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War On The Middle Class
Photo by Michael Engelberger
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War On The Middle Class
The photo above titled "War On The Middle Class" was taken on February 16, 2011 a historic evening here in Madison, Wisconsin. In a state steeped in history, union history dating back to 1886 when Milwaukee workers shut down most industrial plants during the first five days of May in pursuit of the eight hour day. Thousands of protesters marched to Milwaukee's largest employer, Bay View Rolling Mills, when Governor Jeremiah Rusk ordered his militia to "shoot to kill". Seven people lay dead with several injured. In 1898 woodworkers in Oshkosh conducted a city wide strike. At trial conspiracy charges were beaten back by famed defense attourney Clarence Darrow. In 1911 the first Workers Compensation Law in the United States was established in Wisconsin. In 1932 the first Unemployment Compensation Law in the United States passed in Wisconsin. In 1935 the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Union (AFSCME) was founded in Madison, Wisconsin and is now one of the largest unions in the United States. In 1936-1939 hundreds of thousands of workers joined unions in factories from Kenosha to Superior after the passing of the Wagner Act. This made Wisconsin one of the most heavily unionized states and created top wages and benefits for all workers in the state. In 1959 the Public Employee Collective Bargaining Act passed in the Wisconsin Legislature which was one of the first in the nation. And on March 9, 2011 the state senate voted on an amended version of Governor Walker's Budget Repair Bill inserting language to eliminate collective bargaining rights for public workers saying that this was not a fiscal issue. Yes, history was made on March 9, 2011 and history will continue, for on January 17, 2012 over 1 million signatures were turned in to recall Governor Scott Walker, and 850,000 signatures were turned in to recall Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch. The nations eyes are on Wisconsin and it appears we will have a recall election and history may be made again.
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