Iowans Win Victory Over Gov. Branstad’s Abuse of Power AFSCME ...A unanimous Iowa Supreme Court ruling declares that Gov. Terry Branstad ... cannot unilaterally shut down the unemployment offices...
Judge Sides with Maine Governor in Labor Mural Dispute Maine Public Radio ...U.S. District Court Judge John Woodcock found that Gov. Paul LePage was within his rights to order the mural removed last year...
Minnesota’s War on Voting The Nation ... the legislature is bypassing the governor by approving a constitutional amendment for voter ID that will go on the November ballot... 11 percent of US citizens lack government-issued ID, including 18 percent of young voters and 25 percent of African-Americans...
Runaway Spending: Private Contractors Increase the Cost of School Transportation Services in Pennsylvania Keystone Research ...We estimate that if all districts switched to the self-supply of transportation services, total spending on student transportation services would fall by $78.3 million, with all of the cost savings accruing to the state...
Your morning jolt: ‘Right to quiet enjoyment’ bill passes House committee Atlanta Journal Constitution ...State Rep. Bill Hembree, chairman of the House Industrial Relations, confirmed that his committee this morning passed out SB 469, which would ban union pickets at private residents and require union members to confirm the dues check-off on their paychecks on an annual basis...
Wisconsin One Year Later Economic Policy Institute ...overall non-farm employment since Jan. 2011 has rebounded in the Midwestern states surrounding Wisconsin, with Michigan leading the region with Jan. 2012 employment 1.6 percent higher than in Jan. 2011. Wisconsin stands out in the region, lagging with employment significantly lower — by 0.5 percent — in Jan. 2012 than a year earlier...
Nazareth Area School District custodians union agrees to salary reduction to help balance budget proposal The Express-Times ...the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Union, representing custodians and other maintenance personnel, has agreed to give back an undisclosed percentage of next school year's pay raise...
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Today's Teamster News 04.05.11
Unions Rally, Linking Their Cause to Dr. King New York Times ...Labor unions and civil rights groups held hundreds of rallies and teach-ins on Monday to defend collective bargaining...
Republicans to Unveil Budget Calling for Sweeping Changes in Tax, Spending Bloomberg ...Ryan’s proposal to end traditional Medicare calls for new beneficiaries, starting in 2022, to instead be provided subsidies to buy private health insurance...
Wisconsin recall drive already making history Washington Post ...the energy and staying power of what has been unleashed in Wisconsin continue to surprise...
Spending suggests tight Supreme Court race Wisconsin State Journal ...both sides consider the outcome a virtual toss-up...
Conservative group denies it masterminded drive to restrict public employee unions Cleveland Plain Dealer ...A nonprofit Washington-DC based association ... is being touted as the brains behind efforts ... to curb the collective bargaining powers of public employees...
Federal lawsuit seeks return of mural to Labor Department Portland Press Herald ...The complaint claims that the Republican governor... (has) violated the free-speech rights of all Mainers and failed in their fiduciary duties as government officials...
Rick Snyder recap: Latest developments on the pension tax, teacher-strike penalties and his support in the polls mlive.com ...Michigan Democrats trash Snyder and the GOP for raising taxes on the working poor and seniors, punishing the newly unemployed and cutting public education...
Standing by the union Concord Monitor ...The proposed budget cuts too deeply into health and human services and promised retirement benefits, and a provision that makes public workers at-will employees if a contract expires before a new one is written is immoral...
Republicans to Unveil Budget Calling for Sweeping Changes in Tax, Spending Bloomberg ...Ryan’s proposal to end traditional Medicare calls for new beneficiaries, starting in 2022, to instead be provided subsidies to buy private health insurance...
Wisconsin recall drive already making history Washington Post ...the energy and staying power of what has been unleashed in Wisconsin continue to surprise...
Spending suggests tight Supreme Court race Wisconsin State Journal ...both sides consider the outcome a virtual toss-up...
Conservative group denies it masterminded drive to restrict public employee unions Cleveland Plain Dealer ...A nonprofit Washington-DC based association ... is being touted as the brains behind efforts ... to curb the collective bargaining powers of public employees...
Federal lawsuit seeks return of mural to Labor Department Portland Press Herald ...The complaint claims that the Republican governor... (has) violated the free-speech rights of all Mainers and failed in their fiduciary duties as government officials...
Rick Snyder recap: Latest developments on the pension tax, teacher-strike penalties and his support in the polls mlive.com ...Michigan Democrats trash Snyder and the GOP for raising taxes on the working poor and seniors, punishing the newly unemployed and cutting public education...
Standing by the union Concord Monitor ...The proposed budget cuts too deeply into health and human services and promised retirement benefits, and a provision that makes public workers at-will employees if a contract expires before a new one is written is immoral...
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