Gary Huck’s Musings
Teacher Unions Still Alive
Dave Zweifel’s Plain Talk: Rumors of teachers unions’ deaths greatly exaggerated * BONUS CARTOON * Share
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Dave Zweifel’s Plain Talk: Another whopper from our truth-challenged governor Share
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SHUT UP Wisconsin
Dave Zweifel’s Plain Talk: Watch your back if you work for the state Two more cartoons on the freedom of thought in Walker’s Wisconsin Share
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s bogus argument for TPP labor rights by Mike Konopacki It’s no surprise that the pro-business Milwaukee Journal Sentinel would endorse the Trans-Pacific Partnership. But to cloak its support in a bogus affirmation of worker rights is a joke. In its editorial, the MJS blasted former senator Russ Feingold’s denunciation of the TPP, “And the former senator ignores TPP’s strong worker protections that require all countries to meet enforceable rules, including the freedom to form unions and bargain...
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What will America be like if Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is elected president? Divide and conquering unions: The popular press is beginning to warn of Walker’s threat. Prof. Donald Kettl asks this question in the Washington Monthly: “What did the Wisconsin governor’s union busting actually accomplish for the “hardworking taxpayers” of his state? And what do his actions tell us about how he might govern as president?” From the New York Times Magazine: LABOR’S LAST STAND: Scott Walker and the dismantling of American...
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