Highlights from today: Dist. 7 Steelworkers in Indiana get press; Ohio Tea Party supports limits on collective bargaining, while public employees push back on SB 5; Union members rally in opposition of attacks on public sector workers in Wisconsin….and Walker comes forward with a proposal to sell state-owned power plants.; NH State House passes “Right to Work” – on to the State Senate; Nevada Public Employees’ salaries come under scrutiny; Missouri Senate Panel moves Right to Work proposal ahead, now full Senate can debate legislation.
Multi-state
Lawmakers in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Michigan zeroing in on the union ...
In Ohio, the state Legislature is looking at a proposal to eliminate collective ... Local right-to-work is not without its problems, among which are ...
New Hampshire
NH House passes right-to-work law CONCORD – The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to make New Hampshire the first state in the Northeast to enact a “right-to-work” law that would block unions from compelling payment from employees.
House passes right-to-work by wide margin
The Union Leader
By TOM FAHEY CONCORD – The New Hampshire House today voted 221-131 to pass a right-to-work law that bars union contracts that require all workers in a unit to either join or pay costs of negotiating and enforcing a collective bargaining agreement. ...
House passes right'to'work by wide margin - Lucianne.com News ...
CONCORD – The New Hampshire House today voted 221-131 to pass a right-to-work law that bars union contracts that require all workers in a unit to either ...
Wisconsin
Legislators mum on Walker proposal as union leaders, protesters rage
Republican lawmakers were unusually silent Monday about whether they supported Gov. Scott Walker's plan to effectively end collective bargaining for nearly all public employees, even as hundreds of students filled the state Capitol with chants of "Kill this bill" in protest of the plan.
Walker refuses to back down from anti-union bill
Gov. Scott Walker refused to back down Monday from his proposal to remove collective bargaining rights for most Wisconsin public employees, saying he needed all the concessions he was seeking.
State workers willing to bend on concessions, not bargaining rights
State workers signaled Monday they could accept benefit cuts proposed by Gov. Scott Walker even as they prepared to battle with Walker over his plan to cut most of their union bargaining rights.
Not all Wis. law enforcement exempt from bargaining changes
Gov. Scott Walker is pushing for sweeping changes to collective bargaining that would ensure most people who works for the government in Wisconsin can't negotiate their benefits, pensions and working conditions -- except for local police, firefighters and Wisconsin State Patrol troopers.
Stoughton students walk out of class to protest Walker's moves
STOUGHTON, Wisc. -- About 100 Stoughton High School students walked out of class Monday morning to protest Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to limit the collective bargaining of public employees, including teachers.
Walker proposes selling state-owned power plants
Gov. Scott Walker's proposal to sell heating and cooling plants could generate hundreds of millions of dollars, but stronger pollution rules that govern the aging facilities could make them less attractive to potential buyers.
Legislative workgroup to study prevailing wage laws
Milwaukee News Buzz
NewsBuzz reported yesterday about one union's leader's claim that Walker, while campaigning, promised the union's leaders that if elected, his agenda wouldn't include legislation making Wisconsin a right-to-work state, a change that would make it ...
Unions fight back
Green Bay Press Gazette
Most controversial are related proposals to limit collective bargaining rights for local and state employees and to make Wisconsin a so-called "right to work" state, repealing requirements that employees in union shops must join the union or pay the ...
Ohio
Public workers preparing more push-back on SB 5
The collective bargaining fight continues this week, with firefighters and teachers holding a press conference tomorrow in opposition to a bill that would dismantle much of Ohio's collective bargaining law, while central Ohio firefighters are trying to organize a strong letter-writing campaign.
Tea party backs collective bargaining limits
In an announcement unlikely to spark surprise around Capitol Square, the tea party said today it is backing Republican efforts to eliminate collective bargaining for state workers and significantly weaken it for local public employees.
Official: Bills Could Affect Ohioans
The Evening Leader
“It makes a major change as to what Ohio is listed as a right to work — this bill is going to have a major impact on businesses, public schools and public ..
Local residents show their support for anti-union bill
TURTLECREEK TWP., Ohio -- When state Sen. Shannon Jones testifies on Ohio Senate Bill 5 today, there will some fellow Warren County residents supporting her efforts to limit the power of public unions in collective bargaining negotiations.
