Prosecutors examine bribery claims in Wisconsin recall race Reuters ...Milwaukee prosecutors have launched two investigations into voter bribery accusations in Wisconsin involving a hotly contested upcoming recall election...
$30M spent in Wisconsin recall elections USA Today ...Voters on Tuesday will go to the polls to keep or boot out six Republican state senators, in a recall election that could have serious implications for the 2012 campaign...
Errors, typos plague Wisconsin recall elections Beloit Daily News ...Robocall errors and targeted mailing typos are beginning to litter Wisconsin’s recall campaign landscape in the closing days of the race. While Democrats and Republicans say they’ve made innocent mistakes in reaching out to the electorate, some fear democracy could pay the ultimate price...
Ohio’s Kasich Readies for Spending Cuts If Faltering Economy Clips Revenue Bloomberg News ...Ohio Governor John Kasich stands ready to cut state spending if revenue slows as the economy sputters following what the former congressman called the “chaos” surrounding the debt-ceiling debate in Washington...
Slightly fewer people hate Rick Scott now Miami New Times ...Now 35 percent of Floridians approve of the way he's handling his job. That's up from only 29 percent in May. That makes Rick Scott probably the only politician in America who's happy with a 35 percent approval rating...
Survey: Snyder’s approval rating drops along with consumer confidence Michigan Messenger ...The most recent spring/summer version, which wrapped up in July, puts his approval rating at 31.5 percent...
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Saturday, August 6, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Today's Teamster News 07.07.11
Scott Walker’s bogus `mission accomplished’ moment Washington Post ...There are 424 school districts in Wisconsin, and as the AP recently noted, Walker’s policies mean draconian budget cuts to 410 of them, with labor officials and school districts predicting increased class sizes and layoffs...
Silence leads to more of the same (Opinion) Newark Advocate ...Gov. John Kasich and ...Republican lawmakers...insist they are doing what voters hired them this past November to do ...Evidently, this means Ohio taxpayers want their state government to transfer wealth from middle-class, working-class and poor families to the state's richest individuals and businesses...
Gillman brings 'right-to-work' to board Traverse City Record-Eagle ...Commissioner Jason Gillman will ask the board to adopt a resolution to encourage Gov. Rick Snyder, state Rep. Wayne Schmidt and state Sen. Howard Walker to support legislation to make Michigan a so-called "right-to-work" state...
State legislators have heavy lift with reapportionment (Opinion) Sun-Sentinel ...Sixty-three percent of the voters approved last fall's ballot initiative that saw the passage of Amendments 5 and 6 (which) ... make it more difficult for the Legislature to draw boundaries favoring incumbent politicians or party interests over the voters...
Teachers sue over Indiana school voucher law Associated Press ...Indiana’s largest teachers union is attempting to block a new statewide vouchers program that would allow parents to use tax dollars to send their children to private schools...
Little progress emerges from first post-shutdown talks Minneapolis Star-Tribune ...Leaders at the Capitol emerged Tuesday from the latest negotiations since the shutdown began with little progress to announce...
Silence leads to more of the same (Opinion) Newark Advocate ...Gov. John Kasich and ...Republican lawmakers...insist they are doing what voters hired them this past November to do ...Evidently, this means Ohio taxpayers want their state government to transfer wealth from middle-class, working-class and poor families to the state's richest individuals and businesses...
Gillman brings 'right-to-work' to board Traverse City Record-Eagle ...Commissioner Jason Gillman will ask the board to adopt a resolution to encourage Gov. Rick Snyder, state Rep. Wayne Schmidt and state Sen. Howard Walker to support legislation to make Michigan a so-called "right-to-work" state...
State legislators have heavy lift with reapportionment (Opinion) Sun-Sentinel ...Sixty-three percent of the voters approved last fall's ballot initiative that saw the passage of Amendments 5 and 6 (which) ... make it more difficult for the Legislature to draw boundaries favoring incumbent politicians or party interests over the voters...
Teachers sue over Indiana school voucher law Associated Press ...Indiana’s largest teachers union is attempting to block a new statewide vouchers program that would allow parents to use tax dollars to send their children to private schools...
Little progress emerges from first post-shutdown talks Minneapolis Star-Tribune ...Leaders at the Capitol emerged Tuesday from the latest negotiations since the shutdown began with little progress to announce...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Today's Teamster News 07.06.11
Recall elections this month Today's TMJ4 ...Wisconsin is one week away from the start of recall elections for nine state senators...
Developmentally disabled run over by Kasich’s budget bus Plunderbund ... sorry to those developmentally disabled kids of Twinsburg. Next time you should make sure you have the right lobbyist...
