Saturday, August 20, 2011

Today's Teamster News 08.21 11

Ohio governor, GOP leaders stage event intended to draw anti-union law’s foes to table  Washington Post   ...Kasich and fellow Republicans planted themselves alongside an empty table bearing placards for major unions, including the AFL-CIO, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employess, and the Ohio Education Association...
Kasich/SB 5 numbers  Public Policy Polling   ...John Kasich and Senate Bill 5 are both still unpopular: but neither is as unpopular as it was 3 months ago. 50% of Ohioans say they would vote to reject Senate Bill 5 if the election was today, to 39% who would vote to accept it...
Milwaukee, Madison workers seek to overturn collective bargaining law  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   ...Milwaukee sanitation workers and Madison teachers filed a lawsuit late Thursday seeking to strike down Gov. Scott Walker's legislation ending most collective bargaining for public employees...
Stealth ALEC courts Tallahassee Republican lawmakers  Sun-Sentinel   ...THE ISSUE: A special interest group that wields stealthy clout in Tallahassee...
NH hospitals continue to slash workers, programs  Lawrence Eagle-Tribune   ...A third New Hampshire hospital announced yesterday it would lay off employees and cut back on programs as a direct result of state budget changes...
Snyder administration in freak-out mode over legal challenge to the Emergency Manager law  eclectablog   ...If there was any doubt about whether or not the Snyder administration was freaking out about lawsuit by Sugar Law Center challenging the constitutionality of the Emergency Manager law (PA 4), this should remove all doubt...