Friday, March 25, 2011

Today's Teamster News 03.25.11

Final reconciliation still elusive for Senate Bill 5  Columbus Dispatch   ...discussions between the House and Senate, have not yet produced a final version of Senate Bill 5 that has enough support to pass both chambers...
Prosser says he will participate in union rights case  WKOW.com   ...Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser says he will participate in a decision over whether the state's highest court should consider a lawsuit filed over a recently passed law taking away collective bargaining rights from public employees...
Wisconsin Dems: We'll win back the senate  Washington Post   ... Democrats say they have over fifty percent of the number of petitions they need to recall eight Republican state senators...
Workers’ rights amendment submitted in House  Michigan Messenger  ...The amendment would make explicit the right to collective bargaining for all Michigan workers...
New Tea Party Lobbyist Helped Push Conspiracy That Tilley Is "Aligned" With New Black Panthers  Fired Up! Missouri   ...Weigert's active participation in this garbage is not a minor detail, both when considering the extremism and tactics of the St. Louis Tea Party...
Short on Funds, but Long on Pink Slips  New York Times   ...Nearly half of this city’s workers were told late last week that, come September, they would probably be out of a job...
States Pass Budget Pains to Cities  New York Times   ...struggling states around the nation plan deep cuts in aid to cities and local governments that will almost certainly result in more service cuts, layoffs and local tax increases...
G.E.'s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether   New York Times   ...Its extraordinary success is based on an aggressive strategy that mixes fierce lobbying for tax breaks and innovative accounting that enables it to concentrate its profits offshore...