Once-growing movie business is now shrinking Detroit Free Press ...More than four months after Gov. Rick Snyder announced plans to drastically scale back generous incentives for moviemaking, Michigan's once rapidly expanding film industry is shrinking...
Voters angry about Minnesota shutdown give Republican lawmaker an earful at July Fourth parade Associated Press ...With neither side willing to budge, talks broke down Thursday night hours before the government shutdown. They have yet to resume...
With enemies like these, Chris Christie doesn't need to make friends Capital New York ...Only in New Jersey could it even possibly be a sign of a healthy, functioning political partnership when the president of the State Senate calls the governor "a rotten prick...
The Rock and the Hard Place on the Deficit (opinion) New York Times ... tax increases and spending cuts will tend to slow the recovery in the near term, but spending cuts will likely slow it more...
Developmentally disabled run over by Kasich’s budget bus Plunderbund ... sorry to those developmentally disabled kids of Twinsburg. Next time you should make sure you have the right lobbyist...
Once-growing movie business is now shrinking Detroit Free Press ...More than four months after Gov. Rick Snyder announced plans to drastically scale back generous incentives for moviemaking, Michigan's once rapidly expanding film industry is shrinking...
Voters angry about Minnesota shutdown give Republican lawmaker an earful at July Fourth parade Associated Press ...With neither side willing to budge, talks broke down Thursday night hours before the government shutdown. They have yet to resume...
With enemies like these, Chris Christie doesn't need to make friends Capital New York ...Only in New Jersey could it even possibly be a sign of a healthy, functioning political partnership when the president of the State Senate calls the governor "a rotten prick...
The Rock and the Hard Place on the Deficit (opinion) New York Times ... tax increases and spending cuts will tend to slow the recovery in the near term, but spending cuts will likely slow it more...
Friday, July 1, 2011
Today's Teamster News 07.01.11
Broken deals, bitter words and a state shuts down Minneapolis Star-Tribune ...Talks imploded Thursday between DFL Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican legislative leaders in the final hours before a midnight deadline, and Minnesota began a historic government shutdown...
Group pushes for Michigan right-to-work proposal Associated Press ...A group is forming to try and advance right-to-work legislation in Michigan, a state with deep union roots...
Lawsuit, Teacher Layoffs Follow Wisconsin Budget Signing Huffington Post ...Just days after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed the state's budget with massive cuts to education funding, Wisconsin's teachers are on the chopping block and making their way to court...
Gov. Kasich signs 'new day' budget for Ohio Columbus Dispatch ...The budget, which did not receive a single Democratic vote..., includes major changes and cuts to Ohio's schools, local governments, nursing homes, prisons, and development departments...
Governor to try again to exclude some state workers from unions Galesburg.com ...Nearly 2,000 state employees could be ejected from unions representing them and another 1,700 would be prevented from joining collective bargaining units under a bill that could be called in the Illinois Senate next week...
Unions file lawsuit over pension plan Concord Monitor ...a coalition of the state's biggest unions filed a lawsuit yesterday contesting the constitutionality of an increase in employee contributions to the state's retirement system...
Group pushes for Michigan right-to-work proposal Associated Press ...A group is forming to try and advance right-to-work legislation in Michigan, a state with deep union roots...
Lawsuit, Teacher Layoffs Follow Wisconsin Budget Signing Huffington Post ...Just days after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed the state's budget with massive cuts to education funding, Wisconsin's teachers are on the chopping block and making their way to court...
Gov. Kasich signs 'new day' budget for Ohio Columbus Dispatch ...The budget, which did not receive a single Democratic vote..., includes major changes and cuts to Ohio's schools, local governments, nursing homes, prisons, and development departments...
Governor to try again to exclude some state workers from unions Galesburg.com ...Nearly 2,000 state employees could be ejected from unions representing them and another 1,700 would be prevented from joining collective bargaining units under a bill that could be called in the Illinois Senate next week...
Unions file lawsuit over pension plan Concord Monitor ...a coalition of the state's biggest unions filed a lawsuit yesterday contesting the constitutionality of an increase in employee contributions to the state's retirement system...
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Today's Teamster News 06.29.11
After heated debate, Wis. union law takes effect Wisconsin State Journal ...The changes amount to an average 8 percent pay cut. The bill also strips them of almost all their collective bargaining rights, allowing them to negotiate only on wages...
Protesters, and rats, greet Scott Walker in New York Capitol Confidential ...“Say it loud! Say it clear! Scott Walker is not welcome here!” chanted a gaggle of union members and supporters...
State Senate passes budget that will change Ohio Columbus Dispatch ...Local governments, nursing homes, schools and universities must make do with less...
Christie signs bill reining in employee benefits Associated Press ...New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday signed landmark employee benefits legislation that increases pension and health contributions paid by a half-million teachers, police and other public workers and removes the issue from collective bargaining for four years...
