MICHIGAN IS about to become the latest state where right to work for less replaces a living wage. Nothing compares to having right to work here in the heart of where the most important American union, the UAW, began. You might think I’m sentimental, with all of this twaddle about union “romance” and the blood [...]
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Top Story: The Katherine Harris of Ohio that Could Cost Obama the Election
ANYONE WHO remembers 2000 knows the importance of Ohio’s Secretary of State Jon Husted’s actions, as well as their intent. From Judd Legum, who’s got a picture of the provisional ballot in question: A last-minute directive issued by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R) could invalidate legal provisional ballots. Ohio is widely viewed as [...]
Top Story: Mitt Romney’s Talking Points to Business Owners and Political Pressure on Employees
In the post-Citizens United era, “there is not much political protection for at-will employees in the private sector workplace,” explains University of Marquette Law Professor Paul Secunda, a pro-union labor lawyer. “It is conceivable, under the current legal regime, that an employer like Koch could actually get away with forcing his employees, on pains of [...]
Ohio’s John Kasich: Wives are “At Home Doing the Laundry”
AT A ROMNEY event, Gov. Kasich started waxing rhapsodic and revealed why Republicans don’t support equal pay, but also voted against the Lily Ledbetter Act. Mr. Kasich has two speeds for women: laundry and “taking care of the kids.” Now, there’s nothing wrong with calling your wife “hot,” as Kasich does in the video above. [...]
Obama Picks Tech, Trumka Suckered Again
It does not protect CEOs and CFOs from being sued by regulators and investors for fraud. So-called emerging growth companies – those with less than $1 billion in revenue – will be exempt from an outside audit of internal controls for up to five years. Yet senior management must continue to hold its accounting systems [...]
Last Night’s Election a Reset for 2012
Organized labor’s early flirtation with Occupy Wall Street is starting to get serious. [...] “The Occupy movement has changed unions,” said Stuart Appelbaum, the president of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. “You’re seeing a lot more unions wanting to be aggressive in their messaging and their activity. You’ll see more unions on the [...]
CREAMED! Voters Repeal Gov. John Kasich’s Anti-Labor Law: 63% – 37%
MISSISSIPPI VOTERS REJECT OFFENSIVE ANTI-WOMEN ‘personhood’ AMENDMENT It’s been called, SB5 goes down. This is bipartisanship I can dig, baby. Republicans joining Democrats to take down the most onerous anti-labor, anti-worker, anti-middle class law in the country. Huge victory for Ohio that sends a message across the country. A lot of other news, which you [...]
Gov. Kasich’s Signature Issue Going Down
Is Gov. John Kasich blowing it for Republicans in Ohio? Too soon to tell if Kasich has also opened up an opportunity for Pres. Obama for 2012. However, one thing is clear, according to a new poll, Kasich’s poised to lose big this coming Tuesday. His anti-labor law, SB5, looks like it’s going down. From [...]
Why Would Anyone Vote Republican Today?
The above graphic is compliments of Virginia Republicans, though it really could have come from any GOP office today. When you look at the anti-democratic actions of Ohio’s Gov. John Kasich, or Gov. Scott Walker in Wisconsin, not to mention the war on women being waged by right-wing zealots across our country, it’s amazing that [...]
Romney Does Damage Control Over Kasich Flap
When right wing talker Bill Cunningham opposes something from John Kasich, it’s a moment to sit up and take notice. Cunningham is not only a good friend of Kasich, but a die hard supporter. Last night on Schultz’s show, Cunningham and the working class hero, Schultz, found common cause. It was a beautiful thing. But [...]
Progressive Notes: ERA!, NAACP Among those Pushing WH for No Cuts, Rats Greet Walker, and Other Happenings..
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. Progressives are pushing on the Hill to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. In wake of the Supreme Court ruling against women in the Walmart case we need now more than ever the ERA. Rep. Maloney (D-Ny) and Sen. Menendez (D-Nj) have reintroduced it again. You need [...]
Union Busting Backfires, Cops & Firefighters Turning on GOP
Many cops and firefighters have thrown their allegiance to the GOP for years — union members who frequently stray from labor’s longtime support for Democrats. A host of new Republican governors is changing all that. [...] Chuck Canterbury, the national president of the Fraternal Order of Police, said his members are “shocked” by the turn [...]
Progressive Notes: Ferraro, VT House Passes Single Payer, G.O.P. Overreach Galore
Texan4Hillary offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. With the news of the death of trailblazer Gerladine Ferraro we remember one of her most famous moments in the 1984 campaign. It was during the debate between her and Vice President Bush when this famous flashpoint broke out: Here is what 3 months of global [...]
Progressive Notes: Of Cookies and Cents.
Texan4Hillary offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. I titled this post “Of Cookies and Cents.” Why? Well, let us first talk about some great cookies, Girl Scout Cookies. One of the great American treats sold by one of our greatest organizations for young women is under attack. By whom? The Tea folks, but [...]
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