Uppity Wisconsin
Making Wisconsin Progressive Again
Union Says 'No', Mercury Marine Is Typically Anti-American
Mon, 08/24/2009 - 6:04am | mal contends
Update II: FDL Reporter: "Mercury union workers have voted down a contract proposal that company officials say would have kept Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac."
Update: See the Fond du Lac Reporter coverage for updates.
Update: See the Fond du Lac Reporter coverage for updates.
I come from down in the valley
where mister, when you’re young,
they bring you to do
as your daddy done.
- Bruce Springsteen, The River
The vote happens today. And an American corporation, Mercury Marine (a division of Brunswick Corp.) has made clear it is prepared to unleash an economic hurricane on Wisconsin communities with no regret.
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, is the focus of press coverage universally stating the 1,000s of jobs and millions of dollars depend on the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) union vote today.
It's up to the union, they say with no mention of the deranged character of the Brunswick Corp.
Union Busting Writ Large
Thu, 11/20/2008 - 8:24am | mal contends
As America enters what is feared to be a long and deep recession, one question is whether we save or let fade our auto industry.
The GOP has long been hostile to the auto industry's unions so any union-busting opportunity not used is a wasted opportunity, in their view: Let 'em crash, millions of jobs lost, so what?
House Republicans sitting in their fantasy world spouting free market bromides are capable of anything.
But does anyone believe that saving the millions of jobs that depend on the domestic auto industry is not in itself sufficient cause to act?
The new Congress and President will act, and Republicans as a Party opposing comprehensive measures will find themselves by the political wayside very quickly.
The economy will be geared toward establishing a middle class and raising families by this new administration.
Health care reform and the whole array of initiatives addressing the concerns of real people will become policy next year, and the Republicans will scream while they lose a generation or two of voters who will see the results.
John McCain OPPOSES buying American-made motorcycles
Thu, 08/14/2008 - 3:53pm | casetheplace
John McCain has described "Buy American" provisions as "ludicrous"
[Congressional Record, 10/7/05] and has even gone so far as to sponsor
and pass amendments to waive them.
On Wednesday, the same day Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett held a press conference at the Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, Steelworkers leafleted USW worksites across the state to spread the word about John McCain's opposition to buying American-made motorcycles like Harley-Davidsons.
On Wednesday, the same day Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett held a press conference at the Milwaukee Building and Construction Trades Council, Steelworkers leafleted USW worksites across the state to spread the word about John McCain's opposition to buying American-made motorcycles like Harley-Davidsons.
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