Malloy: With union deal dead, legislature may have to force change The Connecticut Mirror ...Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said today he will explore legislative options to curtail what he called state government's unsustainable, long-term health and pension costs, but he refused to say if he will seek a curb on collective-bargaining rights for state employees...
Calif. bill would ease farmworker unionization Associated Press ...Gov. Jerry Brown has until midnight Tuesday to act on a bill that would make it easier for unions to organize farmworkers in California, but growers characterize the legislation as a union power-grab...
Protesters, and rats, greet Scott Walker in New York Capitol Confidential ...“Say it loud! Say it clear! Scott Walker is not welcome here!” chanted a gaggle of union members and supporters...
State Senate passes budget that will change Ohio Columbus Dispatch ...Local governments, nursing homes, schools and universities must make do with less...
Christie signs bill reining in employee benefits Associated Press ...New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Tuesday signed landmark employee benefits legislation that increases pension and health contributions paid by a half-million teachers, police and other public workers and removes the issue from collective bargaining for four years...
Malloy: With union deal dead, legislature may have to force change The Connecticut Mirror ...Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said today he will explore legislative options to curtail what he called state government's unsustainable, long-term health and pension costs, but he refused to say if he will seek a curb on collective-bargaining rights for state employees...
Calif. bill would ease farmworker unionization Associated Press ...Gov. Jerry Brown has until midnight Tuesday to act on a bill that would make it easier for unions to organize farmworkers in California, but growers characterize the legislation as a union power-grab...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Today's Teamster News 06.28.11
Updated: Sheriff investigating Wis. Supreme Court argument Associated Press ...A fight between Wisconsin's divided Supreme Court justices led today to a criminal investigation and calls from the governor and others to resolve longstanding differences and restore public confidence in the institution...
Wisconsin Teachers React To Gov. Scott Walker's Newly Signed Budget Huffington Post ...This weekend, Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) signed into law a budget that scrapped $800 million in education funding following an earlier law that reduced collective bargaining rights to almost nothing...
GOP wants to keep the riffraff out of Ohio's polls: Thomas Suddes Cleveland Plain Dealer ...Southern segregationists used the poll tax to keep black Americans and poor Americans from voting. Today, Republicans want to require a photo ID from an Ohioan before he or she may vote...
Indiana's bumpy road to privatization Los Angeles Times ...After the private sector took over the state's public assistance program, services were disrupted while politically connected firms benefited...
Legislature to hammer out final details of state budget this week Associated Press ...Stark differences in party policy and ideology will be fully exposed this week as Republicans and Democrats hammer out the details of New Jersey’s state budget for the fiscal year that starts Friday...
Republicans doing harm to N.H. residents seacoastonline.com ...On June 22, the Republican supermajorities in the N.H. House and Senate launched an all-out attack on the people they were elected to serve...
Wisconsin Teachers React To Gov. Scott Walker's Newly Signed Budget Huffington Post ...This weekend, Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) signed into law a budget that scrapped $800 million in education funding following an earlier law that reduced collective bargaining rights to almost nothing...
GOP wants to keep the riffraff out of Ohio's polls: Thomas Suddes Cleveland Plain Dealer ...Southern segregationists used the poll tax to keep black Americans and poor Americans from voting. Today, Republicans want to require a photo ID from an Ohioan before he or she may vote...
Indiana's bumpy road to privatization Los Angeles Times ...After the private sector took over the state's public assistance program, services were disrupted while politically connected firms benefited...
Legislature to hammer out final details of state budget this week Associated Press ...Stark differences in party policy and ideology will be fully exposed this week as Republicans and Democrats hammer out the details of New Jersey’s state budget for the fiscal year that starts Friday...
Republicans doing harm to N.H. residents seacoastonline.com ...On June 22, the Republican supermajorities in the N.H. House and Senate launched an all-out attack on the people they were elected to serve...
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Today's Teamster News 06.25.11
Can the Union Bill Be Rolled Back? Milwaukee Express ...State Rep. Mark Pocan and state Sen. Fred Risser—both Democrats—have announced that they're drafting legislation that would roll back the horrible collective bargaining bill...
What To Watch For In The Wisconsin Recall Elections National Journal ...Republicans hold a 19-14 advantage in the state Senate, so Democrats have to net three seats during the recall elections to take control of the chamber...
Medicaid cuts could cost Ohio billions Columbus Dispatch ...The Republican plan also would cost Ohio thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in lost business, a study released yesterday found...
House OKs plan eliminating retiree health care insurance Lansing State Journal ...Michigan lawmakers advanced another proposal Thursday to eliminate retiree health care insurance for future and most current members of the Legislature...
