wing activist David Koch to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is quickly making an impact on the news cycle. (You can...
