We all know by now that Sly in the Morning and the local news team, on 1670 WTDY was ambushed and fired the day before Thanksgiving by new General Manager Rick Mccoy. Thus effectively ending any local voice that progressives have. Also ending any chance that people have of actual real time news coverage. With [...]
Whoa, I did not expect this… Not a total victory but still good news: Gov. Scott Walker’s law repealing most collective bargaining for local and school employees was struck down by a Dane County judge Friday, yet another dramatic twist in a year and a half saga that likely sets up another showdown in the [...]
Solidarity! The Chicago teachers have gone on strike today (started at Midnight).
Disgraceful behavior….(From Labor Notes) The NLRB also set July 6 for a union vote. But the Food and Commercial Workers union claimed jurisdiction and asked the Board to be added to the ballot, which pushed the date back to July 27. The workers and their supporters said UFCW Local 1473 didn’t have a base of [...]
Yesterday, Palermo called in the Milwaukee police to protect them from a kid and a Reverend delivering petitions urging Palermo to treat their workers fairly: Palermo Villa workers and their allies delivered petitions in pizza boxes to the company’s Menomonee Valley facility Monday afternoon. Milwaukee police officers blocked the Villa Palermo entrance when the protesters’ [...]
The Overpass Light Brigade made a cool video:
Striking Workers Boycott Palermo’s from Occupy Riverwest on Vimeo.
Disappointing…from IBEW local 159: The South Central Building Trades Council held an information picket in front of the new Ale Asylum Brew Pub being constructed on Packers and International Lane. Dave Boetcher and Joel Kapusta were there for IBEW 159. The Ale Asylum and the general contractor on the job, CSI, have used predominantly nonunion [...]
Workers at Palermo Pizza in Milwaukee have been on strike since last week to protest working conditions and to demand recognition for their union. And I think they deserve recognition for their union, to be treated fairly, and for management to sit down and negotiate with them. Do you? You can sign a petition here [...]
Recently, Steve Nass and his spokesman got wind that the UW School for workers was putting on an art show. They then went into their extreme partisan frenzy and went there, and after some threats of pulling funding, made them cancel the show. The University of Wisconsin’s School for Workers was planning on hosting an [...]
From My email inbox: If you love to cook/bake you may already know Penzeys, the wonderful Wisc-based spice and herb store. Their newest catalog has a coupon for a “free Teachers Gift Box” (free with a purchase, that is), and owner Bill Penzey’s ‘note from Bill’ section has a lovely message of respect for and [...]
Recently The Herald-Independent columnist and writer for the right-wing \"think tank\" WPRI, recently “reported” on the state of the Monona Grove School District. You may have read some news stories lately about how some school districts are doing quite well under Gov. Scott Walker’s budget, despite a drastic decline in school aid. Monona Grove is [...]
