City of Manitowoc, AFSCME agreement will avoid layoffs Herald Times Reporter ... after the budget repair bill goes into effect ... the council will vote on imposing a requirement that (Teamster employees) pay 5.8 percent of their salaries toward their pensions and 12.5 percent of their health insurance premiums...
Wisconsin Union Fight Not Over USA Today ...Opponents of Republican Gov. Scott Walker were back at work Sunday on recall efforts targeting Republican state senators who supported the new governor's overhaul of public employee union rights...
Pension tax protest set for Tuesday in Lansing Daily Tribune ..."We don't think it's fair the governor increases tax on seniors and the poor while giving breaks to business and cutting services," said Mark Horbeck, of AARP Michigan...
Poll: Strong opposition of collective bargaining bills Dayton Business Journal ...Ohio's controversial bill to weaken collective bargaining rights for public workers in the state is opposed by more than 9 out of 10 people in a new online poll...
Missouri Senate ready to debate ‘right to work’ newstribune.com
Another Inside Job New York Times ...this outrage is directed, not at banking abuses, but at those trying to hold banks accountable for these abuses...
