Solidarity rallies planned Tuesday in the Twin Cities
Supporters of worker rights will hold rallies to show solidarity with Wisconsin workers and “defend the dream” Tuesday in the Twin Cities.
NFL players renounce union status to block lockout
After almost three weeks of negotiations with NFL team owners and the assistance of a federal mediator failed to result in a fair, new collective bargaining agreement, the NFL Players Association Friday renounced its status as a union in order to block a lockout by the owners.
Teamsters’ Secretary-Treasurer Keegel to retire
Tom Keegel, 68, secretary-treasurer of the Teamsters and longtime former head of its Twin Cities-based Joint Council 32, will retire at the end of his term this year after a 52-year union career.
Protests mount after Wisconsin Republicans ram through anti-worker legislation
Thousands of people occupied the state Capitol in Madison Wednesday night after Republicans in the Senate rammed through legislation stripping teachers, state employees and most other public workers of their collective bargaining rights.
Minnesotans travel through ‘class warfare zones’
Minnesota labor leader Mark Froemke and Writers Union member Ted Fiskevold are traveling to Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio to document the attack on working people in the United States.
Workers gather in Madison to protest votes restricting their rights
People heard the news Wednesday night and decided they needed to be at the Wisconsin state Capitol Thursday: Senate Republicans had passed a bill to curtail public bargaining rights of most public employees.
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Public and private sector workers more productive, but not getting paid for it
Opponents of working families and their unions have tried to pit public workers against those in the private sector, by fomenting an internal class warfare centered on disparate wages and benefits.
War on public employee unions is an assault on women
Quick quiz about what conservative ideologues hope to accomplish in their war on public employee unions.
Protests continue in Madison, put focus on corporate agenda
Thousands of people turned out Saturday at the state Capitol to protest Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s anti-worker proposals – and put a focus on the corporate agenda behind the politics.
Photos: Wisconsin protest signs
The thousands of people demonstrating in Wisconsin are using signs — many of them home-made — to communicate their message.