Monday, June 6, 2011

Today's Teamster News 06.05.11

(Sorry, got the date wrong. It's the 6th!)
Firefighters, Teamsters Pitch In For Tornado Relief   WCVB-TV   ...The MA Building Trades Council, the Professional Firefighters of MA and Teamsters Local 25 are holding a Labor Tornado Relief Effort at statewide fire stations until Thursday, June 9...
Wisconsin activists create Walkerville to taunt governor, tout change  CNN   ...Eighty years after Hoovervilles sprung up around the country, and four months after tens of thousands descended on the Wisconsin state capitol, progressives have a new home in what they're calling Walkerville...
SB5 Repeal Backers Pound the Pavement in Ohio  Public News Service   ...It's crunch time for opponents of Ohio's controversial collective bargaining law...
Recall attempts target Snyder, a dozen other GOPs  Detroit Free Press   ...Recall attempts are fairly easy to start but it's far tougher to make the ballot and win an election...
Scott's budget brings job losses  Ocala.com   ... There will be significant layoffs for workers in state mental health hospitals, juvenile justice facilities and state prisons...
Pension 'reforms' an insult to hardworking Mainers  (opinion)   Morning Sentinel  ...It would be one thing if these folks were allowed to participate in Social Security -- where employees and employers traditionally contribute equal shares of 7.65 percent of a worker's income to the retirement fund -- but they're not...
Republicans get their way, mostly, in final budget  Las Vegas Sun   ...Gov. Brian Sandoval and Republicans extended for two years taxes passed in 2009 to fund a budget that contains pay cuts and layoffs for public employees and cuts to social services...