March 3, 2011 For more than two weeks, protestors opposed to Governor Scott Walker’s budget repair bill have congregated peacefully and democratically in and around the Capitol. A judge’s decision today on a labor-led challenge that ordered the Department of …
February 28, 2011 Today’s events at the Capitol building illustrate the lengths to which Governor Walker will go to silence the voices of Wisconsin citizens who are demanding respect for collective bargaining rights. Despite the administration’s previously announced commitment to …
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February 27, 2011 The citizens of Wisconsin have forced democratic debate to continue over the budget repair bill by convincing officials to let people remain in the Capitol tonight. Earlier today thousands of members of faith communities, private-sector unions and …
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February 27, 2011 As opposition to the union-busting budget repair bill continues to grow, a decision by the state to close the Capitol today signals that the voices of the people of Wisconsin are once again falling on deaf ears. …
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Feb. 25, 2011 The Department of Administration announced that the Capitol will close at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, after 13 days of demonstrators being in the building. The closure of the Capitol sends the wrong signal about democratic participation and …
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For immediate release Feb. 25, 2011 Contact TAA Co-Presidents: Alex Hanna, 765-404-6996 Kevin Gibbons, 813-466-0952 Assembly vote blow to democracy, protestors carry on over weekend Around 1 a.m. on Friday the Republican leadership interrupted the longest filibuster in the history …
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Week in Review (by Shahin Izadi)
The decision by the steering committee of PROFS, a membership organization of UW faculty, to march on the Capitol tomorrow in support of the TAA’s ongoing occupation of the Capitol, is a critical turning point in our efforts to stop …
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For Immediate Release Feb. 20, 2011 Membership of the Teaching Assistants’ Association voted today to call for another “teach-out” on Tuesday, to protest the reconvening of the State Assembly and Governor Scott Walker’s planned statement about his budget. The Assembly …