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The Milwaukee County Labor Council AFL-CIO has long been the journalistic "voice of labor" to the community and will use milwaukeelabor.org to add fresh stories and features, riding right past the deadlines of our monthly print newspaper, the Milwaukee Labor Press, but retaining the same editorial standards and control.
Articles
Even to scrupulous thinkers, John Doe ensnares Walker
Latino growth could flip state politics – but will it?
Despite 2011 victory, danger signs stalk United Way
Labor endorsements dump familiar, ring in fervor and stiff the status quo
John Doe rips open Walker’s ugly patterns
Act 10 set to demolish fair play at the polls
Walker flipped recall off, now opposed by a million points of light
Felons bill a classic case of fear, power run amuck
It’s state politics that turn changes ugly
Bloomberg blew it as Occupy spans America
With recall inevitable, Walker seeks to keep his own party from deserting
Klee-fwha? Rebwho? That required recall sideshow
Lawyers caught mapping and then getting plain silly
Frontier Airlines debacle exposes how the biggest suckers wear suits
Put truth of voucher tax on city bill, MPS asks
A Lesson for Wisconsin’s School Children About Being Stepped On
Ohio gets sanity ball rolling, Walker next to 'bounce'
GOP buffoons are spurring Walker’s recall
PBS crew threads Wisconsin to capture artist Agnew
The nuts and bolts and subtext of Recall Walker
A smaller, firmer Occupy targets the Hood
So edgy. So American. The Occupy movement
Turns out Congress is broken -- not the US Postal Service
Game on! Why Recall Walker movement starts its engine
Court challenges await GOP voter exclusion law
Rejected in Wisconsin, reborn across US: Paid sick days
Will more women in public office solve what ails America?
At last! But what inspired media heat on ALEC?
Behind the media mendacity about Laborfest
IWF unclogs SC Johnson as serial tax avoider
Progressive women in public office emerge as key to future
Notables lead LERA parade of speakers
Recall failures delude GOP into inflating numbers
Campaign Wars Part 3: The snake oil that Walker is good for schools
Political Notes: Money exceeds ideas in recall campaigns
IWF’s new research reveals state’s tax avoiders
Psst. Explore Milwaukee’s free festival secret
Street energy wars with big ad money in senate race
Campaign Wars Part 2: According to GOP ads, Doyle is running!
GOP has more ad money but opposition has better arguments
Elections clarify state mood, political strategies
One Potter was enough for Bedford Falls, but for America?
Wisconsin’s childish attempt at a jobs bill
No surprise but potent signposts as fake Dems fail heavily
Recalls, redistricting help expose GOP playbook
Some in media further confuse voters as 2011 elections loom
Lying in your mailbox – Darling’s pretext on SeniorCare
From courts to recalls, political trickery abounds
GOP primarily delays day of reckoning in six July contests
A special game show for our election freak show
Stall tactic delays county common sense move to bargaining table
with June 10 news update
Sumi lets the sunshine in – and the storm clouds gather
Who’s behind the boycotts? Turns out unions are not
Golden Oldie: How Walker's ego and empty head dismayed followers
Speculators rush in as Kohl steps aside
A memory for Wisconsin in John Gilman’s life
Those sudden Prosser votes and the strangely sheepish GOP
Dems up-end D.C. fluffball hearing to embarrass Walker
As the world watches, most of Wisconsin can't see itself
Scholar exposes rot in Walker’s approach to worker rights
Many threads combine in big recall news
Citizens skewer GOP with insight into education bills
Recall fever! Inside the strategy on both sides
Walker erases himself along with public trust
Will Walker’s ‘budget for his buddies’ fool the public?
Imagine what 7,500 surprise votes should tell us
The Supreme adult stands up election night whatever the outcome
Abele runs strong while opponent is frozen in his Walker
Respected county fiscal hawk supports Abele
New Congress despite rhetoric has huge shoes to fill
On important April 5, THIS is the Supreme race
Obama has hardly been silent about Wisconsin protests
Nov. 2 revealed what FDR had and Obama didn’t
Abele, seeking Walker's old job, stands with workers in Madison
How 14 have halted not one but two budget havocs
A timely thank you from labor’s Sheila Cochran
Madison Update: Walker's Folly, Wis 14, recalls, police remorse
WEAC needs to be sent to the principle’s office
Labor Press triumphs in major journalism contest
Moore surprises journalist with honor
Mining group fought for opposing El Salvador environmental rules
New leaders charge up State AFL-CIO
ACTION! -- new political newspaper -- now on the streets
First two editions now online
Even in loss, Feingold made trade politically sexy
Tax hell? New studies chill that lingering state myth
Plale’s loss to Larson and Walker’s tactics may expose the price of being an attack dog
Meet the wimps blocking the railroad tracks
Obama charges up Laborfest with new ideas and the need to fight on
'Poster Child for Corporate Greed" Leads to Trumka Call
A tale of two wives on the campaign trail
As coal mining deaths mount, so does proof of industry indifference to workers
Final details of Obama’s speech at Laborfest
Obama Will Speak at Milwaukee’s Laborfest in Company of Trumka, Solis
Hours Extended to 7 p.m.
