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Month: June 2012
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Our recent blog, “Is Labor Losing the Battle for the Public Mind” has generated some interesting comments and ideas. Fortunately, none of them spent time playing the “blame game” on the failure to recall Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, but focused upon how working people and unions should respond to turn the tide. You can see…
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As I write this, it has been more than 24 hours since the network declared Scott Walker the winner over Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett in the Wisconsin recall elections – enough time to digest the hurt and to put the loss into perspective. Don’t despair, this will not be another lament or excuse for the…
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(A comment by Ann Germanson, wife of the writer of this blog) Wisconsin voters who narrowly elected Scott Walker governor in 2010 didn’t know that he was planning to “divide and conquer” the citizens he was sworn to serve. Maybe they weren’t aware Walker came into the office as a representative of the American Legislative…