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US: Poll -- Americans favor union bargaining rights
MADISON, Wis. — Americans strongly oppose laws taking away the collective bargaining power of public employee unions, according to a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll. The poll found 61% would oppose a law in their state similar to such a proposal in Wisconsin, compared with 33% who would favor such a law.
USA Today
Indiana
IN: Indiana House stalemate is latest round in multistate political war
Indiana House Democrats won a key battle Tuesday night in what is shaping up as a session-long, multistate war with Republicans over labor rights and public education. Voting with their feet, most fled to Urbana, Ill.
The Indianapolis Star
Indiana union workers rally at Statehouse to protest bills
Over the protests of thousands of labor union members who filled the Statehouse, a House committee voted on party lines today to send a bill that would bar unions and companies from negotiating contracts that require all employees to pay fees for representation.
Indiana GOP set to advance bills reducing union influence
As Democrats and union leaders struggle to find leverage, Republican state lawmakers are set to advance three bills Monday that would reduce the influence of organized labor.
Right-to-work bill passes House committee
Despite more than a thousand teachers, steelworkers and other union members filling the Statehouse in opposition, an Indiana House committee Monday approved a right-to-work proposal that Hoosier unions say is an attack on their rights.
Indiana State Rep: Right-to-Work About Jobs
NewsMax.com
Jerry Torr says a bill to make Indiana a right-to-work state – which has been greeted by massive protests and fleeing Democrats, similar to events in Wisconsin – is about new jobs, won't cost the state any money, and unlike the Badger State legislation ...
Wisconsin
GOP raises the stakes In a move meant to lure boycotting opposition senators back to Wisconsin, the Republican leader of the state Senate threatened Monday to force a vote soon on a bill that is abhorred by Democrats: requiring people to show an ID at the polls.
Stalemate in the statehouse -- Government in limbo as union debate rages
Senate Democrats are still in hiding and protesters are still packing the state Capitol, but Gov. Scott Walker and Republican lawmakers said Monday they plan to push ahead with efforts to pass a controversial bill to curb collective bargaining rights for public workers and make sweeping changes to Medicaid.
The Note: Wisconsin's Scott Walker: With Him And Against Him
ABC News (blog)
Mitch Daniels called on Republicans state legislators to stand down on their push for a so-called right-to-work bill that seeks to ban agreements between unions and employers making union membership a condition of employment
Governor Calls Wisconsin `Broke' as He Argues to Limit Union Bargaining
Bloomberg
“We're fighting over right-to-work, bills that deal with schools, prevailing wage,” Brett Voorhies, a United Steelworkers activist, said in an interview in Indianapolis. “We're fighting the attack on families.”
Ohio
OH: After lawsuit threat, protesters allowed into Ohio Statehouse
Moments before a hearing on Senate Bill 5 was scheduled to start at 4 p.m., the Statehouse doors were opened to thousands of protesting union workers who had waited outside all afternoon.
The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)
Public workers from across the state again are expected to flood the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday in opposition to a Republican effort to weaken unions' collective bargaining rights.
Labor supporters plan big Statehouse rally today
Protesters projected to number anywhere from 4,000 to 20,000 are expected to swarm Capitol Square to rally against a bill that would eliminate collective bargaining for state employees and weaken the ability of local workers to bargain for their pay, benefits and working conditions.
Union supporters rally in Dayton to oppose collective bargaining limits
DAYTON, Ohio -- Approximately 1,000 people rallied in the rain Monday morning outside the Dayton Convention Center in opposition to a plan to limit collective bargaining rights for public employees.
Lawmaker -- SB 5 process should have been less confrontational
Watching thousands of public union protestors show up day after day to the Statehouse to oppose Senate Bill 5, the collective bargaining bill, has at least one Senate Republican wishing things had been done differently.
The savings on whacking collective bargaining -- Who knows?
An assessment of the financial impact of controversial Senate Bill 5 has been unveiled by the legislature's research arm, but it contains few specifics.
Michigan
MI: Battle for workers' rights hits Lansing; More protests today over taxes, budget
The battle over unionized public employees' bargaining rights that began in Wisconsin moved to Lansing on Tuesday, where hundreds of Michigan labor activists rallied against what they called anti-union bills pending in the state Legislature.
Detroit Free Press
Hundreds rally at Capitol to protest Snyder budget (w/video and photos)
Lansing State Journal
Among hundreds of union members demonstrating near the Capitol, the Lansing man was fighting "anti-labor" proposed legislation that would eliminate prevailing wage guarantees, make Michigan a right-to-work state by curtailing union rights and expand ...
Could Michigan become another Wisconsin?
ABC12.com
That's because Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder on the campaign trail said at the very least he wouldn't push to make Michigan a "Right to Work" state. But that doesn't mean that public workers unions in Michigan should not be concerned about growing ...
Hundreds of union members, tea party supporters and citizens are expected to converge on the Capitol today to lobby the Legislature and show their feelings for Gov. Rick Snyder's budget plan.
Unions to rally in Lansing over GOP proposals
A top Michigan union official said Monday that Republicans in the Legislature want to strip Michigan unions of their bargaining rights, just as Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker has threatened to do.
Pennsylvania
PA: Corbett favors right-to-work legislation
Gov. Tom Corbett would sign right-to-work legislation if the General Assembly were to send him a bill, his spokesman said Tuesday.
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
If a right-to-work bill landed on Gov. Tom Corbett's desk that gave workers the right to choose whether they paid fees to a union, he would sign it into law.
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education faculty members condemn Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's tactics The union representing 6,000 professors and coaches at the 14 state universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education are condemning tactics being taken in Wisconsin as that state's public employees and Gov. Scott Walker are clashing over contract issues and collective bargaining rights.
New Hampshire
Sponsor asks panel to hold voter ID bill
Even the sponsor of a bill that would require voters to show photo identification at the polls says it needs further study.
Minnesota
Hundreds rally in St. Paul to support Wis. unions
Minnesota Public Radio
Hundreds of people filled the state capitol Tuesday afternoon to say they'll fight any efforts to curb the strength of organized labor like those being debated in Wisconsin. At the rally, Gov. Mark Dayton said he would stop right-to-work legislation ...
Minn. unions rally in support of Wis. cause
Bloomberg
Another, yet to get a hearing, would send voters a constitutional amendment to make Minnesota a "right to work" state. That would allow striking workers to ...
Minnesotans react to Wisconsin labor protests
Minnesota Independent
Walker will not happen in Minnesota. “Some of the proposals, ... and Minnesota is not going to become a 'Right to Work' state if I'm governor
Wisconsin Assembly debates law to curb unions
WXEL
Indiana House Democrats, like their Senate counterparts in Wisconsin, stayed away from the Capitol, stalling a vote on separate "right to work" legislation
Maine
State workers take another shutdown day
Thousands of Maine state employees are having a four-day weekend as most state offices close as part of a series of shutdown days to help the state budget.
