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: 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 [...]
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 [...]
Why Should Any Democrat Attend a Convention in an Anti-Union State?
MINORITY LEADER PELOSI makes a different excuse for Blue Dog Democrats, because she won’t stand up for unions any more than Pres. Obama and the Democratic Party will. We saw that in Wisconsin, where even Democrats didn’t choose the union candidate to take on Scott Walker. Of course, that hasn’t kept unions from being the [...]
Vagina Sunday
“…the status of the fetus as human life does not equal that of the mother. …” – Rep. Lisa Brown, Michigan Democrat silenced for saying “vagina.” WHAT A WEEK it was. Some legislators – mostly male – will go to great lengths not to hear women’s voices when it comes to legislating our health and [...]
Obama has “Responsibilities” that Don’t Include Labor
It has been a Junius Horribilis for President Obama. [...] Apparently Bryson will have to clean up his own wreckage. This White House has too many other pileups to deal with. – Pileup at the White House, by Dana Milbank “Well, the truth of the matter is, as President of the United States I have [...]
Dylan Ratigan Dumps Cable
“People of the United States of America, your Congress is bought. …” – Dylan Ratigan “Once you’ve said your piece, you can either keep saying it — and then it’s a job, good job, pays well, everybody knows your name, it’s great — or you can decide what you’re going to do about it,” he [...]
What Has Labor Done for Democrats Lately, the Obama Edition
With five months until Election Day, Barack Obama faces a grim new reality: Republicans now believe Mitt Romney can win, and Democrats believe Obama can lose… – Mark Halperin IT’S IRONIC, which you’ll understand in a moment, but it was almost a year ago that Mark Halperin called Pres. Obama a “d*@!” on “Morning Joe.” [...]
Battle Elizabeth
“This kind of corporate and special-interest spending is exactly what we could be up against this fall,” he said before asking supporters to donate $3 or more to the president’s reelection campaign. – Jim Messina [The Hill] MARKOS MOULITSAS TURNED the Wisconsin recall disaster into wine for Pres. Obama. The guy who told people to [...]
The Wisconsin Auction
With his defeat of Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and the union leaders who rallied for months against Walker’s agenda, the rising GOP star became the first governor in U.S. history to survive a recall attempt. – Walker survives recall election in Wisconsin [AP] KARL ROVE AND COMPANY put Wisconsin up for sale and Democrats didn’t [...]
Tom Barrett Accuses Walker Allies of Voter Suppression and Misleading Robocalls
** NBC NEWS CALLS WISCONSIN FOR SCOTT WALKER ** “When somebody stands with you, you stand with them. It’s raw politics 101…” – Paul Begala on CNN Meanwhile, Barrett for Wisconsin finance director Mary Urbina-McCarthy emailed supporters late Monday, writing, “Reports coming into our call center have confirmed that Walker’s allies just launched a massive [...]
Of Labor and the Scott Walker Recall
But Mr. Romney is within striking distance of Mr. Obama in Wisconsin, according to several public and private polls and interviews with strategists in both parties, and he intends to start building a campaign operation off the robust get-out-the-vote machinery assembled for Mr. Walker. The decision by the Romney campaign to try to contest Wisconsin [...]
Old White Men for Walker, Barack Obama for Himself
Walker has a 51/47 approval rating. He’s up with men (55-42), whites (52-46), seniors (58-39), and especially voters in the Milwaukee suburbs (70/29). – Public Policy Polling BLAME PRESIDENT OBAMA‘s lack of Democratic Party leadership if Tom Barrett can’t pull off an upset in tomorrow’s battle with Scott Walker. When Tim Kaine was titular head [...]
Bill Clinton is Going to Wisconsin
THE BIG DAWG is landing in the middle of the Walker recall, which makes the dramatic crescendo complete. From Greg Sargent, after rumors started swirling yesterday: Former President Bill Clinton has decided to go to Wisconsin to campaign against Scott Walker in the final days of the battle over whether to recall the Wisconsin Governor, [...]
Ed Schultz Challenges Pres. Obama to Show Up in Wisconsin
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy NEXT TUESDAY is a very big election day for Wisconsin and for Democrats. Ed Schultz posited last night on his show that maybe he was “too much of a jock strap,” maybe he likes the “fight too much,” but that Pres. Obama needs [...]
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