Area officials see need to end public employee bargaining
A Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce leader and a Shelby County school official told lawmakers on Tuesday they support a bill to end collective bargaining for state workers and give school districts and local governments the flexibility to manage in the face of dwindling resources.
Union bargaining 'out of control,' say supporters of reform
Supporters of a plan to make sweeping changes to Ohio's collective bargaining laws had their first chance to make a case to lawmakers on Tuesday to rein in public sector labor costs that they say "spiral out of control."
Cheers, jeers greet proposed Ohio labor law
Local governments and schools Tuesday praised a proposed law that they argued would level the playing field when it comes to contract negotiations, even as protesting union workers accused Gov. John Kasich of engaging in political payback against those who didn't support him last fall.
Indiana
Steelworkers decry GOP's moves against organized labor
Evansville Courier & Press
By Eric Bradner —The Indiana House Education Committee will continue to ... —"Right to work" legislation that would bar compulsory labor union membership. ...
Steelworkers come to Indiana Statehouse to protest GOP proposals
Louisville Courier-Journal
Labor unions also have opposed a bill to fix Indiana's debt-ridden ... “I believe this right to work and state unemployment and things that they're doing ...
Union sets Indiana Statehouse protest against GOP right-to-work legislation
Organizers expect several hundred steelworkers for an Indiana Statehouse rally to protest a proposal reducing unemployment benefits for many laid-off workers and so-called right-to-work legislation.
Union protests at Ind. Statehouse on GOP proposals
Bloomberg
Organizers said more than 600 United Steelworkers members from around the state attended Tuesday's event. Labor unions have opposed a bill moving through the Legislature to fix Indiana's debt-ridden unemployment insurance fund that would reduce jobless ...
Steelworkers urge lawmakers to defeat bills limiting unions
nwitimes.com
AJ Mast | The Times Hundreds of steelworkers, who packed the Statehouse in Indianapolis on Tuesday to ask legislators to vote down several so-called right-to-work proposals, gather for a group picture. The Northwest Federation of Labor will hold an ...
Minnesota
Minnesota Union Members Rally Against Anti-Worker Bill
Some 400 members from dozens of Minnesota unions—backed by more than 1000 ... Keith Downey ®, removed the right-to-work for less provision and the 15 ...
Missouri
Mo. Senate Panel Advances 'Right To Work' Bill
KTTS
The vote means the bill can now move to the full Senate for debate. Voters rejected a measure in 1978 that would have made Missouri a "right to work" state. ...
Mo. senate advances right to work bill
St. Louis Business Journal
Legislation that would exempt workers from having to pay union dues as a condition of employment passed the Missouri Senate General Laws Committee Tuesday, ...
First priority is jobs
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The first order of business in Missouri was for a deceitfully named "Right to Work" bill which would go a long way to reduce the wages of the few good jobs
Michigan
Choice will improve Mich. schools
Urban and suburban parents alike should digest the eye-opening report about Michigan's education system just released by EdTrust-Midwest.
Michigan prison workers fear privatization
Prison cooks, psychologists, teachers and others are afraid they'll lose their jobs under the budget proposal Gov. Rick Snyder plans to present Thursday.
Lawmakers host free 'Waiting for Superman' showing
Michigan lawmakers who say they want to push through education changes are hosting a free showing of the movie, "Waiting for Superman."
Bill would force sale of schools to charters
Charter schools could lease or purchase unused public school buildings for $1 under a bill that cleared the Indiana Senate in a 43-7 vote Monday.
House committee has hearing on voucher bill today
State lawmakers are set to take up one of the most polarizing portions of this year's education reform debate: directing public school dollars into private schools.
Nevada
Salaries of public workers to feel budget bite
Democrats in the Legislature have railed against the effect of budget cuts on schools and universities, people with disabilities and people without jobs. But they have stayed conspicuously silent on one of Gov. Brian Sandoval's cuts — his proposed 5 percent whack at state workers' pay.
Pennsylvania
Protecting jobs will be a priority in current legislative session
CBS 21
According to Keller, proposals like privatizing the state liquor stores, ... and weaken collective bargaining through so-called "right to work" bills; ...
Value of state control of liquor sales sharply debated
A state senator yesterday challenged the assumptions of a researcher who claimed alcohol consumption would increase dramatically under a private liquor system with more than one-fourth of the increased sales of liquor consumed by minors.
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