Scott Walker signs last year's bill eliminating collective bargaining. (Darren Hauck/Reuters) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is telling reporters that if he survives his June 5 recall election, he'll be more inclusive. Just not that much more inclusive,.....
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Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's 2011 statement that going after collective bargaining for public workers was the first step in his plan to divide and conquer was made to billionaire roofing and siding wholesaler Diane Hendricks, who had asked him, "Any..
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(Rachel Maddow Blog) For the week ending May 12, the Department of Labor Thursday, seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment benefits were unchanged at 370,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 370,000. The four-week moving averag.....
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The day after Wisconsin Democrats went public with their frustrations about the Democratic National Committee's lack of support for the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker, DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz tweeted an oblique and partial response: Enjo.....
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(noise of rain) Wisconsin Democrats are frustrated with the lack of national support in the effort to recall Gov. Scott Walker, and in what's likely an effort to pressure the Democratic National Committee to pitch in, they're airing their frustration.....
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The Hyatt Hurts campaign has some more thoughts about what working mothers want on Mother's Day. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently sent Hyatt Hotels a letter notifying the hotel chain of ergonomic risks to housekeepers and rec.....
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Like Republican presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker finds himself at the center of a big story he claims he can't remember his part in. Where, as Amy Sullivan puts it, "Romney knows for sure he..
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Michelle Rhee (Hyungwon Kang/Reuters) There's good news for public education in Alabama and Connecticut, as the Michelle Rhee breed of privatizers and corporate reformers were thwarted in both states, at least partially and at least for now. In Alaba.....
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Richard Trumka marching on Wall Street in 2010 (Mike Segar/Reuters) With the Securities and Exchange Commission launching an investigation into JPMorgan's accounting practices, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said that the nation's biggest bank's $2.....
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Just weeks before Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker rolled out his plan to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights, he explained to a billionaire donor that it was the first step in a larger anti-union plan. The January 18, 2011..
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How's this for college outreach by We Are Wisconsin? The recall election's June 5 date is after students will have left University of Wisconsin campuses for the summer, so now is the time to be reaching out to them. These posters..
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Fox News and Fox Business correspondent John Stossel has been visiting union offices claiming he's interested in filming their "beautiful buildings." Yeah, right. A word to the wise John Stossel: The James O'Keefe sting only has a chance of working..
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(The Maddow Blog) Unemployment claims stayed below the threshold considered a good sign for the job market for a second week, with the Department of Labor reporting 367,000 initial claims for unemployment last week, a drop of 1,000 from the previous..
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Mary Kay Henry (SEIU) The presidents of two large unions and a labor federation moved quickly to laud President Obama's support for marriage equality. "Working people believe in equality and fairness," according to AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, ".....
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(Mark E Andersen) Former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk and her supporters in labor were ready. The moment Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was declared the winner of the Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor, they issued strong statements of sup.....
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U.S. President Barack Obama talks about his   "to do" list for Congress at SUNY-Albany  (Larry Downing/Reuters) "Get to work putting America to work" could have been the 22-minute message President Obama delivered to Congress Tuesday at the.....
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Tom Barrett Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is favored to win the Wisconsin recall primary tonight and go on to face Gov. Scott Walker on June 5. Since former Dane County Executive Kathleen Falk drew the most support from unions in the..
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James P. Hoffa (Teamsters) The International Brotherhood of Teamsters endorsed President Obama's reelection Monday, with Teamsters President James P. Hoffa announcing the endorsement at the union's annual conference in Las Vegas. The endorsement focu.....
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The Fortune 500 are raking in the profits as never before. Indeed, corporate profits overall are back to pre-recession levels. The Fortune 500 generated a total of $824.5 billion in earnings last year, up 16.4% over 2010. That beats the previous..
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Here's one of the reasons so many people think it's worth taking on piles of student debt to get a college degree: (Economic Policy Institute) This chart shows undermployment—defined as "Unemployed, plus all persons marginally attached to the labor.....
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