Back a couple months ago, Gov. Walker (R-WI) said he was considering decertifying the state’s unions entirely, apparently before he discovered the governor didn’t have the power to do that.
Social Security Administration notifies employees that Republican spending cuts could well lead to furloughs.
Bahrain Teachers Union joins protests, calls for national protest day on Sunday.
A very good run-down of how Wisconsin’s Gov. Walker (R) created the budget crisis which he now claims makes it necessary to end collective bargaining.
With the battle going on in Wisconsin, we wanted to ask: How many states have collective bargaining with public employees’ unions? How many forbid it? Check out our map. It’s pretty revealing. Map after the jump. Read More
Sherrod Brown tells TPM he supports unions/Dems in Wisconsin and says Ohio unions should play hardball too.
Quality snark from TPM Reader MR …
I can’t help but think that the language used by Fox News would be slightly different if the govenor of Wisconsin was a Democratic, and the missing senators were Republicans.
Something more along the line of :
Democratic governor deploys state security services round up opposition politicians.
Seven current and former Green Bay Packers have signed a letter in support of the AFL-CIO in their efforts to derail Gov. Walker’s union-busting plan.
Things are quickly falling apart in Bahrain, where Army troops have reportedly opened fire on protestors. We’ve set up a Middle East Wire to track the breaking developments in the region, including North Africa, where protests and violence are rocking Libya.