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No means no! Wisconsin judge blocks Walker bill - again
March 30, 2011A judge here ruled March 29 that a restraining order is still in force for a law that kills collective bargaining rights for public workers.
Read moreIndiana official quits after scheme for fake attack on Walker is bared
March 25, 2011Indiana prosecutor Carlos Lam admitted to suggesting that Wisconsin Gov. Walker stage a violent assault against himself in order to win public sympathy.
Read moreWorkers target bank backing Gov. Walker
March 24, 2011The Marshall & Ilesley Bank, the largest in Wisconsin, with branches throughout the Midwest has become the target of the Sheet Metal Workers and their union brothers and sisters in Canada.
Read moreLabor urges "virtual picket" around Huffington Post
March 23, 2011The Huffington Post, labor says, makes millions off its so-called "citizen journalists" - without paying them a dime.
Read moreShop Talk: Credit and some good news for labor
March 23, 2011What's been going on in labor over the past week?
Read moreThis is what a workers’ uprising looks like
March 22, 2011Anyone who thinks the upsurge by workers all across America is not of historic proportions hasn't been paying attention.
Read moreCongressional Democrats call for raising taxes on millionaires
March 22, 2011"It goes to the heart of whether we are serious about reducing the deficit, as opposed to just shrinking government."
Read moreJudge issues restraining order against Wisconsin anti-union law
March 18, 2011A judge at 10:30 this morning issued a temporary restraining order blocking implementation of the law that would destroy collective bargaining rights for public workers.
Read morePublic service union leader urges Boehner to cool violent rhetoric
March 18, 2011AFSCME president Gerald McEntee has called upon the House Speaker John Boehner to "stop using violent metaphors and demonizing public employees."
Read more“No Business as Usual Day” will press workers’ rights
March 17, 2011Members of union locals all over the country are laying plans now to make April 4th a day to remember at the nation's workplaces.
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