Yesterday Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and GOP legislative leaders announcing “fast-track plans to make Michigan the nation’s 24th right-to-work state,” according to the Detroit Free Press. “Fast-track” was clearly meant seriously, as the lame-duck session moved into action immediately. From Free Press: Michigan House passes right-to-work legislation after Democrats walk out to protest closed Capitol [...]
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Making Change at Walmart Black Friday Actions & Photos ** UPDATED **
UPDATE In addition to the links in the original post (and the Change Walmart Twitter and Tumblr links are particularly helpful in getting an idea of what’s happening around the nation, with lots of photos and videos) check out links provided at Corrente. Reports I’m seeing say that some kind of action has occurred in [...]
Walmart Files Complaint In Effort to Prevent Black Friday Strikes
As is typical of corporate Walmart, the world’s largest retailer has once again taken steps to prevent its uppity hourly employees from any and all efforts to unionize. As I wrote about yesterday, Walmart “associates” are planning protest and education actions on the “traditional” massive holiday shopping day after Thanksgiving. Walmart obviously feels so strongly [...]
Obama has Added to Lack of Faith in Institutions and Democratic Governance
IT WAS THE most important thing said on the Sunday political shows. It not only goes to the lack of faith in institutions, but to the challenging of actual objective facts that now pervades our politics. MR. TODD: Stop here. This has been– this is really making me crazy. The Federal Reserve gets questioned out [...]
Biden Prepares for Debate with Ryan
THE VICE presidential debate is Thursday, with right wingers like Mike Huckabee laughing gleefully about the Biden gaffe factor. Larry Sabato, the Virginia prognosticator, had the same talking point on Fox News Channel today, too. What we should hope to see on Thursday is blue collar issues versus austerity, which is coming to this country [...]
News Desk: NFL Reaches Deal, So Long Replacement Refs
THE CATALYST was one of the worst calls in recent memories, when in the “Monday Night Football,” with the Seattle Seahawks beating the Green Bay Packers, all hell broke loose on a touch down call denied to the Packers. It precipitated one of the first bipartisan moments in 10 years, with conservatives railing against the [...]
Paul Ryan and Scott Walker Weigh in on Replacement Refs
Paul Ryan on packers game: “give me a break! it is time to get the real refs.” — Sam Stein (@samsteinhp) September 25, 2012 “The integrity of the game is at stake here.” – Rush Limbaugh THE PACKERS game last night and the disastrous final call has made union men out of Tea Party favorites [...]
Team Obama is Cheap
TEAM ROMNEY is not cheap, if you compare what he is paying his campaign staff. The line reads: “the president appears to be getting a much bigger bang for his buck.” That’s true. If you think underpaying campaign workers is laudable, which I don’t. From the Los Angeles Times: According to an analysis by the [...]
Peggy Noonan to Romney: “Mitt, this isn’t working.”
IT’S BEEN a very bad few weeks for Mitt Romney, which just got worse. How bad is it? Read Peggy Noonan today. Republicans are going to have to right this thing. They have to stabilize it. It’s time to admit the Romney campaign is an incompetent one. It’s not big, it’s not brave, it’s not [...]
Progressive Change Runs Ad Supporting Teachers [Update: Union Votes to End Strike]
In it, teachers make clear, “We need books. We need air conditioners. When there’s 40 students in a classroom, each student’s not going to get the individual attention they need to succeed.” A parent adds, “This isn’t about politics. It’s about my kids.” – Progressive Change Campaign Committee WORKING TO help teachers striking in Chicago, [...]
News Desk: Teachers Stay Out, Rahm Seeks Injunction ['Call Me Maybe' Video Update]
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is threatening to go to court today to end the Chicago teachers strike after union delegates decided to extend the walkout at least two more days while they review a tenative deal. Emanuel called the walkout “illegal” and pledged late Sunday to seek an injunction in court to force an end to [...]
Replacement Refs, Really?
IT’S HARD to imagine pro football looking worse, but the complaints about the replacement referees have become deafening. I grew up an avid football fan who never missed a Cardinal football (though baseball was my sport). The Washington Post‘s Tracee Hamilton takes down the NFL and the union on what’s been a disastrous move to [...]
Teachers, Warehouse Workers On Strike: Refusing to Accept ‘You Have Nowhere Else to Go’ Dictates
UPDATE: Via NPR: “No Deal: Chicago Teachers To Continue Strike” Two strikes (of which I am aware) are currently underway: the Chicago Teachers Union and the Warehouse Workers United, in California and Illinois. At a time when labor unions are fighting for their existence, much less power, the strikes are particularly significant. If you listen [...]
News Desk: Mayor Emanuel, Karen Lewis & Teachers Union Reach Tentative Agreement
NO DETAILS, but it’s back to school on Monday, providing everything goes well on Sunday. Looks like Rahm met his match. For parents and teachers fed up with the pressures of high-stakes standardized tests – and the literal heat of unairconditioned classrooms – the Chicago Teachers Union president is a superhero. With the strike in [...]
News Desk: Chicago Sun-Times Reports Registered Voters Backing Teachers
Just under half of Chicago’s registered voters support the Chicago Public Teachers strike in a 500 person poll taken Monday, and nearly three-quarters of those polled say Mayor Rahm Emanuel is doing an average, below average or poor job in handing the labor dispute. – Poll: 47% of Chicago registered voters support teachers in strike [...]
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