Saturday, May 21, 2011

Today's Teamster News 05.21.11

Walker breaks campaign promise, raises taxes on the poor  Politifact   ...The largest involved a reduction in a state tax credit for low-income working families, known as the earned income credit. A tax credit reduces the amount of tax you owe...
In One Month, 214,399 Ohioans Sign Petition To Stop Kasich’s Anti-Worker Law  We Are Ohio   ...According to the organizers of that petition drive, they are now 93 percent of the way to achieving this goal after just one month of signature gathering:..
Private Prisons Found To Offer Little in Savings  New York Times   ...Arizona shows that popular wisdom might be wrong: Data there suggest that privately operated prisons can cost more to operate than state-run prisons — even though they often steer clear of the sickest, costliest inmates....
'Right to work' bills inspire little support  Kennebec Journal   ...Two bills that would affect organized labor appeared to be headed for the waste bin Tuesday after an aggressive campaign against them over the last few months...
Protests planned in Lansing over budget  wwmt.com   ...This weekend more protestors are set to show up in Lansing to speak out against education funding cuts...
Quandt: Gov. Lynch should speak up in fight versus 'Right to Work'  Seacoast Online   ... Gov. John Lynch needs to raise his voice if he wants to garner enough support to sustain his veto of Right-to-Work legislation, a local lawmaker said...