Highlights: Kasich wielding budget axe in Ohio, workers at risk; Teachers and students rally against education cuts in Pennsylvania; Right to Work debate in Missouri today; WI GOP Leader playing politics about Dems being “in contempt”; union members in Maryland protest pension proposal; healthcare money now goes to business in PA and ME; Right to Work proposal in Maryland getting attention
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The GOP Has Seen America's Future - in Mississippi
Republicans have seen the future and it's in Mississippi.
Wisconsin
WI: Democrats' votes won't count, Senate leader says
In a sign GOP lawmakers are still smarting from the recent exodus of Senate Democrats, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) told his caucus Monday that Democrats can't vote in committee because they remain in contempt of the Senate.
Secretary of state won’t publish bargaining law until March 25 Secretary of State Doug La Follette said he won't publish the collective bargaining law passed by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Scott Walker until March 25, the latest day he can do so under law. He said the delay on implementing the law, signed by Walker on Friday, is needed to allow legal challenges to the law to move through the courts.
Walker's win a gift for Dems Hardly
Politico
Unfortunately, the state where we worked was not a right to work state. Not all union members are professional demonstrators, and not all of us support these union activities. I think that anyone who sees Wisconsin and wants to overlay it on the
Ohio
Pickets protest SB5 support
Youngstown Vindicator
Monrean said pickets included firefighters from seven departments, members of the United Steelworkers union, public- school teachers, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, and Service Employees International Union
Focus on privatization seen in Ohio budget proposal
MANAGEMENT BEAT: Kasich looks to turnpike lease and sale of prisons for savings … Debate over workers' benefits heats up in New Jersey … A public employee union in Oregon pitches ideas for cutting the cost of government, and more management news.
Kasich budget will include cuts, cuts, more cuts
Gov. John Kasich's first budget will roil the Ohio landscape on Tuesday, especially the public, nonprofit and private entities that count on the state's largess.
Public employees are ones who lift up the state | The Chillicothe Gazette | chillicothegazette.com
Despite the declaration in Majority Whip Shannon Jones' address to the Ohio Senate Insurance, Commerce and Labor Committee, dated Feb. 8, that SB 5 is not meant to punish unions, you will forgive my disbelief at this statement. I respectfully submit that this is exactly an attempt to punish unions a
Labor leaders say unions are important
Danville News
By Joseph Deinlein The Daily Item LEWISBURG — Interestingly, the president of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIO and the president of the National Right to Work Committee agreed that unions were necessary. The difference, learned by the 100 or so people at the
Iowa
Collective Bargaining Overhaul Dies In Senate
DES MOINES, Iowa -- A bill limiting public workers' collective bargaining rights and requiring them to pay more for their health care is over in Iowa, at least for now. Monday, March 14, 2011.
Indiana
Out-of-state money paying for ads criticizing House Democrats for leaving state
Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels' political action committee has spent $87,042 during the past two weeks to air radio ads chastising House Democrats for boycotting House sessions and relocating to Urbana.
Pennsylvania
The president of the faculty and coaches union at the 14 Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education schools has announced the creation of a website to inform students about how to fight against Gov. Tom Corbett's deep cut in state funding to the state's public universities.
Go ahead, boo the governor, but it's too late
Dems criticize using tobacco payments for business loans
The governor's proposed economic development loan fund would count on some money previously used for health care programs to help him to dole out business loans.
