Photos: Wisconsin protest signs
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The thousands of people demonstrating in Wisconsin are using signs — many of them home-made — to communicate their message.
Protests continue in Madison, put focus on corporate agenda
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Thousands of people turned out Saturday at the state Capitol to protest Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s anti-worker proposals – and put a focus on the corporate agenda behind the politics.
Local series commemorates 100th anniversary of Triangle Shirtwaist fire
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This spring across the United States, commemorative events will mark the 100th anniversary of one of America’s worst industrial tragedies: the March 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City.
Community
Dayton appoints four union members to Met Council
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Four union members are among 16 appointments by Governor Mark Dayton to the Metropolitan Council, the governor’s office announced Wednesday.
Government
Speaking out for Social Security
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Federal budget cuts pose a threat to services to seniors, the disabled and families who have lost a parent or spouse, members of the American Federation of Government Employees say. The workers who provide these services demonstrated Wednesday at Social Security offices across the country, including Minneapolis.
Korea trade agreement follows destructive model
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Congress will vote any day on the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the largest free trade pact since NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, took effect in 1994. Despite President Obama’s campaign pledge to approach trade differently and the approval of a recent side deal on auto tariffs, this agreement reflects the same destructive model as NAFTA.
Community
The way the cookie crumbles . . .
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After weeks of protest in Madison, Wis., over Governor Scott Walker’s anti-worker agenda, reporters and pundits have expended thousands of words trying to explain the confrontation. But none sums it up quite so succinctly as a joke making the rounds at lightning speed through cyberspace.
Nurses flex muscle at state Capitol
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Fresh from their one-day strike last summer that made U.S. history – and mindful of the protests taking place in Wisconsin – Minnesota nurses descended on the state Capitol Tuesday to continue to press for safe patient care.