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Retired labor union official, newspaper editor/reporter, and community worker. Also community activist.

Month: March 2011

  • On Wisconsin! Birthplace of Labor Rights

    It was 100 years ago this year that the state of Wisconsin led the nation into a whole host of reforms for worker rights, becoming the first state to enact a worker’s compensation law, leading in developing unemployment compensation, creating an apprenticeship program and in setting stricter rules in child labor. These reforms — made…

  • What President Obama might say to Mike Huckabee

    A “Phone Call” from President Obama to former Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-Arkansas), as envisioned by Ann Germanson, Milwaukee: “Mike!  Barry here – Barry Obama.  Yeah, that’s my childhood nickname from when I was growing up in Hawaii.  I notice the other day you told a talk radio host that you’d love to know more about…