Here are some (hopefully) handy resources for Wisconsin workers with pending unemployment issues:
Wisconsin Unemployment Info and Resources for Workers
Lise Lotte Gammeltoft Recognized as One of "20 Local Women To Know" in You Magazine
Lise Lotte Gammeltoft, a retired attorney from Peterson, Berk & Cross, was recognized as one of "20 Local Women To Know" in You Magazine (Green Bay Press Gazette), July 21, 2010 issue.
The Top 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Was 30 | Crazy Sexy Life
9. The material world will not bring you true happiness. My generation was taught to think that happiness and success come from consumption. Materialism doesn't bring you happiness. The media keeps feeding our need to buy more (appealing to our inner lizard of lack) and then we end up in our 50s or 60s with too much stuff and chained to The Man. We ask ourselves, "Is this all there is?" I am not saying that having abundance is a bad thing. What I am saying is that it is not the answer to happiness.
Article By John Robbins: Why Factory Farms Threaten Your Health
This article discusses how large factory farms' routine use of antibiotics are the biggest cause of drug-resistant bacteria. The numbers and types of drug-resistant bacteria are increasing, and are causing more illnesses and deaths. The article discusses pending legislation, H.R. 1549, that would require factory farms to reduce their overuse of antibiotics, and find ways to produce food that are safer for public health.
TIME Article: Workplace Bullying: New York Bill Targets Abusive Bosses
Worker abuse is a widespread problem - in a 2007 Zogby poll, 37% of American adults said they had been bullied at work - and most of it is perfectly legal. Workers who are abused based on their membership in a protected class - race, nationality or religion, among others - can sue under civil rights laws. But the law generally does not protect against plain old viciousness.
