Thursday, March 24, 2011

Today's Teamster News 03.24.11

DA Files for Budget Act Stay  Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel  ...Keep order in effect, Ozanne asks court...
Kasich So Eager To Cut Spending He’d Leave Prison Guard Towers Empty  ThinkProgress   ... Kasich (R) proposed a plan that could leave guard towers unmanned at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison located near two schools and a residential neighborhood...
Bauer says Democratts will stay 'steadfast'  IndyStar.com   ...Optimism that the 31-day-long standoff in the Indiana House might be nearing an end ricocheted through the Statehouse on Tuesday, only to be quashed...
GOP bills would weaken Florida's public-employee unions; critics call it 'political payback'  The Palm Beach Post News   ...GOP lawmakers are seeking to deal those unions a major blow with bills designed to limit their ability to collect and use dues for political purposes...
Poll: Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's approval rating deflates; he dismisses results  Detroit Free Press   ...Snyder has quickly fallen out of favor, reaching levels of unpopularity lower than first-term Republican governors in neighboring states ...
Amendment: at-will when contracts die  Concord Monitor   ...Public employees' unions at risk (in New Hampshire)...