Well be joined by the head of a milwaukee federation, seeing the change from the inside and will explore the exactimpact the right to work union will have, as wisconsin gets inside story. Our right to work laws good for the economy, and workers. Or just for the businesses that higher workers. Well debate the impact of right to work laws on wisconsin and other states, with two labour experts. We begin with wisconsin, and one man, the states republican governor. This week, walker a 2016 contendant signed a law making it a 26th workers state, workers are not compelled to pay union fees in order to keep a job. Its a dramatic turn of events from a state that had a high number of union members. And heir to a senator that championed organised labour, and ran for president as a Progressive Party candidate in 1924. Despite the history, the passage of the right to work law was not unexpected. Governor scott walker has been at war with unions virtually as soon as he was elect. Walker proposed act
Their coach, pat fitzgerald, says thats compensation enough for student athletes. Im a football coach, im a teacher, im an educator alright . This isnt what i signed up to be, i signed up to help these guys develop to be the best they can be, not to be an employer. But in january, his players demanded to be considered employees, becoming the First College team to seek a union. Guys come in here and bash all day, then then theyre injured 5 years down the road and they get nothing. Right now, athletes dont receive longterm medical care and cant collect a paycheck or form a union. The National Collegiate Athletic Association or ncaa sets the rules for College Sports. But those rules could soon be overturned. Fault lines investigates the multibilliondollar business of College Football, the players who produce that wealth, and their demands for a more equitable game. I just hope the ncaa does understand that some things do need to change. The first thing right behind me, you guys see our lo
Than a scholarship to attend class. Their coach, pat fitzgerald, says thats compensation enough for student athletes. Im a football coach, im a teacher, im an educator alright . This isnt what i signed up to be, i signed up to help these guys develop to be the best they can be, not to be an employer. But in january, his players demanded to be considered employees, becoming the First College team to seek a union. Guys come in here and bash all day, then then theyre injured 5 years down the road and they get nothing. Right now, athletes dont receive longterm medical care and cant collect a paycheck or form a union. The National Collegiate Athletic Association or ncaa sets the rules for College Sports. But those rules could soon be overturned. Fault lines investigates the multibilliondollar business of College Football, the players who produce that wealth, and their demands for a more equitable game. I just hope the ncaa does understand that some things do need to change. The first thing
Screeria nigeria. Lincolns life. Professor wilson. [applause] professor wilson good morning. See what it says here. My name is douglas wilson. [laughter] im the codirector of the Lincoln Studies Center in illinois. It is my privilege to introduce the first speaker in the 2015 Abraham Lincoln institute symposium. He is a young scholar. He has already earned an array of honors. He was educated at penn state where he took his bachelors degree in two dozen one, and the receipt of maryland where he earned a masters degree in 2003, and a phd in 2008. The department of history maryland awarded him a price in potable history. His doctoral dissertation earned a prestigious prize and thousand 10. He has already authored several books. Including to lincoln titles most recently, emancipation, and the union army and reelection of lincoln. More than two dozen articles have appeared under his name in scholarly journals and Popular History magazines. In 2005, he won the john t hubble prize for the bes
Intense strife that had been left out of the story. And a moment that resonates into the present day. With Union Victory in confederate defeat that first week of april 1865, everything was at stake. Black freedom had been seized and delivered, but would it last . Peace would soon be declared but coded into her could it endure . Where and how would former slaves live and work, could they become citizens . What kind of nation with the people and their leaders create . Two days after lees surrender president lincoln addressed a crowd at the white house. No one knew at the time that this would be his last speech. Reflecting on the nations reconstruction, lincoln stated that he would prefer his word the Voting Rights be extended to black men who were very intelligence and who serve our cause as soldiers. This cautious suggestion irritated abolitionists heard as one white new england are in her diary, why cant he cut down the whole tree instead of just lopping off the branches. Unsurprisingl