Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Today's Teamster News 06.01.11

Number of missing from Joplin tornado shrinks to 10  Kansas City Star   ...Crews searched the tornado-torn area inside Joplin, Mo., for a sixth time Tuesday as state and local officials worked to locate or account for those still missing...
Wisconsin Dems 6. Wisconsin Republicans 0. (opinion)  Washington Post   ...surely it’s also a big deal that we now know for certain that six Wisconsin Republican state senators will officially face recall elections, while a grand total of zero Democrats may face the same?...
Senate budget plan strips new union law wording  Zanesville Times Recorder   ...Ohio senators want to strip wording from the state budget that would more closely tie public school teachers' pay to their performance in the classroom, language similar to certain provisions of the state's contentious new collective bargaining law...
Maine GOP's Revival of 'Right to Work' Bill Inflames Partisan Tensions  Maine Public Broadcasting Network   ...Tensions are so high some predict that the needed two-thirds support for the overall budget could be in jeopardy--raising the potential threat of a state shutdown...
Speaker manipulating right-to-work vote (opinion)  Nashua Telegraph   ...he embarked on a “tea party” agenda that has been relentlessly attacking middle-class working families by passing bills that cut funds for schools, the disabled, the elderly and our first responders like firefighters and police...
Fire Governor Rick Snyder Campaign Underway  Ann Arbor Examiner   ...Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s popularity is fading daily...