Unions see Ohio victory as springboard for resurgence, boost for 2012 election Associated Press ...Labor unions are celebrating one of their biggest victories in decades after turning back an Ohio law that curbed collective bargaining rights for the state’s public workers...
Author of Arizona Immigration Law Loses Recall Election Associated Press ...Senate President Russell Pearce conceded defeat Tuesday in an unprecedented recall election, a stunning turnabout for the author of Arizona's tough immigration law and one of the most powerful politicians in the state...
Liz Mathis Wins State Senate District 18 KCRG-TV9 ...Linn County voters extended Democratic control of the Iowa Senate by electing Liz Mathis to fill a vacant seat in Iowa Senate 18 ... Mathis ... made jobs, improving the business climate and education the basis of her campaign...
Union message in Scott defeat Detroit Free Press ...State Rep. Paul Scott, R-Grand Blanc, became the first state legislator in a generation to be recalled from office Tuesday, losing a close vote that was called after Scott and his Republican colleagues in Lansing enacted sweeping tax and budget reforms earlier this year...
Mainers vote to continue Election Day registration Bangor Daily News ...By a relatively wide margin, Mainers on Tuesday overturned a recently passed law that would have ended a 38-year-old practice of allowing voters to register on Election Day...
2011 election results: Steve Beshear wins in Kentucky, Phil Bryant elected in Mississippi Politico ...Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear cruised to a second term over Republican David Williams Tuesday in a win that offers Democrats a 2012 template for how to run in a dismal economic environment...
Showing posts with label michigan recall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label michigan recall. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Today's Teamster News 07.08.11
Small donors, unions give Democrats cash edge in Wisconsin recall elections DailyKos ...this is a very strong showing for the Democratic candidates...
Clock is ticking for counties to validate SB5 signatures Fox19 ...now it's up to local jurisdictions like Butler County to validate each signature by July 18...
Minnesota Shutdown May Cost State Economy $23 Million Weekly Bloomberg ...The economy in Minnesota, whose debt was downgraded today by Fitch Ratings, may lose about $23 million a week in spending power from public and private workers idled by the shutdown of its government...
Gov. Rick Scott’s plutocratic Florida (Opinion) Miami Herald ...this guy isn’t so much the governor of Florida as he is one of several interchangeable ideologues elevated to state and federal government in part thanks to the faux grassroots “tea party movement.”...
Law increasing bargaining units in NH takes effect Associated Press ... A new law requires a bargaining unit to have at least 10 members...
Teachers union leaders say they'll become active in recall campaigns against state House members MLive.com ...State teachers union leaders say they will now be actively involved in recall campaigns, calling the recent tenure reform package “the tipping point.”...
Clock is ticking for counties to validate SB5 signatures Fox19 ...now it's up to local jurisdictions like Butler County to validate each signature by July 18...
Minnesota Shutdown May Cost State Economy $23 Million Weekly Bloomberg ...The economy in Minnesota, whose debt was downgraded today by Fitch Ratings, may lose about $23 million a week in spending power from public and private workers idled by the shutdown of its government...
Gov. Rick Scott’s plutocratic Florida (Opinion) Miami Herald ...this guy isn’t so much the governor of Florida as he is one of several interchangeable ideologues elevated to state and federal government in part thanks to the faux grassroots “tea party movement.”...
Law increasing bargaining units in NH takes effect Associated Press ... A new law requires a bargaining unit to have at least 10 members...
Teachers union leaders say they'll become active in recall campaigns against state House members MLive.com ...State teachers union leaders say they will now be actively involved in recall campaigns, calling the recent tenure reform package “the tipping point.”...
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....
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