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Manitowoc Crane: Union busting
(DonkeyHotey based on a WWII poster) Two hundred members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) District 10, Local 516 walked off the job at Manitowoc Crane on...
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Wisconsin: Another 144 jobs lost
Famous Footwear (Brown Shoe Co.) has decided to close their Sun Prairie distribution center by April of 2012. Which puts about 144 more people out of work in the state of Wisconsin. The decision will...
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I signed the petition to RECALL WALKER! (Photo Diary)
I had some time to kill this morning before my son's student jam at the High Noon Saloon so my son, my ex-wife and I took a stroll down East Washington Avenue to the Capitol Square. I was not able to...
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This week in the War on Workers: Tax cuts for whom? The rich, of course.
Leading off, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities addresses the GOP's Super Congress tax proposals, and if the graph at right isn't an illustration of the war on workers, I don't know what is. A...
View ArticleWhy So Much $$$ in Politics and 'Not' Economic Growth?
We've had our priorities all screwed up for the past decades, especially in the rapid growth of political during the past decade, and it's gotten even worse. There's so much money going into the...
View ArticleMake Your Money Speak For You
Thanks to Occupy Wall Street, all of a sudden anger over economic injustice is getting attention - and results. People are starting to realize that what they do with their money matters. Move Your...
View ArticleWho's Wrecking America? Vote on it (VIDEO)
The Occupy movement has drawn attention to how too many in the 1% get to play by their own rules while exploiting the 99%. But who's doing the most to damage our economy and democracy? You tell us. We...
View ArticleBeating Big Money
From The Progressive Populist The most important thing about the victory of labor unions and progressive organizations in Ohio on Nov. 8 is that it shows that democracy still rules in the United...
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The Newt Gingrich Plan To Fire Janitors And Replace Them With Children
This election cycle has seen some pretty remarkable performances by candidates that seem to have no concept of decency but an abundance of ignorance. Michele Bachmann wants members of Congress to be...
View ArticleThe Teapublicans Destroy Jobs
Ah to be back in the days of the Clinton Presidency, We were a more prosperous country and jobs were available. I had jobs at the time, they weren't the greatest but it helped feed my daughters and...
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Stories of solidarity: Children's books about labor and organizing
Addie Card in North Pownal, Vermont, 1910. One of the photos that inspired Elizabeth Winthrop's "Counting on Grace." (Lewis Hine) With kids not learning labor history in school, it's going to have to...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to the Greatest Thinker in the Republican Party (GTRP)
Dear Mr. Ex-Speaker: On Friday, you sir, Mr. Newt Gingrich, cemented your reputation for being the Greatest Thinker in the Republican Party (GTRP). You beat out Rick Perry and Herman Cain by solving...
View ArticleConfessions of a Retail Worker: When companies lie about Black Friday UPDATE...
So, our company lied to us. Confessions of a Retail Worker is a continuing series about the worklife of low-paid, non-managerial staff in the Retail industry. Diary One is a good introduction. Yes, I...
View ArticleMN-08: Tarryl Clark Campaign Dodges Questions From 8th District DFL
Precinct caucuses are looming on the horizon, and DFLers in northern Minnesota are eager to hear from the candidates vying to challenge Tea Party Representative Chip Cravaack (MN/NH). With that in...
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Newt Gingrich: Child labor laws are 'truly stupid'
Newt Gingrich wants to put kids back to work. (Lewis Hine) Oh yes he did. Speaking at Harvard (to remind us that he's a historian, no doubt) on Friday, Newt Gingrich not only called child labor laws...
View ArticleRick Santorum calls for low-income children to suffer
Rick Santorum, speaking in Ottumwa, Iowa on Friday: If you're low-income ... in many states you can qualify for Medicaid, you can qualify for food stamps, you can qualify for housing assistance, and...
View ArticleDo Federal Regulations Really Kill Jobs?
The question “Do Federal Regulations Really Kill Jobs?” is the title of an article from the November 14th Washington Post. When author Jia Lynn Yang consulted some economists they declared the overall...
View ArticleRecalling Walker, one signature at a time.
Today, Lucky Angus MacPup and I hung out with my friends Jim and Frank as they gathered signatures to recall Governor Walker and Lt. Governor Kleefisch at Wilcox Park here in Waupun, WI (population...
View ArticleI'm Furious about Newt's Suggestion that Poor Children Should Handle the...
I admit, one of my favorite jobs ever was working as a custodian for a very large child care center. When something broke, I fixed it. When a child puked masticated bile scented Crunch Berries on the...
View ArticleHomogenization
Ever wonder why things are so homogeneous? Could it be by accident ("path of least resistance") of by design? Within the confines of our national borders only a select narrow group of ideas are...
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