UPDATE March 18: Wisconsin Judge Halts Corrupt Republican Scheme to Destroy Collective Bargaining
March 18, 2011
Madison, Wisconsin
UE Political Action Updates
UPDATE March 18: Major Republican Attacks Stalled By Fierce Resistance
March 16, 2011
Working people across the country continue to expand the mobilizations to stop the gang-up attacks of big business, the Republican Party, and the corporate news media. UE members have joined the battle in more than 10 states with more to follow. Republican politicians in 25 states have launched radical attacks on the jobs, wages, pensions, health care benefits, and labor rights of millions of working people. Their stated go
ACTION ALERT: Wisconsin, Ohio Battles Go Nationwide; Join the Fight For Workers' Rights!
March 10, 2011
As you’ve probably heard, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin State Senate has done a sneaky end run around state law, and around its own rules, to pass Gov. Scott Walker’s union-busting bill with no Democrats present. A few days ago Ohio’s State Senate passed SB 5, a similar anti-union bill, by just one vote. Workers are fighting for their rights in Indiana, Iowa and many other states. Union members and union supporters around the country are mobilizing in ever-growing numbers to defend collective bargaining and basic workers’ rights.
Ohio Union Members Fighting to Defend Rights
March 9, 2011
Public employee bargaining rights are under attack in several states, and much of the national attention has focused on the dramatic events in Wisconsin, where we’ve seen rallies as large as 100,000 people and more, a weeks-long occupations of the capitol building for weeks, state senate Democrats deny Republicans a quorum, and most recently, an end run by Republicans around the law to ram through their union-busting bill. UE members from around Wisconsin and the Midwest have journeyed to Madison battle.
Three Weeks and Counting: Republican Attacks Slowed Down or Stalled Everywhere
March 4, 2011
Washington
The massive attacks launched against working people by Republican lawmakers all across the country are now entering their 4th full week.
UE Leader, Vermont Lawmaker Defends Rights of Working People
March 3, 2011
Montpelier, Vermont
Vermont House of Representatives member Bob South -- who is also a worker at Fairbanks Scales in St. Johnsbury and longtime president of UE Local 234 -- recently went into action against the Republican-led assault on working people now being launched in many state legislatures.
Showdowns Loom in Madison and Columbus: Do Your Part to Help!
February 28, 2011
Madison, Wisconsin and Columbus, Ohio
February 24th Update: Working People Will Stop the Republican Assault This Weekend!
February 24, 2011
Washington, D.C.
The protests and demonstrations against the radical Republican Party and corporate attacks on working people are multiplying coast-to-coast. This weekend promises to be the biggest showing so far by working people who have already turned-out by the hundreds of thousands in dozens of states.
February 22nd Update: Pour on the Pressure!
February 21, 2011
Washington, D.C.
The battle to defend working people from the radical attacks of Republican politicians, big business, and the corporate news media is spreading all across the country. Tens of thousands of working people are demonstrating in Wisconsin and Ohio, with reports of regional actions coming in from dozens of cities and towns. UE members in several states have gone into action in defense of our wages, benefits, working conditions, and the very right of our unions to exist.
UPDATE: All Out This Weekend Against Radical Republican Attacks!
February 18, 2011
Madison, Wisconsin