80 Arrested as Financial District Protest Moves North New York Times ...The police made scores of arrests on Saturday as hundreds of people, many of whom had been encamped in the financial district as part of a lengthy protest, marched north to Union Square...
Unions Breathe Easier After GOP Assault On NLRB Fails Talking Points Memo ...The AFL-CIO and organized labor in general is breathing a sigh of relief after the Senate Appropriations Committee narrowly defeated -- in a tie vote Wednesday night -- an effort to gut the National Labor Relations Board and prevent it from filing suits against companies that move operations to right-to-work states...
Natural Gas Gold Rush, Utica Shale Edition Courtesy of John Kasich DeSmogBlog ...the Ohio Governor's 21st Century and Economic Summit began, hosted by the controversial union-busting Governor John Kasich (R-OH), coming on the heels of an oil and natural gas funded study claiming that claimed, as the Cleveland Plain Dealer put it, "Ohio's natural gas and oil reserves are a multibillion-dollar bonanza that could create more than 204,500 jobs..."
“Walkergate” Player’s Link to Privatization point to Scott Walker agenda as County Exec, Governor Badger Democracy ...All ... share Scott Walker’s passion for privatization and de-regulation – first for Milwaukee County, then for the State of Wisconsin...
Gov. Rick Scott Brags About Laying Off 15,000 Government Workers After Decrying Florida’s High Unemployment ThinkProgress ...Scott’s reminder that he laid of thousands of Floridians drew big applause from the conservative crowd...
ILWU Ladies Auxiliary protests alleged police brutality The Daily News ...About 50 women, most of them members of the International Warehouse and Longshore Union's Ladies Auxiliary, staged a protest in West Kelso Saturday afternoon, alleging their members were brutalized by police during a protest at the EGT grain terminal Wednesday...
