The percentage of American workers belonging to labor unions has sunk to a nearly century-old low, representing the changing dynamics of the nation’s workforce and the consequences of a headlong rush by lawmakers to adopt “pro-business” economic polices. Organized labor has come under assault by legislators from Capitol Hill to statehouses across the country [...]
FLORIDA TOWN TURNS INTO TEA PARTY’S TOTALITARIAN UTOPIA FOR GOV. RICK SCOTT’S BUDGET SIGNING “EVENT.” Political dissidents hauled away by the police. Signs critical of their leader taken down with force by party organizers. Groups of private school kids directed to chant political slogans. Is this some sort of third-world dictatorship or totalitarian regime? No, [...]
The fight to stop Wisconsin gov. Scott Walker and the Republican state legislature from unilaterally abolishing collective bargaining rights for most state workers took another dramatic turn on Thursday. After days of protests from public employees and others opposed to Walker’s budget that included the anti-union legislation, Wisconsin state senate Democrats walked out of the [...]
Florida Gov. Rick Scott decided on Wednesday to reject over $2 billion in federal money that would have paid for a highly anticipated high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando — and the 12,000 to 24,000 jobs that were projected to be created by it. It’s a controversial move inspired by Scott’s devotion to “tea [...]
REAUTHORIZATION OF SEVERAL KEY PATRIOT ACT PROVISIONS FAILS IN A HOUSE VOTE, DEALING AN “EMBARRASSING SETBACK” TO THE NEW REPUBLICAN MAJORITY AND THE PRESIDENT. (Washington Post) One of the first significant defeats of the controversial Patriot Act occurred on Tuesday as a core of “tea party” House Republicans joined with a majority of Democrats in [...]
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