by WRN Contributor | Oct 17, 2011
A couple hundred gathered on the Capitol Square over the weekend for the Occupy Wall Street Movement’s Global Day of Protests events. On the State Street side of the square, signs blasting corporate America and conservative politicians were taped up. Speakers,...
by Bob Hague | Oct 12, 2011
A bill being offered at the Capitol would reinstate collective bargaining rights for public employees in Wisconsin. The legislation from state Representative Mark Pocan and state Senator Fred Risser, both Madison Democrats, would repeal the anti-union provisions of...
by Brian Moon | Oct 10, 2011
Advocates are encouraging those in the workforce with disabilities to get a visit from their state lawmaker while on-the-job. The Wisconsin Board for People with Developmental Disabilities is sponsoring the first ever “Take Your Legislator To Work Day in...
by Brian Moon | Sep 16, 2011
Fighting Bob Fest has been going every year since 2002 but as organizer Ed Garvey says this year is different. “This will be the first time we’ve had a Fighting Bob Fest after having an explosion of interest in what the governor and legislature were...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 8, 2011
A paper maker with Wisconsin operations has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. NewPage said August 16th that it was uncertain whether it could complete a sale of $131 million in assets, because it was hurt by higher prices for raw materials in its most recent...
by WRN Contributor | Sep 6, 2011
The Racine area LaborFest celebration included a special award to the 14 state Senators who challenged Governor Walker and the Republicans on collective bargaining rights. “Without these honorable senators our communities would not have been able to marshal a...
by Bob Hague | Sep 1, 2011
The head of the union representing state workers says they’re frustrated as they try to open negotiations under Wisconsin’s new law governing public employee unions. It’s been nearly two weeks since the Wisconsin State Employees Union sent a letter...
by Andrew Beckett | Dec 15, 2010
Governor-elect Scott Walker has offered some tough talk for state employee unions, recently saying he plans to push for major concessions in benefits and is open to decertification if unions are not willing to make deals. If that happens, AFSCME Council 24 Executive...
by Andrew Beckett | Dec 14, 2010
Assembly leaders have set the stage for a vote on state employee contracts. However, whether members will get a chance to approve them is still up in the air. An Assembly panel on Tuesday authorized the extraordinary session of the Legislature needed to vote on the...
by Bob Hague | Feb 11, 2010
A pair of state legislators believe being a correctional worker is a dangerous enough job without the risk of catching a serious disease from an inmate. State Senator Randy Hopper says he was amazed to learn that corrections officers in Wisconsin may request a disease...
