Category: Civil Rights
- 09/14/12 Judge Strikes Down Scott Walker’s Law Attacking Collective Bargaining in Wisconsin Unpopular law touched off weeks of protest in Madison by public workers and their allies.
- 09/13/12 Report Finds New Threat to Voting Rights Findings: Certain states not well-prepared to protect voters’ right to cast a ballot.
- 09/11/12 Elections Officials in Ohio File Lawsuit to Get Jobs Back Dennis Lieberman and Tom Ritchie were recently fired over a dispute involving early voting hours.
- 08/31/12 Judges Thwart Texas Efforts to Silence Minorities Two federal courts this week ruled against the state’s “racially discriminatory” legislation.
- 08/31/12 To Vote You Must Stick Your Hand into the Hollow Stump Satirical newspaper The Onion deftly skewers the sad truth about disenfranchising voter ID laws.
- 08/30/12 Sign Up Now for Pride at Work Convention AFSCME Pres. Lee Saunders to address attendees in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 08/30/12 New AFSCME-CAP Report on LGBT Discrimination in the Public Sector When lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender public workers experience on-the-job discrimination, taxpayers suffer, too.
- 08/29/12 Ohio Secretary of State Takes the Low Road Firing of two county officials demonstrates partisan politics at its worst.
- 08/28/12 Michigan Appellate Court: Place Collective Bargaining Amendment on Ballot State Supreme Court to have the last word as corporate-backed politicians appeal decision.
- 08/22/12 Michigan Politicians Continue to Play Legal Games Over Workers’ Rights An expected court ruling could help Michigan citizens fighting back for collective bargaining.
