100,000 March in Madison

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2011 Upwards of 100,000 people turned out at a protest in the Wisconsin capital after Republican lawmakers and the Republican governor pushed through a new anti-union law eliminating most collective-bargaining rights for public employees. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Raw Video: Protesters Push Back in Wisconsin

Staff / Truthdig Mar 11, 2011 On Wednesday night, protesters turned up en masse in the Wisconsin Capitol in Madison to register their collective discontent over the passage of Gov. Scott Walker's anti-union bill. The Associated Press compiled this montage of footage from the scene that evening. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Walker Won’t Meet Dems at the Border

Staff / Truthdig Mar 8, 2011 The posse of Wisconsin state senators who left the building -- not to mention Wisconsin -- last month to thwart Gov Scott Walker's campaign to quash state employees' collective bargaining powers proposed a meeting with the governor somewhere . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gov. Walker Does ‘Something Big’

Stanley Kutler / Truthdig Mar 5, 2011 The tea-party-enabled Wisconsin Legislature is working overtime to protect its governor. The tea-party-enabled Wisconsin Legislature is working overtime to protect its governor. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Wisconsin’s Walker Readies the Pink Slips

Staff / Truthdig Mar 5, 2011 Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, voicing his frustration with AWOL Democrats, was preparing to send layoff notices to 1,500 state workers as the stalemate over his union-busting budget bill continued. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Walker: Layoffs Loom for Wis. Workers

Staff / Truthdig Mar 4, 2011 Things got a little lively in Wisconsin on Thursday, as news hit the wires that the state Senate had voted to allow the arrest of more than a dozen Democratic senators who had fled the state in protest of Gov Scott Walker's contentious union-busting bill . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Conspiracy of Teachers

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2011 In this startling soliloquy, Jon Stewart takes stock of the current clime in and beyond, say, Wisconsin and comes to the conclusion that teachers -- that's right, teachers -- are ruining America. Watch and learn. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

First Wisconsin, Now Ohio

Staff / Truthdig Mar 2, 2011 All that talk about Wisconsin being a potential test case for the rest of the country might be right, as now Ohio's Senate is preparing for a vote this week that could end collective bargaining for public-sector workers in the name of -- you guessed it -- austerity. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Fla. Governor Catches Anti-Union Fever

Staff / Truthdig Feb 27, 2011 The Wisconsin syndrome? Just days after declaring that he favored collective bargaining for public employees, Florida's Gov. Rick Scott, a Republican, changed his tune and said he now wishes it were not allowed in the Sunshine State. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Wisconsin’s Anti-Union Bill Stalled

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2011 The Wisconsin Assembly approved the infamous anti-union budget bill on Friday, but Republicans still lack a quorum to bring it to a vote in the state Senate. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )