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Kathy Wilkes is an award-winning labor writer and editor, and a former union organizer, co-founder, officer, negotiator, and communications director. She is based in Madison.
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“Words Can’t Articulate the Joy”: Wisconsin Workers Celebrate Scott Walker’s Defeat
As thrilling as defeat of an archenemy may be, activists here take nothing for granted.
Kathy Wilkes
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“Words Can’t Articulate the Joy”: Wisconsin Workers Celebrate Scott Walker’s Defeat
Kathy Wilkes
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How the NFL Players’ Union Can Block the League’s New Ban on Protests
Kathy Wilkes
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Red Cross Is Instructing Truckers to Draw Blood and Nurses to Load Trucks
Kathy Wilkes
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Union Rights Were the Difference Between NFL Players Kneeling for the Anthem and Bowing to Trump
Kathy Wilkes
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How UAW Won the Wisconsin Kohler Strike
Kathy Wilkes
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Scott Walker’s Campaign Failed Because Voters Actually Don’t Want a Union Buster-in-Chief
Kathy Wilkes
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In Wisconsin, A Test Case for Right to Work
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