Poll: Rick Scott’s unpopularity handicapping GOP prez candidates in Florida St. Petersblog ...A plurality of Florida voters say they are less inclined to support a Republican presidential candidate in 2012 because of the way their freshman GOP governor has acted since taking office...
Unions fend off right-to-work bill in New Hampshire Wall Street Journal ...Amid a year of relentless challenges to their power around the country, unions notched a victory this week when New Hampshire Republicans failed to muster enough votes to override the governor's veto of a right-to-work bill...
8 Signs Your Governor Has a Koch Problem afl-cionowblog.com ...Are they planning on attending the upcoming Koch brothers invitation-only strategy session in ritzy Vail, Colorado?...
What To Watch For In The Wisconsin Recall Elections National Journal ...Republicans hold a 19-14 advantage in the state Senate, so Democrats have to net three seats during the recall elections to take control of the chamber...
Medicaid cuts could cost Ohio billions Columbus Dispatch ...The Republican plan also would cost Ohio thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in lost business, a study released yesterday found...
House OKs plan eliminating retiree health care insurance Lansing State Journal ...Michigan lawmakers advanced another proposal Thursday to eliminate retiree health care insurance for future and most current members of the Legislature...
Poll: Rick Scott’s unpopularity handicapping GOP prez candidates in Florida St. Petersblog ...A plurality of Florida voters say they are less inclined to support a Republican presidential candidate in 2012 because of the way their freshman GOP governor has acted since taking office...
Unions fend off right-to-work bill in New Hampshire Wall Street Journal ...Amid a year of relentless challenges to their power around the country, unions notched a victory this week when New Hampshire Republicans failed to muster enough votes to override the governor's veto of a right-to-work bill...
8 Signs Your Governor Has a Koch Problem afl-cionowblog.com ...Are they planning on attending the upcoming Koch brothers invitation-only strategy session in ritzy Vail, Colorado?...
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Today's Teamster News 06.19.11
His own budget proposes some increases, according to nonpartisan fiscal bureau Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker"s core theme on the campaign trail in 2010 was a firm stance against any tax increases...
Columbus’ priorities Toledo Blade ...It’s a budget whose idea of “shared sacrifice” is slashing support of essential public services on which middle and working-class and low-income Ohio families rely, while giving preferential tax treatment to the state’s wealthiest individuals and to corporations...
MSU to raise tuition 6.9% in response to state budget cuts Detroit Free Press ...Michigan State University became the latest public university in the state to increase its tuition in response to budget cuts from Lansing...
Plans to put Florida's Medicaid recipients into managed care programs get hearing St. Petersburg Times ... the refrain has generally been the same at meetings from the Panhandle to Fort Lauderdale: Managed-care programs, which pay companies per patient rather than fees for specific services, mean health care will be limited in the interest of turning a profit...
Legislature throws state troopers under the bus (Opinion) Bangor Daily News ...The budget now being considered by the Legislature undoes those promises, taking away benefits from troopers and other state employees....
Gov. Christie touts bipartisan effort leading to public worker pension overhaul bill NJ.com ...While thousands of state workers protested outside the Statehouse in Trenton this morning, Gov. Chris Christie was in Atlantic City touting the new deal between Republicans and Democrats on pension and health benefits ...
Columbus’ priorities Toledo Blade ...It’s a budget whose idea of “shared sacrifice” is slashing support of essential public services on which middle and working-class and low-income Ohio families rely, while giving preferential tax treatment to the state’s wealthiest individuals and to corporations...
MSU to raise tuition 6.9% in response to state budget cuts Detroit Free Press ...Michigan State University became the latest public university in the state to increase its tuition in response to budget cuts from Lansing...
Plans to put Florida's Medicaid recipients into managed care programs get hearing St. Petersburg Times ... the refrain has generally been the same at meetings from the Panhandle to Fort Lauderdale: Managed-care programs, which pay companies per patient rather than fees for specific services, mean health care will be limited in the interest of turning a profit...
Legislature throws state troopers under the bus (Opinion) Bangor Daily News ...The budget now being considered by the Legislature undoes those promises, taking away benefits from troopers and other state employees....
Gov. Christie touts bipartisan effort leading to public worker pension overhaul bill NJ.com ...While thousands of state workers protested outside the Statehouse in Trenton this morning, Gov. Chris Christie was in Atlantic City touting the new deal between Republicans and Democrats on pension and health benefits ...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Today's Teamster News 06.15.11
Supreme Court reinstates collective bargaining law Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ... Acting with unusual speed, the state Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the reinstatement of Gov. Scott Walker's controversial plan to end most collective bargaining for tens of thousands of public workers...
