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The Racist Roots of ‘right to work’ Laws

http://www.southernstudies.org/2012/12/the-racist-roots-of-right-to-work-laws.html While working to pass right-to-work legislation in Texas, Muse and the Association took their efforts to Arkansas and Florida, where a similar message equating union growth with race-mixing and communism led to the passage of the nation’s first right-to-work laws in 1944. In all, 14 states passed such legislation by 1947, when conservatives in […]

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March 4 Protest “Right to Work” at Walker’s Report to WMC lobbyists

Protest “Right to Work” at Walker’s report to WMC lobbyists Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, 1 John Nolen Dr., Madison On Wednesday March 4, Scott Walker will speak at Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce’s Business Day – the annual meeting of Wisconsin’s most powerful corporate lobbyist group and its sponsored politicians.If you believe that our […]

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UW-Green Bay, March 4: Rally to Invest in Our Schools–Mar. 4 @ 4

Rally to Invest in Our Schools–Mar. 4 @ 4 This is the big day! Our goal is to get all of the UW campuses to have a day-of-action on the same day to illustrate solidarity in opposition to the proposed $300 million cuts to the UW System. We must act as a united body if […]

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UW-Milwaukee, March 4: Students and Workers, Unite and Fight! Solidarity Rally Against “Right to Work”

EVENT: http://tinyurl.com/p9ud65u 12 Noon, Spaights Plaza, 2200 E. Kenwood Blvd., Milwaukee Rally against Walker’s anti-union, anti-education agenda! Sponsored by: Defeat “Right to Work” in Wisconsin — ALSO: #SaveOurUW Coalition Meeting 3:30 – 5:30 p.m., March 4, UW-Milwaukee Student Union Room 280 To coordinate protests and other actions in opposition to the budget cuts/public authority. If […]

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Milwaukee, March 5: Right Now: Fire and Police Commission Meeting

EVENT: http://tinyurl.com/m8hw99l https://www.facebook.com/justicefordontre Calling All Concerned Community Members: We have been to the Fire and Police Commission Meetings over and over, and time after time. We have repeatedly went in, shared our public comment and left. For the past 7 months, we’ve adhered to their rules and regulations about how to operate in their space. […]

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Chicago Teachers Union Supports United Steelworkers Strike

http://www.ctunet.com/ The Chicago Teachers Union stands in solidarity our brothers and sisters in the United Steelworkers who are on strike to secure safe and healthy working conditions in the country’s oil refineries. As Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner attacks Illinois unions and worker compensation laws that keep workers safe, Texas, where many oil refinery accidents occur, has […]

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SDS Statement in Solidarity with Anti-Right to Work Protests in Wisconsin

STATEMENT: http://tinyurl.com/k4ufnk6 Students for a Democratic Society stands with the Progressive Students of Milwaukee in solidarity with the working people of Wisconsin against union-busting “right to work” legislation proposed by the state senate and supported by Governor Scott Walker. Gov. Walker has consistently worked to dismantle public institutions, like the UW system, and to combat […]