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Corporate CEOs Become the Nation’s Richest “Government Employees” by Leaching...
Budget hawks squawk about bloated bureaucracies and excessively paid public employees to justify their calls for slashing government services. In recent years, their drumbeat about government waste...
View ArticleUnder Walker-brand Republicanism, overseers gain even more ground
If what follows doesn't make you mad, then what hope do we have for a return to sensible, transparent, caring, equitable government that truly serves all?When Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker pushed...
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Sad News: GOP Appointed Federal Appeals Court Judges Rule Wis Act 10...
Scott Walker is happy today. Governor Scott Walker (R-WisKochStan) and his union busting pals are celebrating today. His public employee union busting ram through, Act 10, has been declared...
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Rick Scott's latest drug-testing appeal turned away by court
Florida Gov. Rick Scott Florida Gov. Rick Scott's proposals to drug test basically every Floridian are not faring so well in the courts, with the Supreme Court refusing to hear his appeal of a decision...
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UPDATED WI-Gov: Federal Court Halts Investigation Into Scott Walker's (R)...
Well this sucks: http://www.jsonline.com/... A federal judge ordered a halt Tuesday to the John Doe investigation into campaign spending and fundraising by Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and...
View ArticleScott Walkers Phony "Appreciation" of State Workers Clashes with Reality
I'm surprised that he could say these words without choking:Governor Scott Walker statement for Employee Recognition Day from Governor Scott Walker on Vimeo.While the words did come out of his mouth,...
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AK-Sen: Begich (D) Co-Sponsors Warren's (D. MA) "Smart Savings Act" To...
Here's another reason why Senator Mark Begich (D. AK) needs to win re-election: http://insurancenewsnet.com/... Today, the United States Senate Homeland Security & Government Affairs Committee...
View ArticleNation’s Biggest Pension Fund is 'Unhedging' its Bets
Hopefully this is a sign of a more reality-based investing strategy, taking hold in 'Retirement Security' business.Calpers, Nation’s Biggest Pension Fund, to End Hedge Fund Investmentsby Alexandra...
View ArticleBruce Rauner moves to unilaterally bust unions in Illinois
Republican Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has issued an executive order that effectively makes Illinois a "right-to-work-for-less" state for public-sector workers by allowing non-union public employees...
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Thanks to Scott Walker Wisconsin Has a Prison Crisis
You didn't have to be Cassandra to see this one coming.An officer shortage is so acute at one Wisconsin prison that the state is paying for mileage and hotels for guards from other institutions so...
View ArticleWe Could Have Single-Payer Without Paying $1 More.
The Bernie Sanders Presidential Campaign tweeted today about an op-ed piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer that breaks down the numbers to conclude that we’re already paying basically the full freight on...
View ArticleA Constitutional Common Core Convention?
Is it fear of the unknown or throwing caution into the wind? With a stalemate in the U.S. Supreme Court, it looks like public employee unions right to collect fair-share fee's might be safe...for now....
View ArticleResponding to UW faculty's no-confidence vote, Wisconsin Gov. Walker again...
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is pooh-poohing this week's unanimous, all-but-unprecedented no-confidence vote by University of Wisconsin -- Milwaukee faculty, labeling it a "fuss." What? A "fuss"? Does...
View ArticleNM-Sen: Martin Heinrich (D) Slams Trump's Budget For Gutting Anti-Poverty...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich’s (D. NM) re-election campaign:A budget shows what a president values, and President Trump’s cruel values are on full display in his budget....
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WYFP? I Love My Job, I Hate My Job
WMFP? I hate my job.I have worked in the private sector, for non-profits and am currently a government employee in a Red state. I’ve never been treated in as dehumanizing a fashion as I am in this...
View ArticleThe creeping privatization of public libraries
At 17,566, there are more public libraries in the United States than there are Starbucks coffee shops. And just like at Starbucks, patrons have access to free wi-fi. But unlike Starbucks, public...
View ArticleTrump escalates the GOP war on government workers
As the New Year begins, imagine that this is how your 2018 ended: You work at a company where the CEO and the management team are notoriously corrupt. They began the year by taking on $150 million in...
View ArticleIdris O’Connor Supports Collective Bargaining for Public Sector Employees in...
As the son of a union member and two frontline workers, I fully support our public sector employees to have the right to collective bargain in Prince William County. Virginia is among the 27 states...
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