Kasich To Give Public Money To Private Groups Supporting His Agenda ProgressOhio ...Gov. John Kasich is finalizing plans today to funnel public money to private groups that support Senate Bill 5. And a new analysis shows these groups and their affiliates have donated nearly a half-million dollars to pro-SB 5 candidates and causes...
Pro-SB 5 campaign has work cut out Columbus Dispatch ...The key question now is whether the coalition of Democrats and union supporters pushing for a repeal can keep those signees in their camp and get them to show up to vote in November...
Republican Politicians Banned From Labor Day Parade In Wisconsin Huffington Post ... A group of Wisconsin union officials has voted to ban Republican politicians from a local Labor Day parade...
Pay cut tied to state employee health care ruled unconstitutional Detroit Free Press ...Affirming a lower court decision out of Ingham County, the three-judge appellate panel said the deduction, enacted by the Legislature and former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, illegally bypassed the state Civil Service Commission, which has primary jurisdiction over state employee compensation...
Union protests company CEO who backs right-to-work bill Boston Globe ...Around 20 union members protested today outside the office of Fred Kfoury Jr., president and CEO of Central Paper Products in Manchester, N.H., who appeared in a pro-Mitt Romney video supporting right-to-work legislation...
NYC workers fight for 40-hour week Crain's New York Business ...Now that manufacturing jobs have been replaced by retail and other service positions, workers are again fighting for a 40-hour week. Only this time, the battle has been turned upside down...
Most Referendums Since 1998 Give U.S. Voters a Chance to Reject State Laws Bloomberg ...Citizen-initiated ballot measures are one response to polarized statehouses, where laws pass by slim margins along party lines...
