Published 12 Mar, 2011 Passion flooded Madison, Wiscosin today as thousands of workers and their families from all over the state and nation swarmed Wisconsin’s capital protesting the recent passage of the law eliminating most collective bargaining rights for wisconsin’s public employee unions. Today’s massive demonstration followed yesterday’s walkout by Madison high school students, who…
Published 17 Mar, 2011 Transport Workers Union International President James C. Little appeared on the Union Edge Radio Talk Show on Tuesday, March 15 to discuss the rising attack on the middle class and the need to create good jobs. President Little spoke about the threat to workers’ rights that is occurring in states across…
Published 18 Mar, 2011 Today, Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary restraining order blocking the implementation of the bill that strips hundreds of thousands of hard working Wisconsinites of their voice on the job. “Judge Sumi confirmed today what we knew all along – that the bill stripping hundreds of thousands of…
Published 21 Mar, 2011 Despite the cold and the rain, tens of thousands of middle class Ohioans showed their resolve by rallying in towns and cities across the state on March 15 to protest Senate Bill 5 that would strip public workers of their collective bargaining rights. With signs in hand and wearing TWU ponchos,…