Gary Huck’s Musings
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...
read moreMike Konopacki Labor Cartoons for July 2015
Injured nurses, TPP labor standards, Divide and Conquer, and Precarious employment. Share
read moreGary Huck Labor Cartoons for July 2015
Profit on a stick, TPP, Ronnie Gilbert, Petty government Share
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Stabbed In The Back
From the New York Times: Scott Walker and the Fate of the Union By Dan Kaufman for the New York Times Magazine June 14, 2015: In 2010, Terry McGowan, the president of Local 139, a statewide union of 9,000 heavy-machinery operators, endorsed Walker, because he had promised to increase highway funding and build more roads. McGowan supported him again last year, but since then, he has come to reconsider. Last fall, McGowan met with Walker, who was seeking a contribution and another endorsement for governor, at a small campaign office in...
read moreTeachers Jumping Ship
Dave Zweifel’s Plain Talk: Educators despair as GOP hollows out public schools Share
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