Budget plan spares rich of the worst Columbus Dispatch ... in a spending plan that whacks schools, local governments, higher education, nursing homes, day care for children of low-income parents, the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, children's hospitals and work-support programs for the poor, one group was notably exempted from the pain. Ohio's biggest earners...
Firefighting cops to begin Benton Harbor patrols in July Michigan Messenger ...Benton Harbor Emergency Manager Joe Harris is downsizing and combining the city’s police and firefighting functions in a move he says will save the city $1 million...
Senate rejects bill requiring photo ID to vote Bangor Daily News ...Maine senators on Monday, in a reversal of a House vote last week, rejected a bill that sought to require voters to show photo identification on Election Day...
At least we know what they stand for (LTE) Nashua Telegraph ...it appears they have little regard for working-class families, an educated population, protecting our environment or creating meaningful jobs for the people of New Hampshire...
Christie on Copter-Gate: 'I Would Not Make a Different Decision’ Livingston Patch ... "that was the way I could get to my son’s game that day. I make no apologies for it.”...
Budget plan spares rich of the worst Columbus Dispatch ... in a spending plan that whacks schools, local governments, higher education, nursing homes, day care for children of low-income parents, the Ohio Consumers' Counsel, children's hospitals and work-support programs for the poor, one group was notably exempted from the pain. Ohio's biggest earners...
Firefighting cops to begin Benton Harbor patrols in July Michigan Messenger ...Benton Harbor Emergency Manager Joe Harris is downsizing and combining the city’s police and firefighting functions in a move he says will save the city $1 million...
Senate rejects bill requiring photo ID to vote Bangor Daily News ...Maine senators on Monday, in a reversal of a House vote last week, rejected a bill that sought to require voters to show photo identification on Election Day...
At least we know what they stand for (LTE) Nashua Telegraph ...it appears they have little regard for working-class families, an educated population, protecting our environment or creating meaningful jobs for the people of New Hampshire...
Christie on Copter-Gate: 'I Would Not Make a Different Decision’ Livingston Patch ... "that was the way I could get to my son’s game that day. I make no apologies for it.”...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Today's Teamster News 06.14.11
GOP plans to add bargaining limits to budget if court doesn't act by Tuesday Wisconsin State Journal ...If the Assembly does vote on the measure again, Fitzgerald said he has little doubt it would pass again with overwhelming Republican support....
Ohio GOP Sen. Defends Budget That Favors The Rich: Wealthy ‘Suffer Along With The Rest Of Us’ ThinkProgress ... The party’s first six months in power brought collective bargaining rights, the minimum wage, the prevailing wage, and education under the knife in the name of an $8 billion state budget deficit and “shared sacrifice.”...
Automotive recovery results in job growth Detroit Free Press ... about 135,000 people were working in transportation equipment manufacturing, about 9,000 more than a year earlier...
State sends 40K layoff notices Minneapolis Star-Tribune ...About 40,000 state employees got layoff warnings on Friday as Minnesota's agency heads huddled behind closed doors to hash out plans for a possible government shutdown next month...
Gridlocking the lives of the jobless (opinion) Washington Post ...“The president has got to get this discussion more on jobs and less on the budget...”
Making Hiring Cheaper New York Times ...Congress passed a temporary job creation tax cut last year that does not seem to have been terribly effective...
Ohio GOP Sen. Defends Budget That Favors The Rich: Wealthy ‘Suffer Along With The Rest Of Us’ ThinkProgress ... The party’s first six months in power brought collective bargaining rights, the minimum wage, the prevailing wage, and education under the knife in the name of an $8 billion state budget deficit and “shared sacrifice.”...
Automotive recovery results in job growth Detroit Free Press ... about 135,000 people were working in transportation equipment manufacturing, about 9,000 more than a year earlier...
State sends 40K layoff notices Minneapolis Star-Tribune ...About 40,000 state employees got layoff warnings on Friday as Minnesota's agency heads huddled behind closed doors to hash out plans for a possible government shutdown next month...
Gridlocking the lives of the jobless (opinion) Washington Post ...“The president has got to get this discussion more on jobs and less on the budget...”
Making Hiring Cheaper New York Times ...Congress passed a temporary job creation tax cut last year that does not seem to have been terribly effective...
Friday, June 10, 2011
Today's Teamster News 06.10.11
Top Republican National Committee official involved in Wisconsin GOP shenanigans Washington Post ...A current top RNC official may have played a key role in developing the plan when he was with the state GOP. And he’s refusing to answer questions from reporters about it...
Group asks Sen. Stewart to oppose budget cuts The Athens News ...Working America, a group of citizens with non-union jobs, gathered in front of Ohio University's Haning Hall Wednesday afternoon to call on state Sen. Jimmy Stewart to do right by the working people in his district in his last act as state Senator and oppose budget cuts proposed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich....
Gov. Snyder, 15 GOP legislators target of recall efforts Detroit News: ...At least 15 GOP legislators — in addition to Republican Gov. Rick Snyder — have been targeted for recall from voters upset about the emergency manager law, school cuts, the tax on pensions and other issues...
Senate GOP, Dems clash over same-day voter registration Bangor Daily News ....“This is an attempt, I believe, to reduce voter participation, not to help it,” said Sen. Elizabeth Schneider, D-Orono...
Public employees pay more under NH reforms Associated Press ...Public employees will pay more toward their pensions and some will work longer before retiring to spare New Hampshire taxpayers under legislation headed to Gov. John Lynch for signature...
Governor, Senate leader reach union benefits deal Associated Press ...New Jersey’s Republican governor and Democratic state Senate president reached a deal Wednesday on legislation that would make public employees pay more for pension and health benefits, but Assembly Democrats refused to go along, leaving the bill’s prospects in doubt...
Rally supports union workers at chemical plant near Henry Peoria Journal Star ...The declaration that there would be further talks July 5 involving the company, Teamsters Union Local 627 and a federal mediator came near the end of a rally at which idled workers, union officials from several states and supporters repeatedly had complained that Emerald had been unwilling to negotiate since locking 42 local members out March 21....
Group asks Sen. Stewart to oppose budget cuts The Athens News ...Working America, a group of citizens with non-union jobs, gathered in front of Ohio University's Haning Hall Wednesday afternoon to call on state Sen. Jimmy Stewart to do right by the working people in his district in his last act as state Senator and oppose budget cuts proposed by Ohio Gov. John Kasich....
Gov. Snyder, 15 GOP legislators target of recall efforts Detroit News: ...At least 15 GOP legislators — in addition to Republican Gov. Rick Snyder — have been targeted for recall from voters upset about the emergency manager law, school cuts, the tax on pensions and other issues...
Senate GOP, Dems clash over same-day voter registration Bangor Daily News ....“This is an attempt, I believe, to reduce voter participation, not to help it,” said Sen. Elizabeth Schneider, D-Orono...
Public employees pay more under NH reforms Associated Press ...Public employees will pay more toward their pensions and some will work longer before retiring to spare New Hampshire taxpayers under legislation headed to Gov. John Lynch for signature...
Governor, Senate leader reach union benefits deal Associated Press ...New Jersey’s Republican governor and Democratic state Senate president reached a deal Wednesday on legislation that would make public employees pay more for pension and health benefits, but Assembly Democrats refused to go along, leaving the bill’s prospects in doubt...
Rally supports union workers at chemical plant near Henry Peoria Journal Star ...The declaration that there would be further talks July 5 involving the company, Teamsters Union Local 627 and a federal mediator came near the end of a rally at which idled workers, union officials from several states and supporters repeatedly had complained that Emerald had been unwilling to negotiate since locking 42 local members out March 21....
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Today's Teamster News 06.08.11
Wisconsin Supreme Court Grills Judge Who Halted Union Law International Business Times ...Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court sharply questioned a county judge's decision to halt a law limiting collective bargaining for public employees...
Innovation Ohio Says Budget Shortfall is $5 billion, not $8 billion Innovation Ohio ...Innovation Ohio, a progressive think tank headquartered in Columbus, released an analysis today which finds that Ohio’s “budget hole” for FY 2012-13 is $5.1 billion, not $8 billion as Gov. Kasich and his allies routinely assert...
Florida Wants Privatized Camping and RV Sites at 56 State Parks FlaglerLive.com ...The Division of Environmental Protection is proposing to partially privatize 56 parks...
Catholics Applaud Diocese of Portland, Maine's Opposition to Anti-Union Legislation Catholics United ...
the Maine legislature announced plans to table LD309, anti-union legislation that would severely undermine the rights of workers to negotiate with their employers...
The $2.5 Trillion Tragedy: What America Has Given Up For 10 Years Of Bush Tax Cuts ThinkProgress ...The tradeoffs paint a stark picture. For the same price as the Bush tax cuts, which did little to help the economy, we could’ve sent tens of millions of students to college, retrofitted every household in America with the capacity to generate alternative energy, hired millions of firefighters and police officers, effectively ended our national shame of having kids who lack health care coverage, or put millions of more teachers into classrooms....
China agrees to end domestic wind power subsidies USA Today ...China has agreed to stop subsidizing wind power companies that use domestically produced components rather than imports, a victory for U.S. manufacturers...
Innovation Ohio Says Budget Shortfall is $5 billion, not $8 billion Innovation Ohio ...Innovation Ohio, a progressive think tank headquartered in Columbus, released an analysis today which finds that Ohio’s “budget hole” for FY 2012-13 is $5.1 billion, not $8 billion as Gov. Kasich and his allies routinely assert...
