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Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Statement on Proposed Changes to Milwaukee County Board in Rep. Sanfelippo’s LRB 1340/2 “The proposed changes to the Milwaukee County Board would infringe upon a citizen’s right to meaningful representation, reduce participation in democracy and silence the voices of Milwaukee County residents,” said Phil Neuenfeldt, President of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO. “Making [...] I’d rather go to this than to the Democratic National Convention in August. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka said Thursday that his union will not be at the Democratic convention, “do[es] not intend to put any money into the convention” and will be hosting its own convention — without Obama. Speaking in Washington, D.C., Trumka said [...] In a recent Op-Ed by written by Richard D. Kahlenberg and Moshe Z. Marvit, who advocate for adding the right to organize a labor union, without employer discrimination, to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Here is an excerpt, I recommend the whole read: Other skeptics suggest that because laws now exist providing [...] Saying they’re highly frustrated with the failure of national Democrats to put up stronger resistance to Republican proposals to weaken the organized labor movement, some of the country’s largest labor unions are scaling back their financial support to the Democratic Party. Last month the 300,000-member International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) announced it would no [...] As first reported by The Atlantic last week, earlier this month Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s staff posted the photo below to his Facebook page, with the caption, “The Governor received this sticker from a union shop in Sheboygan.” Image courtesy The Atlantic (click for full size) Shortly after the photo was posted to Facebook, [...] As first reported by Politico.com, the Obama Administration clearly doesn’t think much of organized labor after labor came out in full support of Lt. Governor Bill Halter in his primary challenge to incumbent Democratic Sen. Blanche Lincoln in Arkansas. Halter, who last month forced a primary runoff with Sen. Lincoln, lost the Democratic U.S. Senate [...] |
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