Highlights: FL Gov. sign teacher pay/tenure bill, as State House considers anti-union legislation; NH legislation effectively ends collective bargaining; NJ Toll Workers ask judge to save jobs as Christie moves to privatize; TX passes voter-ID legislation after heated debate while sending budget bill to the floor; Daily Scrooge Alert here http://dailyscroogealert.blogspot.com/
Indiana
Unions Will Protest In L'burg Today
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Union members and their supporters will demonstrate against bills being considered in the Indiana legislature affecting wages and collective bargaining. Dozens of southeast Indiana area union members attended a rally at the Indiana Statehouse March 10
Changing demands complicate Statehouse negotiations
Evansville Courier & Press
Initially, Democrats fled to stop a "right-to-work" bill that would have ended compulsory union membership. On Feb. 22 — the day they arrived at the Comfort Suites hotel in Urbana, Ill. — Democrats sent back a list of 11 Republican-backed measures
Day after Indiana leaders meet, optimism about ending boycott cools | The Courier-Journal | courier-
INDIANAPOLIS One day after meeting privately, Republican and Democratic leaders of the Indiana House tamped down expectations Thursday that they are nearing an end to a legislative standoff that has lasted more than a month.
Teachers, labor union members rally on Vigo Courthouse steps
Terre Haute Tribune Star
In addition to showing opposition to legislation in Indianapolis that would expand charter schools, provide vouchers for use at private schools and make Indiana a “right to work” state, speakers at the rally also expressed support for Indiana House
Wisconsin
Ind. prosecutor suggested fake attack on Wis. gov.
The Associated Press
Scott Walker suggesting the Republican fake an attack on himself to discredit the public employee unions protesting his plan to strip them of nearly all collective bargaining rights. Johnson County Prosecutor Brad Cooper said Carlos Lam resigned in a
State law will hit health care union's revenue
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Making Wisconsin a Right to Work state would have been the preferred route for me. Hate to tell you, but it's not law yet. Lafollette has not been able to publish it yet. I see ther buzzards like flying around threir latest kill.
Ohio
Ohio Republicans still haven't passed bill stripping collective bargaining rights
Daily Kos
by Chris Bowers for Daily Kos Ohio Republicans have found themselves in a surprisingly serious bind in their attempt to strip collective bargaining rights for state workers. The bill to strip collective bargaining rights, SB 5, still isn't law and
Triangle Shirtwaist fire, unions, and worker safety
Toledo Blade
In Ohio, Senate Bill 5 would undermine such protections. Public employees are not covered by federal or state occupational health and safety laws. Rules on workplace safety for public workers come from union collective-bargaining contracts
Ohio House panel to reconvene union bill hearings | The Associated ...
By The Associated Press
The chairman of an Ohio House panel that's considering a hotly contested collective bargaining bill is calling for any proposed changes to the measure to be turned into his office by the end of Monday.
Pennsylvania
Student efforts grow in opposing tuition hike
Somewhere, there is a scorecard that reads: Pitt students, 1; tuition tax, 0.
Florida
Union bill in front of Florida House
What critics are calling a union-busting bill is going to a floor vote in the Florida House.
FL: Gov. Scott signs Florida teacher pay, tenure bill
Florida Gov. Rick Scott went to a privately operated charter school in Jacksonville on Thursday to sign into law far-reaching but divisive legislation that will create merit pay for teachers and end tenure for new hires.
New Hampshire
Unions -- Bargaining would end
Union leaders and Gov. John Lynch said yesterday that a change the House Finance Committee made to a budget bill would effectively end collective bargaining for public employees in New Hampshire.
In an unusually confrontational speech, Democratic Gov. John Lynch yesterday blasted the House Finance Committee's state budget proposal.
New Hampshire Lawmakers Continue Wave of Attacks on Workers
Business Wire (press release)
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The New Hampshire legislature has stepped up its war against workers with a proposal to dramatically roll back collective bargaining laws and put employees at the mercy of employers, according to the International
'Union busting' excites ire
Concord Monitor
"They stripped collective bargaining rights of working people," said Mark MacKenzie, president of the New Hampshire AFL-CIO. But amendment supporters say while it is possible for employers to wait until a contract ends, employers will not do that
Anti-Collective Bargaining Rights Amendment Passed by New - New ...
Anti-Collective Bargaining Rights Amendment Passed by New Hampshire GOP ... The amendment would take away collective bargaining rights, and allow employers
New Jersey
Toll collectors ask judge to save jobs
NEWARK, N.J. — A union representing more than 600 toll collectors wants a federal judge to block the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's plan to have a private company manage collections unless the workers regain the "right of first refusal" for the privatized jobs.
Michigan
MI: Michigan State Police to close 21 posts, including Detroit
DETROIT -- The Michigan State Police announced Thursday it will shutter 21 posts statewide, including one in Detroit, in a restructuring effort that could affect police presence in the city and force rural troopers to work from cars.
New York
Unions rally as Cuomo seeks cuts
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is trying to negotiate away scheduled step increases that take effect in April for 50,000 state workers.
Maine
ME: In protest of LePage mural decision, artist pulls works from State House
A Deer Isle artist angered by Gov. Paul LePage's decision to remove a labor-themed mural from a state building is making his own political statement by yanking his artwork from the State House.
Recalling the governor
Lewiston Sun Journal
He has angered many people due to his adamant determination to stop collective bargaining for state workers. Sounds like people in Maine need to do the same thing with Gov. Paul LePage. First of all, he got into the Blaine House with 39 percent of the
Texas
Emotional voter ID bill debate ends in passage
Democrats in the usually congenial Texas House gave heated speeches Wednesday - sometimes with raised voices - against the Republicans' voter ID bill, which they said discriminates against minorities.
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