Ohio Legislature approves Senate Bill 5 Cincinnati Enquirer ...The Ohio General's passage Wednesday night of a bill to restrict collective bargaining rights for 360,000 unionized public employees will likely shift to the courts and the ballot box...
Rally to denounce budget cuts Concord Monitor ...Organizers of a (N.H.)rally say they expect thousands of people to gather at the State House tomorrow to ask the Senate to reject a state budget under consideration by the House...
State will continue implementing collective bargaining law despite judge's order Wisconsin State Journal ...Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch said Wednesday he has a legal obligation to implement all laws passed by the Legislature...
Unemployment rises in nearly every Wis. county Associated Press ...Kenosha County was the only county whose seasonally adjusted rate remained the same, at 10.1%...
Amended child labor bill heads to Senate Lewiston Sun-Journal ...(Maine) Republicans supported the measure, which would allow minors to work longer hours and more often during weeks when school is in session...
Democrats push back on Gov. Rick Snyder's cut in jobless benefits Detroit Free Press ...Michigan will become the only state to offer fewer than 26 weeks of initial state unemployment benefits, though some observers say other GOP-controlled states may try the same...
Attack on PLAs launched in Senate (AUDIO) Missourinet ...A plan to bar project labor agreements on any project using public money in Missouri has run into opposition from labor-affiliated state senators...
Labor vs. Legislatures: Wisconsin's attack on collective bargaining may spread Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ...Republican lawmakers in Harrisburg, who hold majorities in both bodies of the General Assembly, are seeking support for a handful of bills that would weaken unions' reach and rein in their organizing power...
