Monday, March 7, 2011

The Labor Battle in Wisconsin

SocialistWorker.org: "The War for Our Rights in Wisconsin"

The protests in Wisconsin's capital building have galvanized the labor movement (Brian Kersey | UPI)

The upsurge of protest against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's union-busting assault has galvanized unionists and all supporters of social justice. Finally, the one-sided war against unions and working-class living standards, the scapegoating of public-sector workers as the source of the crisis, and the victimization of the most vulnerable is being challenged.

Here, SocialistWorker.org has collected some of our coverage from Wisconsin, plus articles that set out the background to this important struggle.