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BREAKING NEWS Wisconsin passes union busting legislation with no Democratic votes

March 9, 2011 By AmberPaw

CNN is reporting that Wisconsin passed Walker's union busting legislation without a single Democratic vote tonight The Republicans were able to do this by stripping out the budget provisions.  The sharp restrictions on collective … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: anti-democratic, collective-bargaining, conscience, dale-schultz, koch, kochtopus, walker, wisconsin

The value of our public employees

March 4, 2011 By dave-from-hvad

Obama, Cooper says, is a talented politician and leader who came to office with major policy ideas and a plan to improve government performance by using technology, in particular.   All of these things require a commitment of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: collective-bargaining, downsizing, obama-administration, privatization

Gov. Patrick should look at contractors’ salaries too

February 28, 2011 By dave-from-hvad

There are hundreds of these companies that contract with agencies in the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, and the salaries of the executives running them are often above $100,000 as well.   In 2009, we looked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: collective-bargaining, developmental-centers, independent-agencies, patrick-administration, salaries, wisconsin

Protections for Working People in Boston

August 23, 2007 By daveburt

The Boston City Council recently (Aug 8) voted down protections for tenants.  The collective bargaining for tenants act was voted down 8-5, in a vote split along racial lines.  Only one of the nine white city councilors voted for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: collective-bargaining, tenant-rights, tenants

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