It began as a protest by a few students and teaching assistants over deep budget cuts, but quickly turned into a history making movement of working people in Wisconsin. Was the occupation of the state capital in Madison, Wisconsin a resurgence of organized labor in the United States?  Or the last gasp for unionized workers, as they face continual erosion of their rights. Over the next two weeks, we’ll hear a retrospective documentary on the 2011 Wisconsin uprising, produced by Workers Independent News.

Featuring: Gerald  McEntee, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) President; Jordan, University of Wisconsin Student; working people; David Olsen, James Madison High School Social Studies Teacher; Joe Conway, Madison firefighters union local 311 president; Mary Newton, Janesville teacher; Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin; Mary Bell, Wisconsin Education Association president; Stacey Benson-Taylor, AFSCME Ohio Council 8, Local 101 staff representative; Ed Hill, IBEW President; Dave Harswick, Wisconsin education Association Secretary-Treasurer; Ian Murphy, Buffalo Beast Editor; Phil Neuenfeldt, Wisconsin AFL-CIO President; Mahlon Mitchell, Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin President; Caral Turner, Michigan UAW Local 6888 unity committee chair; Dan Query, Waunakee High School Junior; Alan Chancellor, Lafollette High School senior; Alejandra Prado, East High School student; Angelica Alvarez, West High School senior, Jessica Ruiz, West High School senior; Wisconsin teachers, students, firefighters, police officers, union members and other citizens

 For More Information:

Workers Independent News

www.laborradio.org

WORT Community Radio-Madison, WI

http://www.wort-fm.org

Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC)

http://www.weac.org

AFSCME

http://www.afscme.org/

Wisconsin AFL-CIO

http://www.wisaflcio.org/

IBEW-International

http://www.ibew.org

Professional Firefighters of Wisconsin

http://www.pffw.org/

Buffalo Beast

http://www.buffalobeast.com/

Michigan UAW Local 6888

http://www.uawlocal6888.org/

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/

South Central Federation of Labor

http://www.scfl.org/

Drop Kick Murphys

http://www.dropkickmurphys.com/

Tom Morello

http://nightwatchmanmusic.com/

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