Florida Wants Privatized Camping and RV Sites at 56 State Parks FlaglerLive.com ...The Division of Environmental Protection is proposing to partially privatize 56 parks...
Catholics Applaud Diocese of Portland, Maine's Opposition to Anti-Union Legislation Catholics United ...
the Maine legislature announced plans to table LD309, anti-union legislation that would severely undermine the rights of workers to negotiate with their employers...
The $2.5 Trillion Tragedy: What America Has Given Up For 10 Years Of Bush Tax Cuts ThinkProgress ...The tradeoffs paint a stark picture. For the same price as the Bush tax cuts, which did little to help the economy, we could’ve sent tens of millions of students to college, retrofitted every household in America with the capacity to generate alternative energy, hired millions of firefighters and police officers, effectively ended our national shame of having kids who lack health care coverage, or put millions of more teachers into classrooms....
China agrees to end domestic wind power subsidies USA Today ...China has agreed to stop subsidizing wind power companies that use domestically produced components rather than imports, a victory for U.S. manufacturers...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Today's Teamster News 06.07.11
Connecticut Passes First-in-the-Nation Sick Days Bill Public News Service ...It requires certain businesses with 50 or more employees to allow workers to earn up to five sick days a year...
Wisconsin Republicans accused of dirty tricks in recall elections TwinCities.com ... Republicans said Monday that they're working on running candidates as Democrats in recall elections against Senate Republicans in order to force primaries and give incumbents more time to campaign....
Expected changes to Senate budget would cut legislators' pay, ax Kasich's JobsOhio role axed Columbus Dispatch ...The Senate also is expected to remove a change that Republicans made last week to take $10 million from a fund that provides housing to poor Ohioans and give it to county recorders...
Vote on bill to limit union fees delayed until next year Kennebec Journal ...Lawmakers delayed until next year votes on a bill that would end the requirement that nonunion state workers pay a portion of union dues...
Gov. Tom Corbett's spending leaves some wondering about his budget 'sacrifice' message Patriot News ...He asks state employees to take a pay cut and urges teachers and state university professors to consider a pay freeze. At the same time, some of his senior staffers are being paid more than their predecessors...
Empowering Public Employees: Lessons From the Women's Movement (opinion) The Atlantic ...Just as the women's movement supported individual women and girls (like me), unions give public servants their identity....
Wisconsin Republicans accused of dirty tricks in recall elections TwinCities.com ... Republicans said Monday that they're working on running candidates as Democrats in recall elections against Senate Republicans in order to force primaries and give incumbents more time to campaign....
Expected changes to Senate budget would cut legislators' pay, ax Kasich's JobsOhio role axed Columbus Dispatch ...The Senate also is expected to remove a change that Republicans made last week to take $10 million from a fund that provides housing to poor Ohioans and give it to county recorders...
Vote on bill to limit union fees delayed until next year Kennebec Journal ...Lawmakers delayed until next year votes on a bill that would end the requirement that nonunion state workers pay a portion of union dues...
Gov. Tom Corbett's spending leaves some wondering about his budget 'sacrifice' message Patriot News ...He asks state employees to take a pay cut and urges teachers and state university professors to consider a pay freeze. At the same time, some of his senior staffers are being paid more than their predecessors...
Empowering Public Employees: Lessons From the Women's Movement (opinion) The Atlantic ...Just as the women's movement supported individual women and girls (like me), unions give public servants their identity....
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Today's Teamster News 06.04.11
Master of disasters, Roy Gillespie is back from Joplin St. Louis American ...Marvin Kropp, president of Teamsters Joint Council 13, sent Gillespie down to Joplin and has facilitated his emergence as a national leader in disaster relief...
Tent city scheduled to open on Saturday Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...Starting Saturday evening, and continuing for as many as 17 days, protesters will try to reconstruct a modern-day Hooverville around the Capitol Square...
Was Kapanke's team in on talks about running spoiler Democrat? Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...n a newly obtained secret recording of the La Crosse County Republican Party meeting on May 25, party officials claim they talked with a staffer for Sen. Dan Kapanke and a top GOP official about taking steps to extend the campaign and delay the recall vote...
Ohio Senate Republicans Attempt to Gut State Minimum Wage Law Think Progress ...Ohio Senate Republicans are working to limit the number of people eligible to earn that wage, attaching an amendment to an omnibus budget bill that would circumvent the law and prevent an untold number of workers from collecting the state-mandated minimum wage...
