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ISBN:
Category : Wisconsin
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Wisconsin Capitol
Author: State of Wisconsin Blue Book
Author: Wisconsin Uprising
Author: Michael D. YatesPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1583672826
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
In early 2011, the nation was stunned to watch Wisconsin's state capitol in Madison come under sudden and unexpected occupation by union members and their allies. The protests to defend collective bargaining rights were militant and practically unheard of in this era of declining union power. Nearly forty years of neoliberalism and the most severe economic crisis since the Great Depression have battered the labor movement, and workers have been largely complacent in the face of stagnant wages, slashed benefits and services, widening unemployment, and growing inequality. That is, until now.
Wisconsin Capitol
Author: Diana CookPublisher:
ISBN: 9781879483026
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Diana Cook recounts some of the rich history and little-known facts about the magnificent Wisconsin State Capitol building, in a volume of interest and value to every Wisconsin resident and to all who tour this building and marvel at its sheer grandeur. With this book in a visitor's hand, the Capitol will make sense and be fun to discover. -- Wisconsin State Journal
The Wisconsin Capitol
Author: Michael EdmondsPublisher: Wisconsin Historical Society
ISBN: 0870208438
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
On the occasion of the Capitol’s centennial in 2017, this book tells the remarkable story of the building—in all its incarnations—and the people who made history beneath its dome. The book covers the creation of the territorial capitol in 1837, the construction of the second capitol in the 1860s (and the fire that almost completely destroyed it in 1904), the eleven-year construction project that completed the third capitol in 1917, and the extensive conservation project of the 1990s that restored the building to its grandeur. Supporting the framework of this architectural history are colorful stories about the people who shaped Wisconsin from within the Capitol—attorneys, senators, and governors (from Henry Dodge to Scott Walker), as well as protesters, reformers, secretaries, tour guides, custodians, and even Old Abe, the Capitol’s resident eagle. Combining historical photographs with modern, full-color architectural photos, The Wisconsin Capitol provides fascinating details about the building, while also emphasizing the importance of the Capitol in Wisconsin’s storied history.
A View from the Interior
Author: Susan RiselingPublisher: Mavenmark Books
ISBN: 9781595982551
Category : Civil society
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 2011, recently elected Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker introduced his version of "dropping a bomb" with the Budget Repair Bill. A View from the Interior covers the thirty tense days following his announcement that would put an end to public unions in Wisconsin. One and a half million people descended upon the Capitol building in Madison, jamming its hallways and flooding its grounds to protest. Author Susan Riseling, Chief of University of Wisconsin-Madison Police, offers this compelling insider's perspective of those protests, based on hundreds of pages of actual police reports and other documents from those history-making days.
The Wisconsin Capitol
Author: Christian A. HolstPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Wisconsin
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
We are Wisconsin
Author: Erica SagransPublisher:
ISBN: 9781934690482
Category : Collective bargaining
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In February of 2011, the people of Wisconsin changed the political landscape in America overnight. In response to their governor's move to strip workers of the right to organize, Wisconsinites fought back occupying their Capitol for days on end and protesting in record numbers. Provides an up-close view of the struggle, in the words of the grassroots activists, independent journalists, and Wisconsinites who led the fight. Alongside the real-time story of the Capitol occupation told by those on the inside, this collection looks at what happened, what it means, and what comes next. From publisher description.
More Than They Bargained For
Author: Jason SteinPublisher: University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN: 0299293831
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
parliamentary maneuvers, a camel slipping on icy Madison streets as union firefighters rushed to assist, massive nonviolent street protests, and a weeks-long occupation that blocked the marble halls of the Capitol and made its rotunda ring. Jason Stein and Patrick Marley, award-winning journalists for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, covered the fight firsthand. They center their account on the frantic efforts of state officials meeting openly and in the Capitol's elegant backrooms as protesters demonstrated outside. Conducting new in-depth interviews with elected officials, labor leaders, cops, protestors, and other key figures, and drawing on new documents and their own years of experience as statehouse reporters, Stein and Marley have written a gripping account of the wildest sixteen months in Wisconsin politics since the era of Joe McCarthy.
It Started in Wisconsin
Author: Mari Jo BuhlePublisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 1844678881
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 191
Book Description
In the spring of 2011, Wisconsinites took to the streets in what became the largest and liveliest labor demonstrations in modern American history. Protesters in the Middle East sent greetings—and pizzas—to the thousands occupying the Capitol building in Madison, and 150,000 demonstrators converged on the city. In a year that has seen a revival of protest in America, here is a riveting account of the first great wave of grassroots resistance to the corporate restructuring of the Great Recession. It Started in Wisconsin includes eyewitness reports by striking teachers, students, and others (such as Wisconsin-born musician Tom Morello), as well as essays explaining Wisconsin’s progressive legacy by acclaimed historians. The book lays bare the national corporate campaign that crafted Wisconsin’s anti-union legislation and similar laws across the country, and it conveys the infectious esprit de corps that pervaded the protests with original pictures and comics.