Judge strikes down Wis. law limiting union rights

Judge strikes down Wis. law limiting union rights By SCOTT BAUER | Associated Press – 

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge on Friday struck down nearly all of the state law championed by Gov. Scott Walker that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most public workers.

Cory's passionate speech in Democratic Convention

Some Speakers from Democratic Convention 

Interview with Nancy Wohiforth (EC Member of AFL-CIO)

INTERVIEW WITH NANCY WOHLFORTH

[Note: The following interview with Nancy Wohlforth, member of the National Executive Committee of the AFL-CIO, is reprinted here from ILC International Newsletter No. 34 (April 29, 2011.) The interview was conducted on April 16, 2011, by Daniel Gluckstein, co-coordinator of the International Liaison Committee of Workers and Peoples (ILC). Sister Wohlforth is also a member of the newly formed Coordinating Committee of the ILC. She will a participant in the ILC's Annual Conference in Geneva on June 4-5. This year's ILC Conference in Defense of the ILO Conventions and the Independence of the Trade Unions is being held on the occasion of the 100th Annual Assembly of the International Labor Organization -- Editors]

Middle Class Crisis in America

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Two recessions, a couple of market crashes, and stubbornly high unemployment are all wreaking havoc on America's middle class.
In the accompanying interview, The Daily Ticker's Aaron Task discusses the state of the middle class with Sherle Schwenninger, director of economic growth and American strategy programs at the New America Foundation. Schwenninger's recent report "The American Middle Class Under Stress" has some stunning facts that highlight the struggles the average American is having getting a decent-paying job and keeping up with rising cost of living.
Here are just some of the sobering facts:

Budget 2011-2012

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Survey 2

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All you have to do is label each post (in post editor) with the word "fashion". Then, under "fashion" tab put the the link to that label: http://YourBlogName.blogspot.com/search/label/fashion

Cyclone

Survivors of Cyclone Giri, which left more than a quarter of a million people homeless when it struck western Burma's Arakan State coast last October, say that many are still struggling with problems related to shelter, livelihood and employment six months after the disaster.