"This war on workers’ rights is an assault on the middle class, and it is undermining the American economy."
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"How did German workers do it? A big part of the story is German labor unions are still powerful enough to insist that German workers get their fair share of the economy’s gains."
“The state law violates the U.S. constitution by creating a ‘disfavored’ class of public employees and a ‘favored’ class consisting of firefighters and law enforcement officials, the unions representing teachers, health-care workers and other public workers, said in a complaint filed yesterday in federal court in Madison.”
"In a fiery dissent, Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson wrote that justices hastily reached the decision and the majority ‘set forth their own version of facts without evidence. They should not engage in this disinformation.’"
Huge blow, but not over yet. Lawsuits coming.
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VSEA retiree and longtime Bennington activist Carolyn Hickok says she’s been contacted by the Associated Press to respond to a letter she sent the Governor of Maine after he decided to dismantle a mural dedicated to Maine’s labor force.