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Unionsdämmerung

Despite having its best friend forever in the White House, the American labor movement is in mortal crisis

Apr 25, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 31 • By MARK HEMINGWAY
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On Wisconsin!

On Wisconsin!

How Republicans won the battle of Madison.

Mar 21, 2011, Vol. 16, No. 26 • By STEPHEN F. HAYES AND JOHN MCCORMACK

Scott Walker was finished. 

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Chicago Teachers Union Organizes for Wisconsin Protest

Chicago Teachers Union Organizes for Wisconsin Protest

12:15 AM, Feb 21, 2011 • By STEPHEN F. HAYES

On Sunday, Mary Bell, president of the Wisconsin Educational Association Council, instructed the teachers in her union to return to the classroom after many of them skipped school for three days last week. The unexpected move energized Republicans in Wisconsin, who took it as a sign that negative public reaction to the “sick-out” is making a difference.

Or perhaps they don’t need the numbers because the unions are bringing in additional reinforcements. Madison, one of the most liberal cities in the United States, is a town always in search of a cause.

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The View from Wisconsin: 'Our Political Process has been Stopped by a Mob'

The View from Wisconsin: 'Our Political Process has been Stopped by a Mob'

12:45 PM, Feb 19, 2011 • By MARK HEMINGWAY

If you want to know just how unruly the union protests are at the state capitol in Madison, check out this eye-opening account from a Wisconsin political insider over at a Milwaukee radio station:

Last night one Senator told me they had been told to clear the Capitol because the new groups coming in overnight are filled with with people "who aren't afraid to be arrested" and the Administration could not guarantee the safety of the legislators and their staffs. In our Capitol.

On Thursday, legislators were advised to return to their offices and lock their doors. Mobs roamed the halls, banging on the glass of the doors, pounding on the walls. No one could move in the halls or enter or leave the building. The glass of the Supreme Court's entrance was broken. Legislators were genuinely afraid. Our elected representatives were afraid. In our Capitol.

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