Saturday, March 26, 2011

Today's Teamster News 03.26.11

Unpaid jobs: The new normal  Fortune   ...With nearly 14 million unemployed workers in America, many have gotten so desperate that they're willing to work for free...
Wisconsin union law published despite court order  Associated Press   ...The saga surrounding Gov. Scott Walker's push to strip most public employees of nearly all of their collective bargaining rights took another unexpected, and confusing, turn Friday...
UW history prof targeted for records request by Republican Party  The Capital Times   ...The Wisconsin Republican Party, apparently stung by a blog post written by UW-Madison history professor William Cronon, has ...(asked) for copies of all of Cronon's office e-mails...
Kasich straight-up lying to media about existence of school funding numbers  Plunderbund   ...“the Administration’s internal documents show that 610 districts would receive cuts in FY 2012 and 599 would receive cuts in FY 2013, compared to FY 2011...”
State House vote hits unions in wallet  Tampa Bay Online   ...the full House passing a bill preventing automatic deductions of union dues from public employees' paychecks...
Court to hear union lawsuit against governor  NECN   ...Unions have asked the justices to order (New Mexico Gov. Susana) Martinez to reinstate members of the Public Employee Labor Relations Board...
Building unions from Triangle flames  Politico   ...They plead the poverty of their states and cities, and the need to balance their budgets. But it’s not about money. It’s about power...