Monday, August 29, 2011

Today's Teamster News 08.29.11

Walker tells students to take a (tuition) hike  The UWM Post   ...UW-Milwaukee undergraduates and faculty will bear the brunt of Governor Scott Walker’s controversial biennial budget cuts to the UW System this semester, paying 51 percent of the $16.8 million dollars lost annually in state revenue...
Gov. John Kasich's administration moves closer to privatizing lottery  Clevelan Plain Dealer   ...The administration plans to hire a consultant to look at the nuts and bolts of converting the $2.6 billion lottery into a quasi-government agency and determine its value...
Where are all the jobs LePage was going to create? (opinion)  Kennebec Journal   ...Gov. Paul LePage has hired an expensive New York lawyer to negotiate the contract with the union. The union has put forth in good faith cost-savings measures only to have this administration turn them down...
Farmworkers trek through valley on way to Sacramento  The Modesto Bee   ...The march started in Madera on Tuesday and will reach the capital on Sept. 4. A small group is doing the entire route, but bigger crowds are expected for various segments...
NLRB chairwoman departs; political fights loom for labor panel  The Hill   ...Without new people to fill those seats, the five-member board will be down to just two – not enough to have the legal authority to issue decisions, due to a 2010 Supreme Court ruling...
The case of the US jobless recovery: Assertive management meets the double hangover  VoxEU   ...The US is missing millions of jobs. This column argues that the total is 10.4 million. It claims that 3 million of these can be traced to the weakened bargaining position of labour and the growing assertiveness of management in slashing costs to maintain share prices...