- Wisconsin Students Planning School Walkout to Protest End of Collective Bargaining
- Wisconsin Students in Solidarity is asking for the nationwide walkout to happen this Friday, March 11, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. local time. Less than 12 hours after being formed, the Facebook event, Nationwide Student Walkout, has almost 2,000 "attendees" from across the country and student-led copycat groups and events are springing up…
To make the walkout educational, the students are also holding a teach-in on the Library Mall in downtown Madison…
- Wisconsin: Confusion Reigns Over Legality of Anti-Union Bill Passage in Wisconsin
- …Hours later, Fitzgerald obtained a message from the chief clerk claiming that the meeting was properly called.
… Because Barca never saw a bill before the vote, he is also reportedly questioning whether a bill existed prior to voting on it…
…the Wisconsin State Journal, one of the more staid publications in the state, basically came this close to accusing the Republicans of outright lying:…
The dirty secret here was that there was ALWAYS going to be a court challenge to this bill. …the pension changes violate “home rule” provisions for localities.
…constitutionality will be determined by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. Which makes the election for a Supreme Court Justice slot on April 5 very interesting. …a win for Kloppenburg would shift the balance of power on the court.
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