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US: Midwest union battles highlight debate over improving schools
INDIANAPOLIS -- The Republican faceoff with labor unions in the Midwest and elsewhere marks not just a fight over money and collective bargaining, but also a test of wills over how to improve the nation's schools.
Ohio
OH: Ohio Senate Republicans pass collective bargaining overhaul by narrowest margin; bill moves to the Ohio House
After three weeks of raucous debate that drew thousands of protesters to the state Capitol, the Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved by the slimmest margin possible a bill that would drastically reduce collective bargaining rights for Ohio's public workers.
After three weeks of raucous debate that drew thousands of protesters to the state Capitol, the Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved by the slimmest margin possible a bill that would drastically reduce collective bargaining rights for Ohio's public workers.
Ohio Senate Republicans remove committee member to ensure approval of collective bargaining bill
At the last minute, Ohio Senate Republicans have changed the makeup of a committee that will vote whether to approve a controversial bill that would overhaul the state's collective bargaining rights.
Senate Bill 5 approved by narrow margin
By one vote, a bitterly divided Ohio Senate approved a sweeping overhaul of the state's 27-year-old collective bargaining law Wednesday.
Ohio panel votes to end union right to strike - Yahoo! News
An Ohio state Senate panel voted on Wednesday to strip public sector unions of some ... the scapegoat and deny a person the ultimate right to work or not ?
Ohio tensions rise over right to strike
Financial Times
In Indiana, “right-to-work” legislation, which would outlaw making union membership a condition of employment, similarly prompted Democratic legislators to flee rather than allow the bill to pass. In Ohio, however, unlike Wisconsin and Indiana
Indiana
IN RESPONSE: 'Right to work' harms workers
Evansville Courier & Press
Sue Ellspermann (R-Ferdinand) asserted that House Bill 1468, also called the right to work legislation, would be good for workers in Indiana. However, the bill and other so-called right to work (for less) laws actually are harmful to workers. ...
Notre Dame to Unveil Right-to-Work Study
Inside INdiana Business (press release)
It was authored by Ohio University Economist Richard Vedder and estimated per capita income would increase by more than $3800 for a family of four over the next decade if a right to work law is passed this year. Thursday's news conference is scheduled
Grocery Clerks, Meatcutters and Food Workers Testify on R-T-W Bills at Indiana ...
Business Wire (press release)
INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Clerks and meatcutters from neighborhood supermarkets, and food workers from local processing plants across Indiana raised their voices in unified opposition to so-called right-to-work legislation today. ...
Real facts behind 'Right to Work'
Princeton Daily Clarion
By Nancy Guyott - Guest columnist | 0 comments Upon reading Indiana Chamber of Commerce's President Kevin Brinegar's article (Hoosiers Deserve the 'Right-to-work') I was reminded of the saying "you're entitled to your own opinion, but not your own ...
Wisconsin
WI: Senate Republicans turn up heat on missing Democrats
Senate Republicans stepped up efforts Wednesday to force their 14 absent Democratic colleagues home, instituting fines for the defiant lawmakers and penalties for their staffers.
Letter: Unions not needed in government jobs
Leavenworth Times
He wants to eliminate the state collection of union dues, in accordance with right-to-work principles. Union membership should be voluntary, and governments should not enforce it by collecting dues for the unions. Unions should collect their own dues
Wall Street, not unions, is source of problems
Allentown Morning Call
Texas has a $33 million deficit and it is a right-to-work state. This is all about breaking the back of middle-class America. The people represented in Wisconsin are our friends, our brothers, our sisters and our neighbors. They are the police officers
Michigan
Be content with what you have
Port Huron Times Herald
Bernie from Almont: "If Ricky Snyder wants to get Michigan back on its feet, the only way is to make Michigan a right-to-work state. If you want to belong to a union, that's your right. If you don't, that also is your right. Let's make Michigan
No Labor Day for Michigan unions, either
City Pulse
Michigan could have gotten Republican Mike Bouchard as its governor and be fighting a "Right to Work" battle right now. But that´s little solace for public workers and card-carrying union laborers who see their jobs and their way of life under attack
Snyder speaks of 'common ground' to construction union group ...
Snyder's speech to the Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council was ... prevailing wage law or another to make Michigan a "right-to-work" state. ...
Maine
MAINE: LePage to move "forcefully ahead" with Right-to-Work ...
No requirements that you have to join a UnionFrom Ben Smith's column at Politico :Maine Gov. Paul LePage said Saturday he would push forcefully ahead with.
ME: LePage budget draws fire from state workers, retirees
Saying they are not to blame for Maine's budget woes, state employees and retirees called upon lawmakers to reject proposed changes to Maine's pension and retirement system during the first day of hearings on the LePage administration's $6.1 billion spending plan.
ME Nurses Assoc. fights Right to Work
WLBZ-TV
AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Nurses were in Augusta Wednesday afternoon to fight the proposed Maine Right to Work Act. The bill presented by Republican Representative Tom Winsor of Norway, and supported by Governor LePage, would essentially allow ...
Minnesota
Alternative teachers and 'white smoke': What does Dayton's deal signal?
MinnPost.com
Dayton, he speculated, will hold firm on things like prevailing wages, preserving teachers' right to strike and not allowing Minnesota to become a right-to-work state. “He really gets what working people are going through right now,” said Hesse. ...
New Hampshire
House GOP has high praise for its progress
Concord Monitor
Bettencourt praised his caucus for passing a "right to work" bill that says ... Those included votes to extract New Hampshire from a regional agreement to ...
Missouri
Steelman out for right-to-work, Prime Buzz | Midwest Democracy Project
Missouri employers and workers deserve a competitive economic landscape.” There are two primary reasons Missouri should implement Right to Work legislation. ...
