Occupy Wall Street protest drawing thousands of dollars in donations as sit-in enters third week New York Daily News ...Approximately $35,000 has been sent to the masses, camped in lower Manhattan since the protest started Sept. 17, protesters say...
Unions endorse, will join Occupy Wall Street protests CNN ...In New York City, several unions endorsed the Occupy Wall Street movement and plan to join the protesters' street theater on Wednesday, labor leaders said...
Privatization of Michigan public schools called 'very real' possibility Kalamazoo Gazette ...Privatization of Michigan's public education system is a "very real" threat, and a change that could make education about the bottom line versus what's best for students, a state lawmaker said Monday at town-hall forum held in Kalamazoo...
'Payback' is motivation for Senate Bill 5 (Opinion) Crescent-Gazette ...The motivation for the Republican-backed Senate Bill 5 is simply political revenge. The Republican Party does not receive anything close to the financial contributions the public unions pass along to the Democratic Party...
GOP bills aim at Pa. wage law Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ...Six measures voted out of committee seek to undercut law requiring the prevailing wage...
Illinois Arbitrator Stops Quinn’s Plan to Dismiss 1,900 Workers Bloomberg ...An arbitrator ruled that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn’s budget-cutting proposal to dismiss more than 1,900 state workers and close seven facilities violates a collective-bargaining agreement with unions...
