{"id":3686,"date":"2011-02-23T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-23T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/wisconsin-union-busting\/"},"modified":"2011-02-23T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-02-23T19:00:00","slug":"wisconsin-union-busting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edgewiseblog.com\/mjh\/nada\/wisconsin-union-busting\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Union Busting"},"content":{"rendered":"

ThinkProgress \u00bb Is Scott Walker Cutting Off Internet Access To Thwart Protesters?<\/a> <\/p>\n

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According to pro-labor protesters in Wisconsin, Gov. Scott Walker (R) may be taking a page from former Egyptian Dictator Hosni Mubarak and cutting off internet access to key protest organizers within the state Capitol building.<\/p>\n

If you are in the Capitol attempting to access the internet from a free wifi connection labeled \u201cguest,\u201d you cannot access the site defendwisconsin.org<\/a>. The site has been used to provide updates on what is happening, where you can volunteer, and where supplies and goods are needed to support protesters. Administrators of the website were notified on Monday that the page is being blocked. Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate says that the site was put on a blacklist typically used to filter out pornography sites so that protestors inside the Capitol could not access this key site.<\/p>\n

Former Wisconsin Assistant Attorney General Charles Hoornstra said that, if Walker is blocking the website, it could be a violation of state and federal laws concerning free speech laws.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ThinkProgress \u00bb Is Scott Walker Cutting Off Internet Access To Thwart Protesters?<\/a><\/p>\n

ThinkProgress \u00bb The Last Time Scott Walker Went Union Busting, He Was Overruled And Wasted Taxpayer Dollars<\/a> <\/p>\n

The last time Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) went after public sector unions it had \u201cdisastrous results<\/a>\u201d for him and for taxpayers. As Milwaukee County Executive in 2009, Walker tried to get rid of the unionized security guards at the county courthouse and replace them with contractors, which he promised<\/a> would save the county money.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ThinkProgress \u00bb The Last Time Scott Walker Went Union Busting, He Was Overruled And Wasted Taxpayer Dollars<\/a><\/p>\n

ThinkProgress \u00bb Koch Industries Front Group Americans For Prosperity Launches Ad To Support Walker\u2019s Union Busting<\/a> <\/p>\n

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As ThinkProgress has reported<\/a>, the global conglomerate Koch Industries not only helped elect Gov. Scott Walker (R-WI), but is the leading force orchestrating his union-busting campaign. Koch gave Walker over $43,000 in direct donations and its allies aired millions of dollars<\/a> worth of attack ads against his Democratic opponent. Then, Koch political operatives pressured Walker to crush labor unions as one of his first priorities. Tim Phillips, a former lobbying partner<\/a> to Jack Abramoff and current president of Americans for Prosperity, a front financed by David Koch, told the New York Times that Koch operatives \u201chad worked behind the scenes to try to encourage<\/a> a union showdown.\u201d A Koch-financed front group, the American Legislative Exchange Council, has prepped<\/a> Wisconsin GOP lawmakers with anti-labor legislative ideas. <\/p>\n

Today, the Koch group Americans for Prosperity announced that it will air an ad smearing the protesters in Madison and calling on the state to support Walker\u2019s power grab.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

ThinkProgress \u00bb Koch Industries Front Group Americans For Prosperity Launches Ad To Support Walker\u2019s Union Busting<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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