Today's Teamster News 05.07.11

Milwaukee County prosecutors to work full-time despite 20% pay cuts  Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel   ..."I believe the Assistant District Attorneys are being treated dishonorably, but I also know that they consider it a great privilege, as do I, to serve you..."
Ohio House Budget Would Let Kasich Sell Assets Such as Prisons  Bloomberg  ...Ohio Governor John Kasich could sell or lease six prisons and the state turnpike under the $55.6 billion, two-year budget that passed the Republican-led House of Representatives 59-40 ...
'We Are Ohio' Movement Takes Aim At Senate Bill 5 That Became Law  The State Journal  ...They say collective bargaining was won with the sweat and blood of their grandfathers...
Florida budget has plenty of pain to go around  Associated Press   ...Special education teacher Hal Krantz hasn't had a raise in two years, but he'll be among 650,000 public employees whose pay checks will be cut to help balance an annual state budget that also slashes spending by nearly $4 billion...
Demonstrators to greet Snyder at Benton Harbor's annual parade  Detroit News   ...Gov. Rick Snyder will put himself at ground zero of a controversy over local control Saturday when he serves as grand marshal in a parade through Benton Harbor...
Collective bargaining should remain in N.H. (opinion)  Portsmouth Herald   ...Our legislators are intent on destroying unions and the collective bargaining process for partisan reasons that have nothing to do with creating jobs or helping to grow the economy...
State Representatives Attend Town Hall on Education  WestChester Patch   ...many parents who spoke out at the meeting said that Corbett’s plan would “dismantle the public education system in the state...”

Just in case you weren't worried enough about our economy....

...Michael Snyder offers 15 shocking facts about poverty in America in Business Insider.

Here's a sample:

• The U.S. poverty rate is now the third worst among the developed nations tracked by the OECD
• Household participation in the food stamp program has increased 20.28% since last year
• 28% of all U.S. households have at least one member that is looking for a full-time job
• One out of every five children in the United States is now living in

We're in a crisis, folks.