Nov
2011 23
2011 23
29,000 Children Could Be Dropped From Wisconsin Medicaid
Something must be done about the state of Wisconsin’s $550 million Medicaid deficit, and nobody argues such a contention. However, the current proposal being floated by the Secretary of the Department of Health Services, Dennis Smith, leaves too many people (children especially) out in the cold. Smith ran the Medicaid system under former...
Nov
2011 23
2011 23
Union Ironworker Leads the Push to Collect Scott Walker Recall Signatures…From Republicans?
A second group has filed the proper paperwork to collect signatures for a recall of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. The catch? The group is focusing on gathering support from Independents and Republicans, not the more obvious target of Democratic voters. According to Channel3000, Union Ironworker Randy Bryce dropped off the paperwork at the...
Nov
2011 22
2011 22
Wisconsin Power Plants Being Modernized With Union Labor
With a recall gubernatorial recall effort in full swing in Wisconsin, all eyes are on labor and its fight to protect collective bargaining rights. Unions have been demonized as the root of the state’s economic problems, but proof that labor’s ideals can be beneficial to state are being witnessed in the energy sector. Industrial Info ...
Nov
2011 18
2011 18
Wisconsin Building Trades Members Vote 97% In Favor Of Keeping Their Union
This is a press release from the Wisconsin State Building Trades Crafts… UNION MEMBERS KNOW THE VALUE OF BEING IN A UNION The Wisconsin State Building Trades Crafts (WSBTC) represents over 400 members statewide. From the various crafts of Electricians, Plumbers, Sheet Metal Workers, Painters, Carpenters, Steamfitters, Welders and more, the...
Nov
2011 15
2011 15
Wisconsin’s Petition-Burning Scandal Will Add the Element of Uncertainty to the Scott Walker Recall Process
In Wisconsin, a scandal is starting to unfold as residents are openly making plans via Facebook to collect and then destroy Scott Walker recall petitions. Paul I. Tascoupe broke the story Friday on Politiscoop.com and since then interesting connections have been made between the targets of Tascoupe’s story and various GOP and Tea Party...
Nov
2011 8
2011 8
Walker Donor Files GOP Recall Effort Against the Governor to Trigger Unlimited Fundraising
Dirty tricks by Republicans in Wisconsin? I mean, why stop now? As momentum builds for the recall of Governor Scott Walker (560,000 signatures are needed in the 60 days following November 15th) his friends are getting in on the act. According to the Journal Sentinel Online, Republican-slash-Walker donor, David Brandt, filed a recall effort this ...
Nov
2011 1
2011 1
Walker Admin Trying to Change Constitution to Force Notarization of Recall Signatures
The recall elections in Wisconsin have not even officially started, but Governor Scott Walker and his cronies are already taking an axe to the state’s constitution to change the laws governing the process. Wisconsin Republicans are looking to rubberstamp a bill that would force those collecting the 540,208 signatures needed to force a Walker...
Oct
2011 27
2011 27
Firefighters Union President May Run Against Scott Walker If Recall Is Successful
The possibility of a recall election against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker could leave a power void in the state. There are those who want to see a fresh face, a so called “political outsider,” move in to the governor’s mansion and there are also those who would like to see the mansion occupied by someone ...
Oct
2011 11
2011 11
Gametime, Cheeseheads: Scott Walker Recall Effort Begins November 15
The Democratic Party of Wisconsin has unveiled their Scott Walker recall website, a good, clean design that puts everything from donations to volunteering just a few clicks away. The state will have just 30 days to gather over 540,000 signatures in support of the gubernatorial recall, though the number does not seem terribly daunting following ...
Sep
2011 26
2011 26
“Always stay active – not just the month before an election.”
In a forward-thinking move, The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) dedicated a section of their website to their national convention last week. It was the 38th such convention and the Convention Live coverage provided members and non-union onlookers with a glimpse at the large-scale gathering of the nation’s largest...
Sep
2011 19
2011 19
Big Raises for Walker Appointees Up the Ante of the FBI’s Wisconsin Corruption Investigation
It is becoming increasingly clear that members of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s staff who worked for him while he was Executive of Milwaukee County are receiving political payoffs in the form of big raises. Many of those receiving raises were recently placed into new jobs that were created when Walker had the legislature turn three ...
Sep
2011 15
2011 15
FBI Probe Into Scott Walker Administration Broadens; Governor Retains Lawyers; The Right to Videotape, Covered by State Statute, Is Violated
Top officials to Scott Walker have been resigning of late, but that isn’t stopping the FBI from raiding their homes and offices. From a local Wisconsin ABC affiliate: The raid was on a former top aide to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in what appears to be an expanding corruption investigation. Wednesday’s raid is the latest ...
