Tom Barrett wins Wisconsin recall primary Politico ...Madison union leader Mahlon Mitchell won the nomination for lieutenant governor with 51 percent...AFSCME Wisconsin issued a statement saying it would “wholeheartedly support” Barrett in the recall election against Walker...
Bank Lobbyists Coordinated “Tea Party” Challenge To Senator Lugar To Punish Him For Voting Against Wall Street Republic Report ...Lugar was among the few Republican senators up for reelection in 2012 to vote against the banks...
Unemployment Rate Without Government Cuts: 7.1% Wall Street Journal ...One reason the unemployment rate may have remained persistently high: The sharp cuts in state and local government spending in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, and the layoffs those cuts wrought...
Portugal scraps four public holidays in austerity drive BBC News ...Portugal has already cut public sector wages and raised taxes to reduce its budget deficit and deal with its economic crisis...
Allied Waste locks out union employees Evansville Courier & Press ...Employees from other parts of the company are poised to continue covering local routes, so customers should see little if any disruption in their service, the company has said...
Teamsters Union Pickets Outside Sotheby's Auction House NY1 News ..."I think we're being heard, but it's just a matter of Sotheby's just being stubborn and saying 'We don't really care,' which is not fair," said Sotheby's worker James Parker...
