Thursday, March 10, 2011

Today's Teamster News 03.10.11

"Pearl Harbor of Workers' Rights": Labor Launches Thursday A.M. Protests Across Wisconsin. Strikes Next?  Huffington Post   ...With thousands rushing to to the state capitol building and pushing through police-guarded doors, anger is running so high that AFL-CIO activists posted this advisory:    "Keep it peaceful, brothers and sisters...
Divisive Wisconsin union-busting bill set to pass  AFP   ...A bill to bust Wisconsin's public workers unions ... was set for approval on Thursday after a Republican legislative maneuver...
Issues change, but Statehouse protests continue  Indianapolis Star   ...While today's union rally likely will be the largest, it's just the latest...
GOP hopes to hasten vote on Senate Bill 5  Columbus Dispatch   ...House Speaker William G. Batchelder now says he hopes to bring the collective-bargaining bill to the floor for a vote next week...
Dozens In Bradenton Protest Gov. Scott's Budget Proposals  Bradenton Patch   ...The local Awake the State rally held Tuesday along Cortez Road in front of state Sen. Mike Bennett's office was one of about 30 held around Florida...
Pa. budget plan stuns college leaders  newsworks   ..."The cut proposed is believed to be the single-largest appropriation cut in the history of American higher education," said Penn State President Graham Spanier at a State College press conference, calling it, "a near-total abandonment of higher education..."
WD employees vote to join Teamsters  Telegraph Herald   ...Employees of the Western Dubuque School District voted by an overwhelming 169-14 margin to join Teamsters Local 120 in an election conducted by the Iowa Public Employee Relations Board Wednesday...