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06/04/2012

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hW_O0u9cvMHUnPl1IYle2lqZZA4Q?docId=1f37fcf22ca84fb3a0d64a880218afce

A: The recall effort was born Feb. 11, 2011. That was when Walker released his plan to address a state budget shortfall that called on most public workers to pay more for health insurance and pension benefits, and, most important, give up nearly all their collective bargaining rights. The proposal s...

06/04/2012

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/ANNOTATED-BESTTOP-BNALL-BNCOL/2012/06/04/id/441060

Nine is the only number that means anything these days to Larry Carlton, a foreman for a southern Wisconsin electrical contractor. That s how many electricians he oversees in a crew that a year ago had 11. The goal is keeping everyone busy, said Carlton, a 60- year-old...

05/31/2012

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/industrial-relations/teamsters-tell-twu-your-fight-is-our-fight/story-fn59noo3-1226377872555

THE Transport Workers Union has struck a global solidarity charter with the US Teamsters union, to co-ordinate campaigns against mutual employers they claim have declared a "war on workers".

05/31/2012

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/30/mike-bost-illinois-lawmak_n_1555870.html

A Republican Illinois state lawmaker on Tuesday screamed and threw papers into the air while decrying the state's Democrat-led pension reform bill that could be en route to passage thanks to the support of powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan. "Total power in one person's hand -- not the American ...

05/30/2012

99% Training 2012, WE ARE THE 99% !!!!!!