#Wisconsin Union

[revoltedstates]

George L. Hyde, Co. C, 2nd Wisconsin Infantry, Iron Brigade. Via Wisconsin Volunteers.

[20th-century-railroading]

Arriving Fond du Lac by James House Via Flickr: A Geneva, UT all-rail ore train arrives at North Fond du Lac, WI as a northbound WC manifest departs. April 1996

[thoughtportal]

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Child Labor Laws in Iowa

[originalleftist]

North American Building Trades Union Endorses Joe Biden.

Makes sense, given how many construction workers his opponent is known to have ripped off. And how much Biden has done for workers as president.

This is a big deal- as the article notes, the Union has a quarter of a million members across Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, all key swing states. Clinton's narrow (tens of thousands of votes) loss in those three states made Trump president. Biden's win in them secured his presidency, along with his victories in Arizona and Georgia.

[aryburn-trains]

No. 153 -"Flambeau 400" Milwaukee, WI

No. 153 is departing the new Milwaukee Road station for Green Bay. The C&NW had been using this station for 3 years when the photo was taken. It will stay on the Milwaukee Road through the City of Milwaukee until it reaches the connection to the C&NW at Wiscona. Tom Hoffmann photo, 8-14-1969.

[wrong-brothers]

Black River Falls

Canon FT-QL

Kodak Gold 200

7.24.2019

[wausaupilot]

The Milwaukee Teachers Union, a sitting state senator, and Scott Walker – The Top Campaign Finance Violators in Wisconsin

Political candidates and interest groups have paid tens of thousands of dollars in penalties since the 2016 launch of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, which oversees political campaign finance reporting and lobbying.

By Peter Cameron and Hallie Claflin, THE BADGER PROJECT Political candidates and interest groups have paid tens of thousands of dollars in penalties since the 2016 launch of the Wisconsin Ethics Commission, which oversees political campaign finance reporting and lobbying. The Badger Project requested documents on all campaign finance penalties, which the commission calls negotiated “settlements,”…

[selwyngrimm]

Johnson Controls is moving out of their building downtown and leaving behind this delightful scale on their loading dock.

[sneezest]

uwm4palicoalition:

Over the weekend, the world has seen the settler state of Israel openly committing a scholasticide in Gaza. As students, we must and we will take whatever action necessary to ensure that institutions associated with us have no part in this genocide. Scroll through to learn what has happened since the encampment and what will happen in the future for UWM Popular University for Palestine. DISCLOSE, DIVEST! WE WILL NOT STOP! WE WILL NOT REST!

[thirst2]

On March 6, 2011, bluegrass musicians in the Madison, Wisc. area recorded a song in protest of Governor Scott Kevin Walker’s proposed budget "repair" bill that would end 50 years of collective bargaining for Wisconsin workers.

Money speaks for money, the devil for his own. Who's going to speak for the skin and the bones?

[revoltedstates]

Eli Spade, 161st New York Infantry (Aug 1862 - Aug 1863) and 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery (Sept 1864 - May 1865). Via Wisconsin Volunteers.

[20th-century-railroading]

Before the Canadians by Don Kalkman Via Flickr: Wisconsin Central SD45 6521 led T045 across the Fox Lake Subdivision with an eclectic motive power consist, That Elgin Joliet and Eastern SD38-2 was dead in tow on the way to Wisconsin and Southern's paint booth in Horicon for a repaint. August 28, 1997

[raggedyanndy]

LET'S FUCKIN GOOOOOOOOOO

main points:

The Act 10 law effectively ended collective bargaining for most public unions by allowing them to bargain solely over base wage increases no greater than inflation. It also disallowed the automatic withdrawal of union dues, required annual recertification votes for unions, and forced public workers to pay more for health insurance and retirement benefits. The lawsuit filed by the teachers and other public workers on Thursday alleges that Act 10’s exemption of some police, firefighters and other public safety workers from the bargaining restrictions violates the Wisconsin Constitution’s equal protection guarantee. The complaint notes that those exempted from the restrictions endorsed Walker in the 2010 gubernatorial election, while those subject to the restrictions did not. The Wisconsin courts should follow the lead of the Missouri Supreme Court, which struck down a law resembling Act 10 in 2021 based on similar arguments, union attorney Jacob Karabell said in a written statement.

[aryburn-trains]

MILW Troop Train, Oshkosh, WI 1961 by Hiawatha Rails

[wrong-brothers]

Atlantic Road I/II

Canon T3i

7.24.2019