Working Families Win Wisconsin State Senate, Vow to Hold Politicians to Account

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Yesterday’s Wisconsin election results, in which Governor Scott Walker (R) held onto his office -- thanks to a $50 million war chest -- but lost the state Senate, “is not the end of the story, but just the beginning,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka at an afternoon press conference yesterday. "We have been awed by the tremendous outpouring of solidarity and energy from Wisconsin’s working families, against overwhelming odds." Click here for the latest responses to the Wisconsin recall election results in the AFL-CIO Now blog.