AG candidate Jon Richards endorsed by SEIU

From my email inbox comes news that Democrat Jon Richards’ campaign to become Wisconsin’s next Attorney General has been endorsed by the Service Employees Internation Union (SEIU). MILWAUKEE— Wisconsin Attorney General candidate Jon Richards today announced the endorsement of the Service Employees International Union. The SEIU is the nation’s largest and fastest growing…

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Marina Dimitrijevic’s Endorsements Right Out Of The Gate:

Also from my email inbox this morning: Marina Dimitrijevic Announces Candidacy for Wisconsin’s 19th Assembly District Proven Results Make Marina the Clear Choice Marina Dimitrijevic, Chairwoman of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors, has announced her candidacy for the Wisconsin State Assembly with broad community support. Chairwoman Dimitrijevic has been…

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Alderman Zielinski joins janitors, community supporters in rally for good-paying jobs

I am a little late getting this out…but from my inbox: Alderman Zielinski joins janitors, community supporters in rally for good-paying jobs Janitors in Milwaukee are joining a growing movement in the nation’s low-wage workforce, calling on the country’s richest corporations to create good jobs that can sustain local communities….

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SEIU, pro-Obama groups seek to co-opt Occupy Movement

This is a great read from Glenn Greenwald on the attempts by labor unions and pro-Obama groups to co-opt the Occupy Movement: Having SEIU officials — fresh off endorsing the Obama re-election campaign — shape, fund, dictate and decree an anti-GOP, pro-Obama march is about as antithetical as one can…

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What really happened to Kenneth Gladney?

There’s been a good amount of caterwauling from some on the right about the beatdown SEIU “thugs” supposedly gave to Kenneth Gladney, an opponent of health care reform who attended a recent town hall meeting in St. Louis. Mr. Gladney was allegedly beaten so badly he ended up needing hospital…

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