John Nichols: No longer a party of Lincoln: The racial politics of the new GOP

John Nichols: No longer a party of Lincoln: The racial politics of the new GOP

Chris Rickert: I can name that scandal in one word

Chris Rickert: I can name that scandal in one word

Union backers protest outside Lincoln Hills School | Wausau Daily Herald | wausaudailyherald.com

Department of Corrections officials sent a memo to staff Friday night that said they can wear union clothing, but local union members chose to have a rally outside the facility Monday to demonstrate against Walker, AFSCME representative Troy Bauch said.

Union backers protest outside Lincoln Hills School Wausau Daily Herald wausaudailyherald.com

Protesters rally at Lincoln Hills School over union T-shirt fight | Wausau Daily Herald | wausaudailyherald.com

….. About 75 people marched Monday outside Lincoln Hills School in Irma, where an employee was sent home without pay last week for wearing a union T-shirt. ….. Lincoln Hills Superintendent Paul Westerhaus sent youth counselor Ron McAllister home Thursday after McAllister refused to remove a T-shirt he was wearing that had an American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union logo. …. "I went to unbutton my pants and I told them I had AFSCME underwear on and would they want them, too," McAllister said.

Protesters rally at Lincoln Hills School over union T-shirt fight Wausau Daily Herald wausaudailyherald.com

AFSCME | And the Award for Worst Governor of the Year Goes to…

By trying to take away our collective bargaining rights, our pensions, our union — our very foothold in the middle class — these governors galvanized a Main Street movement. So now we’d like to give one of them their own special distinction: “Worst Governor of the Year.” There’s only one problem — we can’t decide. So, please help us by casting your vote for the worst governor of 2011.

AFSCME And the Award for Worst Governor of the Year Goes to…

Special collective bargaining status for police and fire unions causing problems

The special status of police and fire unions under the state's collective bargaining law is creating an unfair divide between public safety workers and the rest of the government workforce, which has lost union rights and take home pay, labor and management leaders say.

Special collective bargaining status for police and fire unions causing problems

Lincoln Hills worker says he was sent home for wearing union T-shirt; Department of Corrections investigates | Wausau Daily Herald | wausaudailyherald.com

"The next step if they don't retract this policy or ban wearing green (union) T-shirts to work is we're going to sue them," Bauch said.

Lincoln Hills worker says he was sent home for wearing union T-shirt; Department of Corrections investigates Wausau Daily Herald wausaudailyherald.com

WisPolitics.com: WSEU: Walker’s bureaucrats bully workers at Lincoln Hills

Not satisfied stripping worker rights – they now want to strip workers’ of their clothes

WisPolitics.com: WSEU: Walker’s bureaucrats bully workers at Lincoln Hills

Worker sent home for wearing union T-shirt | Wausau Daily Herald | wausaudailyherald.com

An official with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, or AFSCME, said today that longtime Lincoln Hills School employee Ron McAllister was sent home Thursday without pay for refusing to take off a T-shirt with the AFSCME logo on it.

Worker sent home for wearing union T-shirt Wausau Daily Herald wausaudailyherald.com

DOC rule changes worry corrections officers | Fond du Lac Reporter | fdlreporter.com

“Union workers had protections in the contract and all those protections have been lifted with the passage of Act 10,” said Marty Beil, executive director of the state employees union.

DOC rule changes worry corrections officers Fond du Lac Reporter fdlreporter.com

Candidates Back State's Right-to-Work Bill - WSJ.com#printMode

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Texas Gov. Rick Perry both voiced their support in the Republican presidential debate Sunday for so-called right-to-work legislation in New Hampshire.

Candidates Back State's Right-to-Work Bill - WSJ.com#printMode

Continuing Assault on Unions - NYTimes.com

Voters, unionized or not, should recognize the new “right to work” push for what it is: bad economics and cynical politics.

Continuing Assault on Unions - NYTimes.com

Unions stay on convention sidelines - POLITICO.com Print View

AFSCME political director Larry Scanlon said while unhappiness with Obama is still percolating within union ranks, turning out the vote for Democrats will be a yearlong process, not just one beginning with the convention.

Further Scanlon said that “a lot of the discontent has softened” as the Obama administration has become more outspoken on the side of the middle class, rolled out its jobs program and made the NLRB appointments despite GOP opposition.

AFSCME plans on coming out full force in Charlotte, assisting delegates and using soft money to help union members in contested races at the convention.

Unions stay on convention sidelines - POLITICO.com Print View

Gov. Walker staying neutral on future of GAB - 1330 WHBL Sheboygan's News Radio

Gov. Walker staying neutral on future of GAB - 1330 WHBL Sheboygan's News Radio

Ruth Conniff: Tommy Thompson's Secret Talks With Scott Walker Show Conservative Drift of Walker's Wisconsin

Ruth Conniff: Tommy Thompson's Secret Talks With Scott Walker Show Conservative Drift of Walker's Wisconsin