Reflecting on the Legacy of Act 10, As Trump Considers Shaking Up Federal Workforce
President Donald Trump wants to slash the federal workforce, according to the Washington Post. It reports that Trump is preparing to announce the biggest cuts in decades, believing the government employs too...
WUWM-FM, 03/15/2017
Right-to-work Is Back on the Books in Wisconsin, at Least Temporarily.
Late Tuesday, a state court of appeals judge granted Attorney General Brad Schimel’s request to reinstate the law while the appeals court decides whether it’s constitutional. The ruling was issued by Lisa...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 05/23/2016
CEO Meeusen Could Reap $8.4 Million If Badger Meter Is Sold
Reacting to news of the possibility of a sale of Badger Meter, liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now said in a news release that research in other states has shown that when right-to-work is enacted, the result is lower wages, less health care, fewer resources for schools and less workplace safety.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 05/05/2016
Scott Walker to Propose Abolishing Unions for Federal Workers
It's no surprise he's now trying to boost his sagging poll numbers by promoting the same kinds of attacks on working people that vaulted him to national prominence while conveniently ignoring how his policies left Wisconsin in shambles.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 09/14/2015
Scott Walker’s Record on Labor Issues
Gov. Scott Walker vaulted to national prominence over his attacks on the rights of 175,000 Wisconsin workers shortly after taking office in 2011.
One Wisconsin Now, 06/08/2015
Longtime Legislator Fast-Tracking Pay Cut for Thousands of Middle Class Wisconsin Workers
The last thing Wisconsin workers and their families need right now is a pay cut. But that's just what career politician Steve Nass, who's been paid over $1 million in salary by taxpayers, wants to do.
One Wisconsin Now, 05/01/2015
Does America Want What Scott Walker Is Selling? Part II
John Simons of the International Business Times, Forbes contributor Carrie Sheffield, and One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross discuss Walker's positions on economic issues.
MSNBC, 03/15/2015
One Wisconsin Now Issues Walker Warning for New Hampshire
One Wisconsin Now is warning New Hampshire voters to beware this weekend when Walker visits to audition for the 2016 GOP Presidential nomination.
One Wisconsin Now, 03/15/2015
Scott Walker Signs Bill, Makes Wisconsin 25th Right-to-work State
How fitting that Gov. Walker chose to sign the bill at the business of a millionaire campaign contributor.
Wisconsin State Journal, 03/09/2015
Assembly GOP Passes Right to Work Despite Not Campaigning on Lower Wages, Fewer Resources for Schools, Less Health Care or More Dangerous Workplaces
There’s not a single member of the state Assembly that ran for election in 2014 promising lower wages, fewer resources for our public schools, less health care or more dangerous workplaces.
One Wisconsin Now, 03/06/2015
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce ‘Business Day’ A Chance for Big Political Campaign Spenders to Check Up on Their Investment
WMC spent millions of dollars to install Republicans in power, and now the payoff is a rush to pass a wrong for Wisconsin right to work law.
One Wisconsin Now, 03/04/2015
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s Fight Against Labor
Melissa Harris-Perry and her guests examine union and pension battles for potential 2016 Republican presidential candidates Scott Walker and Chris Christie.
MSNBC, 02/28/2015
Wrong for Wisconsin Right-to-Work Advocates Get Exclusive Access on Gov. Walker’s European Vacation
An open records request has uncovered that the only two non-government employees who accompanied Gov. Walker on his ostensible trade mission to London.
One Wisconsin Now, 02/28/2015
Walker’s Comments on Unions, ISIS Draw Ire From Both Sides
Gov. Walker’s comments and longstanding, seething contempt for working people who dare to stand up for their rights is unsettling.
Racine Journal Times, 02/27/2015
GOP Assembly Majority Leader Says Senate Calling Shots on Right to Work
Audio surfaced from late September 2014 in which Rep. Jim Steineke told the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce that “right to work is off the table.
One Wisconsin Now, 02/27/2015
State Senate Approves Right-to-work Bill
The liberal advocacy group One Wisconsin Now said speakers representing seven conservative groups got $3 million in funding from the Bradley Foundation.
Wisconsin State Journal, 02/26/2015
GOP-Controlled Committee Puts Special Interests Funded by Gov. Scott Walker’s Campaign Co-Chair at Front of the Line While Shutting Out Wisconsin Families
Groups receiving funding from the Bradley Foundation were at the head of the line at yesterday’s public hearing on a right-to-work law.
One Wisconsin Now, 02/25/2015
One Wisconsin Now Statements on Senate Passage of ‘Wrong for Wisconsin’ Right-to-Work Bill
Seventeen Republican Senators listened to powerful special interests like the Bradley Foundation run by Gov. Walker's campaign co-chair and voted against Wisconsin families.
One Wisconsin Now, 02/25/2015
Protests Expected Today and Tomorrow Over “Right to Work”
Scot Ross, executive director of One Wisconsin Now, says right-to-work will be bad for Wisconsin.
Public News Service, 02/24/2015
Wisconsin Panel Passes Labor Measure After Chaotic Hearing
News coverage of Tuesday hearing’s sudden end could swell the crowd demonstrating against the bill Wednesday, said One Wisconsin Now.
Bloomberg, 02/24/2015
Unions, Liberal Groups Suggest ALEC Connection to Wis. Right-to-work Bill
While union leaders focused their criticisms on ALEC, the liberal group One Wisconsin Now tied the right-to-work push to the conservative Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation.
Capital Times, 02/24/2015
Following the Money Behind ‘right-to-work’
The watchdog group One Wisconsin Now released research on the Milwaukee-based Bradley Foundation, headed by Gov. Scott Walker’s campaign co-chair.
