Author: Wisconsin Examiner

On Labor Day, right-wing prognosticators like to revel in the supposed demise of the U.S. union movement. While there may be a kernel of truth in the data, organized labor only represents 6.4%of the private-sector workforce, gross numbers are misleading and don’t begin to show today’s unfolding story of a newly invigorated union movement. It is time the naysayers changed the channel. More than 17 million TikTok viewers have watched a video of a Starbucks manager firing a SBWorkersUnited (SBUnited) union organizer in a Buffalo store. Every barista in the store left Mocha Cookie Crumbles and Java Chip Frappuccinos...

Unemployment is down, wages are up and Wisconsin workers are more willing to talk union this Labor Day. That is the summary of the newest State of Working Wisconsin report from COWS, a University of Wisconsin research center that looks at the state of the economy through the eyes of the broad workforce. “The question we’re always trying to track is what is the relative balance of power between employers and workers,” said Laura Dresser, associate director at COWS and lead author of the report. “This is a moment when I see more consistent signs of increased power for...

“With an opposition party that has largely embraced the lie that the last election was stolen and remains in thrall to a twice-impeached and defeated former president who encouraged a mob that attacked the Capitol to stop the transfer of power, Mr. Biden’s appeals to national unity have found little traction.” – Peter Baker President Joe Biden on September 1 issued a warning against what he described as “MAGA Republicans” and extremist threats to the nation, reminding Americans that democracy is not guaranteed. “We have to defend it. Protect it. Stand up for it. Each and every one of...