Tag: Marty Beil

Rest in Peace, Marty Beil. Long-serving Wisconsin labor leader Marty Beil has died, according to a release from AFSCME. Beil died peacefully Thursday night at his home in Mazomanie, according to the release. He recently retired after more than 40 years as a leader of AFSCME. Beil served as executive…

Over at Cognitive Dissidence, Jeff Simpson is on the offensive against Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Burke on the issue of the restoration of collective bargaining rights for public employees. At the root of Simpson’s attack is Burke’s response when asked about Act 10, Gov. Walker’s union-busting, collective bargaining-eliminating legislation by…

This is unbelievable… The Wisconsin State Employees Union last month seized tens of thousands of dollars from five union locals of correctional officers that have broken away from WSEU. WSEU’s director said the union had taken about $45,000, while an official with one of the locals said the total was…

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This weekend the members of AFSCME Council 24 held their annual convention, and at that convention a number of seats on Council 24’s executive board were elected. The election of those key seats on Council 24’s executive board was not without some intrigue, as the slate of candidates backed by…

But didn’t Tom get the memo that Mary Bell and Marty Beil already have their preferred candidate? Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett says in an interview being broadcast Sunday he is “seriously considering” running for governor should there be a recall election. “I know there are other Democrats running and I…

Earlier in the year, Earlier in the year, some union members in southeast Wisconsin suggested that if a business owner did not support the unions efforts in total it might lead to a boycott of their business. Wow, did that make the right wing in our great state unhinged. The…

On “Sunday Insight” this morning, right-wing squawk radio host Charlie Sykes was discussing public opinion on whether public employees should pay more towards their health insurance and pension benefits. During that discussion, Jeff Fleming, who’s handled PR for a number of Democrats, said the fact that over 80% of respondents…

Though the predictions I made for 2010 were largely inaccurate, I’m going to make a few predictions for 2011, in the hope that these will be a little more accurate. In the race to succeed Chris Larson in Milwaukee County’s 14th Supervisory district, I’m going to predict that our good…

Granted, not many conservatives will be swayed by his arguments, but Beil does make some good points…. For most of the state’s current two-year budget, state employees have kept vital services smoothly flowing to the people of Wisconsin, despite taking 16 furlough days and watching unfilled vacancies take the place…