Labor & Employment Law

Wis. Democrats Nearly Halfway to Recall Signature Goal

By James Parks

Wisconsin Democrats have collected more than 56,000 signatures in two weeks to hold recall elections of eight Republican state senators who backed cutting out public employees? freedom to bargain for a better life. That?s 45 percent of the total needed and supporters still have at least six weeks before the deadline.  

As Greg Sargent writes in today?s Washington Post, this quick success is a sign that the Republican tactic of using a procedural maneuver to rig a vote on the measure has only increased the momentum for recalls and is a sure sign the issue is not over.

After a massive rally of more than 100,000 this past weekend in Madison and reports that money is coming in at a fast clip for the recall drive, the signs are clear that working people are enthusiastic and determined to take back their state from the corporate interests.      

Read Sargent?s report here.

Full post as published by AFL-CIO NOW BLOG on March 14, 2011 (boomark / email).