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Six years ago, Gov. Jim Doyle, the city and county of Fond du Lac and (IAM) Local 1947 pulled out all stops to save 1,000s of jobs in the F...

John Schmid has a piece in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on mid-level managers at Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac unhappy about unpaid bonus...

Update : Oklahoma Offered Mercury Marine a $300 Million Incentive (WBAY) . Oklahoma Socialists! Wait until Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck hear a...

Update : See Roger Bybee's piece at In These Times : "(W)orkers and their families soon came under enormous pressure to reconsider ...

Rollercoaster ride in Fond du Lac. Aggressive Wisconsin pols looking out for their own? Corporate duplicity? Whatever the machinations in th...

Update : Looking back on now in 2013, I bet a lot of people are happy Jim Doyle was here to keep the Fox River Valley from being decimated, ...

IAM Local 1947 votes: Yes. Breaking ... Mercury Marine union workers save the day and the city of Fond du Lac. Make no mistake, the econ...

Updated: Gov Doyle saved Mercury Marine and 1,000s of other  Fox Valley jobs with the biggest incentive package ever given out in Wisconsin ...

Mercury Marine (a division of Brunswick Corp.) wants to ditch Fond du Lac and the Fox Valley. Merc says it needs to scrap its contract with ...

Update II : FDL Reporter : "Mercury union workers have voted down a contract proposal that company officials say would have kept Mercur...

This morning, I was reading about Fond du Lac, Wisconsin praying to hell Mercury Marine keeps going and stays in Fondy. "Merc," I...

To the racist coward(s) who left hate cards at a Hispanic-Latino diversity event held last night at the Fond du Lac, Wisconsin Public Librar...

Update : Washington Post - Bad Economy May Fuel Hate Groups, Experts Warn Michael Leon A social diversity event held last night at the...