Pa Workers Speak Out Against The War On Workers | The Rick Smith Show
ricksmithshow.com
Patti Defibaugh on why we need state workers to make sure injured citizens get what they deserve instead of international corporations. Also why there's serious understaffing that may lead to the working poor not recieving medical care. Also how Corbetts increase in medical benefits won't help those
Missouri
Mo. Senate begins debate on `right to work' bill
BusinessWeek
The Republican senators asserted Missouri is missing out on an untold number of jobs because companies prefer to locate in states with so-called "right to work" laws such as the one they are proposing. Democrats countered that jobs were going elsewhere
Missouri senators debate 'Right to Work'
Jefferson City News Tribune
By Bob Watson Read additional details in our newspaper or e-Edition. Newspaper subscribers: Click on an e-Edition article and log in using your current account information at no extra charge. For help, e-mail circ@newstribune.com Lawmakers on both
Missouri Right-To-Work Bill Appears Dead -- For Now
Riverfront Times (blog)
15 2011 @ 8:29AM The Missouri Senate yesterday failed to come to a vote after debating for three hours a bill that would prohibit unions from operating "closed shop" businesses in the state. Supporters of the so-called "right-to-work" initiative
Right to work hits senate (AUDIO)
Missourinet.com
by Bob Priddy on March 14, 2011 The state senate makes no decision on the divisive issue of Right to Work. It won't be back for more debate until next month. Democrats are solidly against it. Majority Republicans are split even to the point that the
Right to Work Bill Under Debate in Missouri Today With Scant Media Attentionblogs.riverfronttimes.com The Missouri Senate today is debating a bill (SB 1) today sponsored by Luann Ridgeway (R - Smithville)...
'Right to work' part of larger movement targeting unions
Bizjournals.com
... right-to-work measure sponsored by Sen. Luann Ridgeway, R-Smithville, as early as 4 pm Monday. In addition to Missouri and Wisconsin, several other states are considering bills that target unions, including Indiana, Idaho, Ohio, Tennessee and Iowa.
Maine
LePage -- If they change my budget, they'll get a veto
Gov. Paul LePage is threatening to veto the two-year state budget unless it stays very close to the measure he proposed, saying he will not budge from the amount of tax cuts or from his plan to reform pensions and welfare programs.
Michigan
Snyder at Odds with Students, Unionists, Pretty Much Anyone Not Making $300,000 in Michigan Michigan already has a regressive tax system, which Snyder’s proposal will only make worse. Currently, someone in the poorest 20 percent of Michigan taxpayers pays a tax rate of 8.9 percent, while someone in the richest one percent pays 5.3 percent. — TP Protesters gathered in seven cities across Michigan yesterday, upset about the budget ...
Proposed concessions for state workers may affect local businesses
Spending by state employees is seen as a lifeblood of mid-Michigan's economy, but some fear potential wage cuts will stem that flow.
Snyder's budget faces new wave of Michigan Capitol protests this week
More rallies are planned at the Capitol this week to protest Gov. Rick Snyder's budget and tax plans, and labor union leaders warmed up the stage today by denouncing what they called tax breaks for big businesses at the expense of families, seniors and school children.
West Michigan school chief warns staff of severe cuts, says Gov. Rick Snyder's budget aims to break teacher union WYOMING, Mich. -- Godfrey-Lee Superintendent Dave Britten likened the public education cuts proposed by Gov. Rick Snyder to the military pulling billions of dollars and every tenth person from commanders in Afghanistan, and asking them to "get better and win."
Minnesota
GOP Rep. Keith Downey, preaching 'business consultant' philosophy ...
MinnPost.com
Downey has backed off a "right to work" bill that he had proposed early in the ... lState worker unions long have pointed out, however, that the Minnesota
Minn. GOP senators take aim at public worker benefits
Just days after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker signed landmark legislation stripping public workers of bargaining rights, lawmakers in Minnesota say they want to roll back benefits for public sector workers in the Gopher state.
Maryland
The Wisconsin Drama in the Maryland State House
Patch.com
There is one main and very crucial difference to consider between automotive workers from "Right to Work" and "Non-Right to Work" states. The automotive union workers from "Non-Right to Work" states such as Ohio, Michigan, Delaware and Maryland are no
Thousands expected for state union rally
Thousands are expected in Annapolis tonight to protest the governor's pension proposal at a rally organized by Maryland's largest union for state employees, as budget challenges return to the forefront in the General Assembly after weeks of debate on social issues.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire college students can still vote in state, for now
A controversial move by New Hampshire Republicans to prohibit voting by many of the state's college students appears to be dead — at least for now.
