Senate committee passes teachers union strike ban A state Senate committee approved a measure today that would ban Minnesota teachers from striking and send labor negotiations to arbitration.March 14, 2011
Wisconsin unions rush to get deals in place School boards and local governments across Wisconsin are rushing to reach agreements with unions before a new law takes effect that will remove their ability to collectively bargain over nearly all issues other than minimal salary increases.March 14, 2011
Wis. labor protesters say next fight at the polls Clogging the Wisconsin Capitol grounds and
screaming angry chants, tens of thousands of undaunted pro-labor
protesters descended on Madison again Saturday and vowed to focus
on future elections now that contentious cuts to public worker
union rights have become law.March 12, 2011
Despite campaign promises, Obama shies away from union protests Union leaders urged Vice President Joe Biden
during a White House meeting last month to go to Wisconsin and
rally the faithful in their fight against Gov. Scott Walker's move
to curtail collective bargaining rights for most public employees.March 12, 2011
Judge denies request to block Wis. anti-union law A judge has denied an emergency request to
block a law that takes away nearly all collective bargaining rights
from the vast majority of Wisconsin's public workers.March 11, 2011
Wisconsin's shrinking towns feed union-busting drive The loss of people and power in rural and small-town Wisconsin is helping fuel the state's showdown over public-sector union rights and benefits.March 11, 2011
Unions frame bargaining as civil rights issue Labor unions at the heart of a burning
national disagreement over the cost of public employees want to
frame the debate as a civil rights issue, an effort that may draw
more sympathy to public workers being blamed for busting state
budgets with generous pensions.March 11, 2011
Wis. defeat could help launch counterattack on GOP With the labor movement heading to an epic
defeat in Wisconsin and perhaps other states, union leaders plan to
use the setback to fire up working people nationwide and mount a
major counterattack against Republicans at the ballot box in 2012.March 10, 2011
Protesters flood Wis. Capitol over anti-union vote Thousands of protesters pushed past
security, climbed through windows and flooded the Wisconsin Capitol
on Wednesday night after Senate Republicans pushed through a plan
to strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights.March 10, 2011
Wis. Gov. Walker praises union rights vote Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is praising
Republicans in the state Senate who have voted to strip nearly all
collective bargaining rights from public workers.March 9, 2011