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

Month: March 2021

  • Searching for a Mate, 1950’s Style

    Today, if you’re single and seeking a romantic engagement, it seems to easy. Just go online at eharmony.com, match.com, silversingles.com (the later site for those of us over 50) or one of the many other dating sites. It didn’t seem so easy in our younger days, though. Think back to those days when, if you…

  • 10 years after Act 10, What?

    Ten years ago, Wisconsin union members and supporters stormed the State Capitol to protest newly elected Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal (Called Act 10) that literally took all bargaining rights away from public employee unions (except for police and firefighters unions). Despite massed crowds – reaching close to 150,000 persons on frigid weekends – the Act…