Thursday, August 11, 2011

Today's Teamster News 08.11.11

Wisconsin’s Warning to Union-Busters (opinion)  New York Times   ...Republicans will not admit this, but the numbers showed significant strength for Democrats even in the districts they lost — strength that could grow if lawmakers continue cutting spending and taxes while reducing the negotiating rights of working families...
Moderate Republicans could be most powerful in Wisconsin Legislature  postcrescent.com   ...moderate Republicans — essentially pushed aside the past six months — could now be the most powerful and important people in the Legislature...
Labor and Dems lost. They should be proud of what they accomplished.  Washington Post   ...By staging a fight that drew national attention, labor and Wisconisn Dems revealed an unexpected level of national sympathy for public employees, and, yes, for unions and their basic right to exist...
Grassroots "Progressive Freedom Fund" Looking to Raise $100,000 to Air TV Spot Against Kasich  PR Newswire   ...The grassroots organization PROGRESSIVE FREEDOM FUND today unveiled new TV spots, website and Facebook page...
Muskegon County Board considers right-to-work resolution too hot to touch  mlive.com   ...the right-to-work issue is so controversial to many on the Muskegon County Board of Commissioners that a piece of communication on the topic from another Michigan county won't even be placed on file...
Verizon union members say strike worth hardship   Boston Globe   ...The unions ... are fighting to keep employee pensions, affordable health care benefits, and a clause that makes it more difficult for Verizon to lay off union workers. If that job security is wiped away, union members fear they will lose their jobs and the work will be outsourced overseas or shifted to company facilities in other parts of the country...