Published 08 Jun, 2011 Thousands of people crammed the Central Florida Fairgrounds on Saturday to learn how to unite and fight for the future of their state. The festival included booths set up by 40 different organizations, and multiple workshops, teach-ins, skill sharing sessions, rides and live music. The Festival for Florida’s Future was not…
Published 14 Jun, 2011 While Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and other anti-worker politicians were inside the Newseum in Washington, DC holding a private townhall meeting about slashing the budget and ending Medicare, a crowd of workers, seniors and young people gathered to defend Medicare and hold the politicians accountable for their disastrous proposals. The crowd…
Published 15 Jun, 2011 American workers have a word for the Governors across the country who are attacking workers’ rights- you have disrespected our communities and we are united in stopping this affront to democracy and human rights. This new video from the TWU is a response to the wave of legislation that restricts workers’…
Published 16 Jun, 2011 The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, June 15 to uphold Governor Scott Walker’s union busting law that strips public sector workers of their collective bargaining rights, but people in Wisconsin and across the country are ramping up efforts to stop the anti-worker agenda. The court ruled 4-3 that Republicans in…