Florida unions host ‘Festival’ to encourage folks to organize against Rick Scott Orlando Sentinel ...The state AFL-CIO is planning an all-day “Festival for Florida’s Future” — a combination of music, kids’ games and lots of anti-Rick Scott rhetoric — at the Orange County Fair Grounds on West Colonial Drive on Saturday...
Bill would allow Maine gubernatorial hopefuls to raise more cash Bangor Daily News ...the late-session proposal, which would double the maximum contribution amount, is drawing fire from Democrats and some observers of Maine’s campaign finance laws who accuse proponents of seeking major changes to contribution limits without putting the issue to a public hearing...
Workers, leaders rally at shuttered Detroit depot ctpost.com ...A coalition of Detroit labor, community and church groups have gathered in front of a once-majestic but now neglected train depot to rally for jobs and against the building's owner...
Tent city scheduled to open on Saturday Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...Starting Saturday evening, and continuing for as many as 17 days, protesters will try to reconstruct a modern-day Hooverville around the Capitol Square...
Was Kapanke's team in on talks about running spoiler Democrat? Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...n a newly obtained secret recording of the La Crosse County Republican Party meeting on May 25, party officials claim they talked with a staffer for Sen. Dan Kapanke and a top GOP official about taking steps to extend the campaign and delay the recall vote...
Ohio Senate Republicans Attempt to Gut State Minimum Wage Law Think Progress ...Ohio Senate Republicans are working to limit the number of people eligible to earn that wage, attaching an amendment to an omnibus budget bill that would circumvent the law and prevent an untold number of workers from collecting the state-mandated minimum wage...
Florida unions host ‘Festival’ to encourage folks to organize against Rick Scott Orlando Sentinel ...The state AFL-CIO is planning an all-day “Festival for Florida’s Future” — a combination of music, kids’ games and lots of anti-Rick Scott rhetoric — at the Orange County Fair Grounds on West Colonial Drive on Saturday...
Bill would allow Maine gubernatorial hopefuls to raise more cash Bangor Daily News ...the late-session proposal, which would double the maximum contribution amount, is drawing fire from Democrats and some observers of Maine’s campaign finance laws who accuse proponents of seeking major changes to contribution limits without putting the issue to a public hearing...
Workers, leaders rally at shuttered Detroit depot ctpost.com ...A coalition of Detroit labor, community and church groups have gathered in front of a once-majestic but now neglected train depot to rally for jobs and against the building's owner...
Friday, June 3, 2011
Today's Teamster News 06.03.11
Will Lynch to Eric Cantor: Come visit Joplin (opinion) PoliticM ...Nothing can convey the heartache and loss felt by those affected by this devastating tornado. That’s why I think it would be beneficial for Congressman Cantor to see Joplin with his own eyes...
Amid protests, panel votes to expand school choice, cut aid to local governments Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...The Legislature's budget committee - disrupted repeatedly by protesters opposed to Gov. Scott Walker - voted late Thursday to expand the state's school choice program to much of Racine County...
New budget deficit projection requires independent review (opinion) Youngstown Vindicator ...word that the shortfall between revenue and expenditures could be significantly lower demands a nonpartisan, transparent evaluation of the projection...
Hundreds of Maine Workers Protest "Right to Work" Bill Maine Public Broadcasting Network ...Hundreds of union workers from the public and private sector jammed the halls of the State House today to oppose a Republican-backed bill that would eliminate the so-called fair share requirement for state workers during collective bargaining negotiations...
Teachers, others protest Snyder policies at Mackinac Detroit News ...A group of teachers and other public sector workers came to Mackinac Island today to protest Gov. Rick Snyder's education cuts and tax policies...
NH Senate passes $10B budget package Associated Press ...The Senate removed a several changes proposed by the House, including one that labor unions said would weaken their collective bargaining rights...
Amid protests, panel votes to expand school choice, cut aid to local governments Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...The Legislature's budget committee - disrupted repeatedly by protesters opposed to Gov. Scott Walker - voted late Thursday to expand the state's school choice program to much of Racine County...
New budget deficit projection requires independent review (opinion) Youngstown Vindicator ...word that the shortfall between revenue and expenditures could be significantly lower demands a nonpartisan, transparent evaluation of the projection...
Hundreds of Maine Workers Protest "Right to Work" Bill Maine Public Broadcasting Network ...Hundreds of union workers from the public and private sector jammed the halls of the State House today to oppose a Republican-backed bill that would eliminate the so-called fair share requirement for state workers during collective bargaining negotiations...
Teachers, others protest Snyder policies at Mackinac Detroit News ...A group of teachers and other public sector workers came to Mackinac Island today to protest Gov. Rick Snyder's education cuts and tax policies...
NH Senate passes $10B budget package Associated Press ...The Senate removed a several changes proposed by the House, including one that labor unions said would weaken their collective bargaining rights...
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