Wisconsin Gazette, 02/24/2015
Labor Takes Final Stand As Wisconsin Prepares Way for Anti-union Law
The strategy on the Republican side is to rush it through before people figure it out.
Al Jazeera, 02/24/2015
One Wisconsin Now Research Reveals Gov. Walker Campaign Co-Chair As Major Financier of Propaganda Campaign Paving Way for Wrong For Wisconsin Right to Work Law
Once again we see Michael Grebe and his Bradley Foundation paving the way for Gov. Walker’s right-wing, Tea Party agenda with a massive propaganda campaign.
One Wisconsin Now, 02/23/2015
Walker Backtracked on Right to Work Legislation, Going From Saying It Was a ‘distraction’ That He Would Work to Prevent From Reaching His Desk to Promising to Sign the Fast Tracked Bill
Gov. Scott Walker has gone from saying “I’m not supporting” so-called right to work legislation in Wisconsin’s 2015 legislative session, to saying he will sign a bill that’s being fast-tracked to his...
Politifact, 02/23/2015
Scott Walker’s Latest Anti-Union Plan Is ‘Cowardly,’ Says Former Republican Leader
Mike Browne, a progressive activist with One Wisconsin Now, told ThinkProgress he suspects lawmakers are moving quickly to try to avoid another uproar.
Think Progress, 02/21/2015
UPDATE: If Wisconsin Legislature Passes a Right-to-Work Bill, Walker Will Sign It
Right to work is wrong for Wisconsin workers and families. It’s a complicated scheme that tilts the system even further in favor of corporate CEOs.
WUWM, 02/20/2015
Right to Work Is Wrong for Wisconsin
Tell Republican Legislators Right-to-Work is Wrong for Wisconsin!
One Wisconsin Now, 02/20/2015
Gov. Walker’s Profile in Cowardice on the ‘Wrong for Wisconsin’ Right to Work Law Provides Preview for Nation
Scott Walker is politics incarnate and he will say and do anything to get elected. He did it before and he’s doing it again. Far from being unintimidated, he is a profile in cowardice.
One Wisconsin Now, 02/20/2015
Republican Legislature Rushes to Limit Debate and Pass Right to Work Legislation That’s Wrong for Wisconsin
Republican legislative leaders have indicated they will seek to ram through controversial right to work legislation in mere days next week.
One Wisconsin Now, 02/20/2015
Right to Work Is Wrong for Wisconsin
A right to work law would take us in the opposite direction, and that’s why it’s wrong for families, wrong for workers and wrong for Wisconsin.
Scot Ross, 12/11/2014
‘Right-to-Work’ Backer Cites Bradley Foundation-Funded Junk Science to Justify Attack on Middle Class Wages and Workplace Safety
Rep. Kapenga used statistics promoted by the Bradley-funded Mackinac Center to claim introducing the measure in Wisconsin would be good for the state economy.
One Wisconsin Now, 12/04/2014
Wisconsin Lawmaker Plans To Introduce Right-To-Work Bill, In Echo Of 2011 Union Battles
Scot Ross, executive director of the progressive group One Wisconsin Now, said he thought Kapenga’s right-to-work bill was really a political ploy to get concessions from Walker during the negotiation over Wisconsin’s...
Huffington Post, 12/04/2014
Conservative Group Will Push to Make Wisconsin a Right-to-work State
Walker says anything to get re-elected and now he and his Republican front groups are ready to launch a frontal assault on Wisconsin's middle class working women and men.
Capital Times, 12/01/2014
Right-to-work Group Launches After Governor, Legislators Say Issue Not a Priority
“It’s the same playbook from four years ago that tore Wisconsin apart,” Ross said in a statement. “Gov. Walker says anything to get elected and now he and his Republican front groups...
Racine Journal Times, 12/01/2014
Conservative Activist Launches Push for Wisconsin ‘right to Work’ Law
Wisconsin Right to Work will seek changes in state law to prohibit businesses and unions from requiring workers to pay union dues as a condition of employment… Scot Ross criticized the new...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12/01/2014
Is Scott Walker Already Breaking Another Campaign Promise?
Gov. Walker says anything to get elected and now he and his Republican front groups are ready to launch a frontal assault on Wisconsin's middle class working women and men.
One Wisconsin Now, 12/01/2014
U.S. Supreme Court Issues Anti-Worker Decision in Harris V. Quinn
The right-wing legal organization that helped bring the case received financial support from the Bradley Foundation run by Scott Walker’s campaign chair .
One Wisconsin Now, 06/30/2014
Wisconsin ‘Money Badger’s’ Paw Prints Uncovered In Attack on Worker Rights in Michigan
Wisconsin's 'Money Badger', Michael Grebe, appears to have his paws in the attack on worker rights in Michigan according to One Wisconsin Now Executive Director Scot Ross.
One Wisconsin Now, 12/06/2012
One Wisconsin Now Statements on Wisconsin State Legislative News
The question is not whether Republicans will continue their assault on voting, reproductive and workplace rights in Wisconsin, but will there be enough legislators with the courage to stand with the people of Wisconsin.
One Wisconsin Now, 11/06/2012
New Report Details Walker Exploitation of Recall Fundraising Loophole
MADISON, Wis. — A comprehensive report from One Wisconsin Now and United Wisconsin shows how Gov. Scott Walker raised over $7 million by exploiting the unlimited campaign finance recall loophole and provides...
One Wisconsin Now, 08/08/2012
Beer and Brats: Is Gov. Walker Just Feeding Wisconsin Another Line?
MADISON, Wis. — Citing the age-old adage that actions speak louder than words, One Wisconsin Now is calling on Gov. Scott Walker to take concrete actions to heal the rift in Wisconsin...