Wisconsin Governor May Have Violated Labor Law in Koch Call Wisconsin Governor May Have Violated Labor Law in Koch Call
Did Scott Walker break election and labor laws? A former state attorney general is calling on the state ethics agency to investigate. Could this scandal kill the bill?
Feb 24, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Scott Walker to ‘Koch Caller’: Thanks for All the Support Scott Walker to ‘Koch Caller’: Thanks for All the Support
A prankster posing as David Koch catches Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker acknowledging Koch's “vested interest” in a budget bill.
Feb 23, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Wisconsin’s Political Crisis Is a Good Deal More Serious Than Its Fiscal Crisis Wisconsin’s Political Crisis Is a Good Deal More Serious Than Its Fiscal Crisis
Sure, Wisconsin has financial troubles. Just about every state does. Instead of addressing them in the same way the state traditionally has, however, the governor is using what he ...
Feb 22, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
‘This Is What Democracy Looks Like’ in Wisconsin, as Largest Crowd Yet—80,000—Opposes Union Busting ‘This Is What Democracy Looks Like’ in Wisconsin, as Largest Crowd Yet—80,000—Opposes Union Busting
Awkward? Wisconsin's governor claims he's gotten 19,000 e-mails, many of them supportive of his plan to bust public unions. Then more than 80,000 Wisconsinites attend the largest r...
Feb 20, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Jesse Jackson Tells 50,000 in Wisconsin: ‘This is a Martin Luther King Moment!’ Jesse Jackson Tells 50,000 in Wisconsin: ‘This is a Martin Luther King Moment!’
“When we fight, we win. We fight in Montgomery, we win. We fight in Selma, we win,” the veteran of the civil rights struggle tells union members and their supporters. &...
Feb 19, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
‘First Amendment Remedies’: How Wisconsin Workers Grabbed the Constitution Back From the Right-Wing Royalists ‘First Amendment Remedies’: How Wisconsin Workers Grabbed the Constitution Back From the Right-Wing Royalists
Wisconsin teachers, state, county and municipal employees, small business owners and students have employed the right to peaceably assembly and to petition for the redress of griev...
Feb 18, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
ON WISCONSIN: Live Reports From Ground Zero for Labor Rights ON WISCONSIN: Live Reports From Ground Zero for Labor Rights
LIVE reports from Wisconsin, where the governor is seeking to end collective bargaining, and tens of thousands of union members and their allies are rallying in opposition.
Feb 17, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Wisconsin Crowds Swell to 30,000; Key GOP Legislators Waver Wisconsin Crowds Swell to 30,000; Key GOP Legislators Waver
Governor Scott Walker wants to strip public employee unions of collective bargaining rights on Thursday. Teachers, students, state employees, firefighters and small business o...
Feb 17, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Tens of Thousands Protest Move by Wisconsin’s Governor to Destroy Public Sector Unions Tens of Thousands Protest Move by Wisconsin’s Governor to Destroy Public Sector Unions
Republican Governor Scott Walker wants to strip state workers of their collective bargaining rights. Wisconsinites are fighting back.
Feb 16, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
A ‘Dictator’ Governor Sets Out to Cut Wages, Slash Benefits and Destroy Public Unions A ‘Dictator’ Governor Sets Out to Cut Wages, Slash Benefits and Destroy Public Unions
The most radical assault yet by the current crop of Republican governor on the rights of workers has inspired outrage in a historically progressive and pro-labor state, with the go...
Feb 13, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols