Thursday, June 7, 2012

Labor wisconsin recall

  • PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Before there was a crucial recall election about labor rights in Wisconsin, there was a crucial referendum on labor rights in Ohio.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Many in labor agree that something needs to change Exit polls indicate 38% of voters from union households supported Walker in Wisconsins recall election.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • If Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker loses the election to recall him from office Tuesday, the political press will declare the arrival of Big Labors comeback. If Walker wins, it will be seen as yet another sign of labors demise.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • The defeat of the effort to recall Scott Walker from his post as governor of Wisconsin is less of a victory for the Republican Party, or even a defeat for the Democratic Party, as it is a defeat for the labor movement.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Last night, Scott Walker successfully resisted the recall effort in Wisconsin. And so, today, pundits everywhere are mining the election results for insight into the 2012 election. Ignore them.
  • (Washington Post)
  • Public sector unions in Wisconsin targeted Republican Governor Scott Walker and lost. He easily survived a recall vote. His victory leaves many asking the question: Whats next for organized labor. Copyright © 2012 National Public Radio®.
  • (NPR News)
  • The failure of a labor-backed effort to recall Wisconsin's governor -- in which 28 percent of members defied their unions' endorsement -- demonstrates a loss of political clout that may tempt other cash-strapped states to target public-worker benefits.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • Unions are still licking their wounds over the loss in Wisconsin's recall election. But the GOP isn't alone in crowing. James Warren reports on Obama's biggest ally's looming labor fight.
  • (Daily Beast)
  • in Senate District 21 was one of four lower-profile recall elections that took place on Tuesday.
  • (RedState)
  • Labor groups pulled out all the stops against the union-busting governor.
  • (YAHOO!)

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