Labor Leaders Back Obama Jobs Plan ABC News ...“I’m especially pleased that President Obama wants to invest in infrastructure improvements and in jobs for our military veterans,” Hoffa said in a statement. “I’m also pleased he recognizes the need to put money in the pockets of working people...”
Teamsters' Union calls in big gun to rally Fred Meyer workers KOMO News ...The Teamsters are fighting with Fred Meyer over health care benefits and brought in union president James Hoffa to rile the troops...
Senate leader does not want "right-to-work" in Michigan Michigan Radio ...Senate Majority Leader Randy Richardville says union workers have already made many concessions to help Michigan’s economic outlook...
SB 5 ad campaign: Firefighter vs. firefighter Cincinnati Enquirer ...There are two principal images at this early stage in the battle over Issue 2 - the Ohio ballot referendum that would repeal Senate Bill 5, which limits collective bargaining rights for public employees...
Fla. passes up over $100 million in federal grants Miami Herald ...Gov. Rick Scott and the Republican-led Legislature have rejected or declined to pursue more than $106 million in federal grant money and returned another $4.5 million for programs linked to federal health care initiatives, including cancer prevention, leading critics to say he is putting his conservative agenda ahead of residents' needs...
Post-union busting, Scott Walker's Wisconsin is #1 in education ... cuts Daily Kos ...Wisconsin has the dubious distinction of reducing state aid per student this school year the most of 24 states studied by an independent, Washington-based think tank, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities...
State employee fired after telling co-workers about photo ID policy Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...A low-level state employee was fired Thursday after he sent an email to his fellow employees telling them about the state Department of Transportation’s policy on giving out free photo identification cards for voting...