In Milwaukee, a bad sheriff faces a real lawman
The empty sheriff and the quirks of primary politics
A road sign? Or more puffery from sheriff?
Supported by unions, Harris easily wins seat on County Board
Demons of Socialism arise in John Nichols’ lecture
Improvements, neglect herald Workers Memorial Day
Wage Theft Now DOL Target
Yet again Journal Co. earns an F in education insight
Walker and Clark: True crimes and misdemeanors at county
Milwaukee smear typifies misguided journalism
Mercury Marine Saga proves media bilge -- updated Nov. 6
Help for Haiti will be ongoing union campaign
Barrett’s ‘cynical’ decision puts city Dems in bind
Commentary
Luggage will restore dignity to foster children
Walker budget shoves workers around, now supporter does same on TV news
United Way rallies labor as key to its success
Let’s imagine Milwaukee Schools’ politicized future
Rally pulls the plug on myths, sends Congress back to ‘get it done’
Peoples' Puppets join Laborfest Parade
In wake of fire, UFCW urges help for families
Labor in the Pulpits returns in good health
Wells Fargo took US $$$ now refuses to fight for US jobs
Online helps jobless while keeping an eye on CEOs
Sick leave decision heads for appeal, spurs national effort
Labor Rights crucial in workers’ May 1 marches
Health-Hygiene items again flow to homeless shelters
Link up to the need for Employee Free Choice Act
What media missed in 'Miracle on Hudson'
The secret weapon in Obama’s victory
POLITICAL NOTES: Barrett calls in sick on referendum
POLITICAL NOTES: Ryan, desperate to be a Dem?
Hundreds decry Walker job cuts at county
POLITICS: Zeidler, Palin -- one of these socialists is not like the other
Thinking out loud: Why Obama's winning
This Union City fights back on Labor Day
McCain's VP choice insults voters AND families
Have you done all you can? A question from the Labor Council
Sick days campaign encounters journalistic waffling
Commentary
Blunt Moore explains backing of economic act
Pasch wins a close one in Sept. 9 primary
Backstage and upfront with Obama at Laborfest
Dispute with TMJ4 goes to NLRB and the streets
Need facts in political debates? Help is here
Midwest unions expose corporate strategy
Obama to speak at Laborfest in special rally for workers
New website accompanies AFL-CIO endorsement of Obama
Union files against Journal Communications
Unions push for Pasch in busy Sept. 9 primary
Obama speaks for Janesville even as he wins nomination
Bush pols at DOL cripple unions with oppressive paper
Deaths on job deeply trouble USW leader
Global unions work to help cyclone victims
May 1 march urges real attention to immigration reform
Ugly blast from our innuendo past an omen for more than Butler
Commentary
McCain’s dark side a gift to Democrats
Commentary
NLRB postpones election at Capital Returns
Zeidler legacy honored in new events
Journalism fails duty in Butler race
Mortgage crisis prompts AFL-CIO to host "Save My Home" Hotline
Volunteers go to work for Lena Taylor, others
Politics, union expansion to be heralded at open house
ACORN drive aims to add low-income voters
Union leaders quickly back Taylor for county exec
To better serve and win, labor restructures all its state councils
Media visit to New Orleans includes top honor for Labor Press
Fighting to teach labor history
Miller-Coors combine affects union talks
Strike exposes GM issues, leads to Big Three deals
Camp Wellstone meets Milwaukee
Chavez-Thompson resigns top AFL-CIO position
GOP creates state budget mischief
AFL-CIO Forum stirs presidential shocks, themes
Union voices from Iraq share vision here
Tough races, mixed results in April 3 2007 election
Media Fails School Board Races: And Just Who Is Funding Bruce Thompson and Jeff Spence?
How media fails voters: Supreme Court
Ziegler's judicial ethics emerge as key issue in Supreme Court race
From courts to schools, primary sets quite a table for April 3
Doyle and Dems set to turn country around