budget

  • Wisconsin Reacts as Anti-Union Bill Is Rubber-Stamped
    Jane Slaughter
    Jun 15 2011 - 5:35pm

    Unfazed by the rebellion that has shaken their state since February, Republican legislators in Wisconsin called an “extraordinary session” to push through every aspect of the right-wing agenda they can lay a pen to.

  • How Can States Raise Revenue? Hint: Not from Us.
    Mark Brenner
    Mar 22 2011 - 12:02pm

    The traditional union approach to budget politics is to accept the limits of what’s possible and push for the best deal within those fiscal constraints. Some unions are looking beyond “stop the cuts,” and showing how to fund services.

  • No Money Left? You’re Looking in the Wrong Places.
    Paul Krehbiel
    Feb 25 2011 - 1:04pm

    Governors cry, “There’s just no money.” But some people have plenty, while taxes on corporations and the rich have fallen for decades. Fair taxes could stop the financial hemorrhaging and make up all the deficits.

  • Madison: Biggest Demonstration Yet

    The state Assembly passed the “budget repair” bill at 1 a.m. this morning, and the biggest demonstration yet is planned for 1 p.m. Saturday. The central labor council says as many as 110,000 are expected.

  • Unions' Long March against California Cuts
    Fred Glass
    Mar 25 2010 - 12:40am

    A 48-day, 250-mile march across California is carrying the fight against the devastation of the state's K-12 schools and vaunted public colleges, once the gateway to opportunity for the working class, to cities and towns hit hard in the recession.

  • Budget Woes Prompt Privatization Fights in Public Transit
    Evan Rohar
    Mar 1 2010 - 4:00pm

    As budget-butchering legislators and executives slash away at public services and public workers, they’re reaching for a familiar tactic: privatization. Bus drivers at UC Berkeley have led the push back, scoring a victory against outsourcing in late February.

  • Escalating the War in Afghanistan Is Wrong

    President Obama’s decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan is wrong for many reasons. At its October 15 meeting, the Executive Board of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO adopted a simple statement that sums up many of those reasons: “We need to stop the war in Afghanistan and focus the nation’s attention on the fight for jobs, education, health care and pensions.”

  • Public Sector Unions Fight Budget Woes in California

    Mischa Gaus, Tanya Smith

    The strains on public budgets in California are emboldening officials to come after union workers, producing rumblings of dissent throughout the state. Teachers in Los Angeles voted for an illegal one-day walkout May 15 to protest thousands of threatened layoffs, but after a court issued an injunction they chose to picket instead. . . .


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  • California Ballot Proposals Fail, Leaving Unions Wondering What's Next

    Paul Abowd

    Five of six budget proposals failed to pass on California's May 19 statewide ballot. The state’s unions lined up on both sides of the vote, and spent millions of dollars while sending members to knock on doors ahead of the vote. The proposals were Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed solution to a budget shortfall, which is now projected to reach $21 billion. . . .


    Yes