Connecticut Passes First-in-the-Nation Sick Days Bill Public News Service ...It requires certain businesses with 50 or more employees to allow workers to earn up to five sick days a year...
Wisconsin Republicans accused of dirty tricks in recall elections TwinCities.com ... Republicans said Monday that they're working on running candidates as Democrats in recall elections against Senate Republicans in order to force primaries and give incumbents more time to campaign....
Expected changes to Senate budget would cut legislators' pay, ax Kasich's JobsOhio role axed Columbus Dispatch ...The Senate also is expected to remove a change that Republicans made last week to take $10 million from a fund that provides housing to poor Ohioans and give it to county recorders...
Vote on bill to limit union fees delayed until next year Kennebec Journal ...Lawmakers delayed until next year votes on a bill that would end the requirement that nonunion state workers pay a portion of union dues...
Gov. Tom Corbett's spending leaves some wondering about his budget 'sacrifice' message Patriot News ...He asks state employees to take a pay cut and urges teachers and state university professors to consider a pay freeze. At the same time, some of his senior staffers are being paid more than their predecessors...
Empowering Public Employees: Lessons From the Women's Movement (opinion) The Atlantic ...Just as the women's movement supported individual women and girls (like me), unions give public servants their identity....
