Apr 07 What Does Wisconsin Special Election Mean for Democrats, Republicans? The political world, especially its left side, is abuzz over Tuesday's special state Supreme Court election in Wisconsin. The race was nonpartisan, at least technically. On Thursday, the official count of the election swung back to give the… Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch Shields and Brooks on Obama’s Libya Stance, Wisconsin Union Fight Shields and Brooks on Obama's Stance on Libya's Revolt, Wisc. Union Fight… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch Wisconsin Protesters Vow to Fight Vote to Curb Bargaining Rights In Wisconsin, GOP Assembly OKs Collective Bargaining Curbs… Continue watching
Mar 09 Wis. Senate’s Surprise Vote to Restrict Bargaining Stuns Unions, Democrats Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker; file photo In a swift and surprising move that caught Democrats and union leaders off-guard, Republicans in Wisconsin's state Senate approved a bill Wednesday night that would curtail collective bargaining rights for most public unions… Continue reading
Mar 09 The Public Worker Battle, Cartoonified By Paul Solman With all the strife over public-sector unions, including irate e-mails in response to our pension coverage on the program, we thought we'd lighten the mood by sharing some recent political cartoons. Continue reading
Mar 08 The Public Worker Battle, Cartoonified As debates rage in government halls across the U.S., political cartoonists have taken to skewering all sides -- and making points while they're at it. Here's a few of our favorites. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch AFL-CIO’s Trumka: No American Should Face Choice Between Rights, Job Judy Woodruff talks to Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, a voluntary federation of 57 U.S. and international labor unions. Many AFL-CIO members would be affected by pending state-level legislation that would cut collective-bargaining rights for public employees. Continue watching
Mar 02 Making Sen$e: Earth to Paul- Wisconsin is Not Rhode Island! By Paul Solman EDITOR'S NOTE: Paul has spent the past few days responding to some of the many questions and comments we received regarding last week's broadcast story, "In Tiny Rhode Island, a Massive Public Pension Crisis Looms" and the Making Sen$e… Continue reading
Mar 02 Earth to Paul: Wisconsin is Not Rhode Island! By Elizabeth Shell EDITOR'S NOTE: Paul has spent the past few days responding to some of the many questions and comments we received regarding last week's broadcast story, "In Tiny Rhode Island, a Massive Public Pension Crisis Looms" and the Making Sen$e… Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch Protests in Wisconsin, Elsewhere Stir Debate on Public vs. Private Pay, Benefits In Wisconsin, the contentious question of public vs. private sector pay has risen anew. Continue watching