Labor
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.
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“Potiche”: entertaining film features stars, strikes, class struggle
March 30, 2011The delightful Potiche tackles the class war in an extremely entertaining, thought-provoking, funny way.
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British workers stage massive protest against cuts
March 28, 2011On the streets of London on Saturday three-quarters of a million people staged the biggest protest yet in the fightback against the Tory-led coalition's brutal cuts program.
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Maine’s governor assaults the dignity of working people
March 25, 2011Having been raised in Maine, son of a lineman and a mother and stepmother who were state workers, I am infuriated that the Republican governor there has ordered the removal of mural that depicts the role...
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Workers 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.
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