Milwaukee tells Public Service Commission: “The bill is too damn high.”
At Milwaukee hearings, community advocates decry rate hikes, urge PSC to implement cap on consumers’ annual energy payments.
Tony Evers Just Signed Off on the Largest Voucher School Expansion in 30 Years
Public school advocates say they feel betrayed by Wisconsin’s “Education Governor” and that the budget package that was on his desk is “a bad deal” that includes “a pittance to public schools.”
Milwaukee’s voucher and charter school workers deserve a union, too
It’s time for Milwaukee teachers at these schools to join the movement, both for our interests and for those of the students and communities we are proud to serve.
97% of UPS Teamsters vote to authorize historic strike
By an approval of 97% of its 340,000 members, UPS Teamsters voted today to authorize a strike, sending a message to UPS that they are
Milwaukee News Roundup: June 16, 2023
A prix fixe menu of suffering for Milwaukee workers
Will the ‘education governor’ go along with GOP funds transfer from public to private schools?
Who would have thought the biggest transfer of money into private schools in state history would happen under Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, the former state schools superintendent and a champion of public education?
Bucks Coaching Search Ends. Will It Start Again Soon?
Do the Bucks have it in them to be patient as the team reshuffles its very old roster under a first-time head coach?
Milwaukee News Roundup for June 9, 2023
An embarrassing display of “bipartisan comity” over a revenue deal that hamstring’s Milwaukee’s independence, a win for unionized workers at a Milwaukee coffee shop, a carceral “solution” for overdose deaths that will only make the problem worse, and Milwaukee’s favorite reactionary dunderhead sheriff mulls a Senate run.
Colectivo Coffee Workers Sign the Largest Collective-Bargaining Agreement in U.S. Coffee Retail Sector
Last week, workers at Colectivo Coffee voted to ratify a contract that amounts to the largest collective-bargaining agreement anywhere in the United States’ coffee industry.
Reckless homicide for overdose bill moves closer to passage
by Isiah Holmes / Wisconsin ExaminerJune 8, 2023 A Republican-crafted bill to increase reckless homicide penalties for people involved in drug overdose deaths passed the