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On August 29, 2011, the Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) announced it would allow local union affiliates to possibly drop certification and that the group would accept whatever the local unions chose. [317] On September 21, the 23,000-member Wisconsin State Employees Union announced it would not recertify.
The rally was both to stand with Wisconsin, and also to protest the proposed Tennessee legislation. [33] On March 5 nearly 3000 rallied on Legislative Plaza in a rally and march organized by the Tennessee Education Association, the state affiliate of the National Education Association. Teachers, union members, activists, and other supporters ...
2011 Wisconsin budget protests. Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate vote to remove collective bargaining rights from state employees separate from the budget to end the impasse over the state budget with no Democrat Senators present. (New York Times) Protesters pour into the Wisconsin State Capitol following the vote. (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
The claim that a viral photo depicts Democrats storming the U.S. Capitol to protest Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation in 2018 is false.
It is the first challenge to the law known as Act 10 since Wisconsin's Supreme Court flipped to liberal control last year. Dane County Circuit Judge Jacob Frost questioned Tuesday whether there
Labor unions have an image problem. Once seen as the staunch defender of America's most helpless workers, they've begun to appear bloated and unwieldy a force more bent on robbing the general ...
Social media use also contributed to the overnight occupation of the Wisconsin state capitol by protestors. When Republican lawmakers were returning to Wisconsin during the night to vote on and pass Assembly Bill 11, pro-union news reporters and organizers used Twitter to quickly mobilize protestors to the capitol on a short notice. [7]
The 420 Chess Club held an online competition called The Ben Masel Memorial 420 Chess Tournament from May, 2011, through February, 2012. [23] On May 17, 2011, the City of Madison Common Council declared April 20 to be Ben Masel Day. [24] [25] Masel was named High Times’ Freedom Fighter of the Month in August, 2011. [6]