Highlights: Video from ALEC’s Policy Summit Reveals the Anti-Union, Pro-Privatization Playbook; Wage Theft Bill Seeks Approval in Oregon; FL Legislators reach pension deal, agree to a three percent wage cut; SB 5 opponents push for ballot wording that means "no" vote; Rick Snyder Recall Sabotage Has Begun; Pennsylvania: Thousands expected to come to Harrisburg on Tuesday to protest budget cuts; In Tennessee: Kicking labor when its down; full Scrooge Alert here: http://dailyscroogealert.blogspot.com/

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Video from ALEC’s Policy Summit Reveals the Anti-Union, Pro-Privatization Playbook

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Ohio

House unveils changes to Kasich's budget plan

Republicans who lead the Ohio House on Thursday unveiled a host of changes to Gov. John Kasich's budget proposal that they hope will attract residents young and old, and reduce the impact of painful cuts on their local communities and schools.

SB 5 opponents push for ballot wording that means "no" vote

Rep. Michael Stinziano wants some assurance from the Ohio secretary of state that the wording of the upcoming Senate Bill 5 referendum will let opponents of the collective bargaining law vote "no" on the issue.

November ballot issues at odds
Mansfield News Journal
The controversy over collective bargaining rights for public employees arguably has been topic No. 1 in Ohio this year. It appears primed to culminate in the form of a referendum seeking to overturn the new union law on the Nov. 8 ballot

Mahoning Democratic chairman takes on the Regional Chamber
More>> YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The president of the Mahoning County Democratic Party continues his battle with the Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce. The issue is the Chamber's endorsement of Ohio's collective bargaining law for public

Michigan

Rick Snyder Recall Sabotage Has Begun

Wisconsin

Thousands march in MIlwaukee May Day parade
Pierce County Herald
But this year, the event centered on Republican Governor Scott Walker's effort to virtually end collective bargaining for most of Wisconsin's state-and-local public employee unions. MILWAUKEE - Thousands of people marched in the annual May-Day parade

Wis. special election on Tuesday gets contentious
Chicago Tribune
The race considered most competitive has focused on Walker's proposed budget and his plan to curtail collective bargaining rights for most public employees. The race in District 94, which comprises rural La Crosse County and parts of Monroe County,

May Day Revives Union Protests
WDIO-TV
The international workers holiday was marked by demonstrations in Superior and Virginia, because of the recent stripping of collective bargaining rights from public workers in Wisconsin. Two months ago, protesters, marched across the UW-S campus,

Pennsylvania

Thousands expected to come to Harrisburg on Tuesday to protest budget cuts

State workers, health care workers, teachers, and college students will be among those who join their voices on Tuesday at a rally to protest what they consider to be unfair cuts in Gov. Tom Corbett's budget proposal.

Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett ignores critics, stays course

And on the 101st day of his reign, Gov. Tom Corbett told state colleges they could solve their budget problems by drilling for natural gas in deposits under their campuses.

Indiana

Statehouse Summary: Indiana's legislative session ends in flurry of activity
The Herald Bulletin
There's also legislation that requires schools to link teacher pay to student performance and to limit collective bargaining agreements with teachers to salaries and wage-related benefits. The legislature approved a watered-down version of the original

Local schools react to passage of voucher bills
Palladium-Item
The governor previously signed Senate Bill 575, which limits teachers' collective bargaining to wages and wage-related benefits, and Senate Bill 1, which ties pay raises to performance and not seniority. The Indiana Department of Education is expected

Daniels Evaluates Session, Signs Teacher Bill
Inside INdiana Business (press release)
Daniels has already signed SEA 575, which focuses teacher collective bargaining on wages and wage-related benefits. The General Assembly approved also the governor's recommendation for directing $150 million more on K-12 education in the next two years

Democrats aim to recover from 'disaster' session

As Republican lawmakers and GOP Gov. Mitch Daniels celebrated huge agenda victories -- gathering in the governor's office over the weekend for a bill signing, handshakes and emotional congratulations -- Democrats are trying to move past a legislative session that was devastating to them and their supporters.

New Hampshire

Urge veto of regressive Right to Work legislation
Seacoastonline.com
His full report can be found by going to www.epi.org, titled "EPI Briefing Paper: 'Right-to-Work' — Wrong for New Hampshire." I urge all of you to read this

'Right-to-work': an odious anachronism
Concord Monitor
The New Hampshire Senate has sullied its reputation and dishonored a respected institution by voting 16-8 for an iniquitous, decades-old, economically disreputable union-busting measure deceitfully termed "right-to-work" legislation

Tennessee

Humphrey: Anti-labor bill 'kicking a dog when he's down'
Knoxville News Sentinel
By Tom Humphrey Given Tennessee is a right-to-work state with less than 5 percent of its workforce unionized, a plethora of bills are pending in the Legislature to slap new requirements, restrictions and prohibitions on employee organizations

Oregon

Wage Theft Bill Seeks Approval in Oregon

Florida

Legislators reach pension deal, agree to a three percent wage cut

Teachers, police, firefighters and state workers would face a three percent cut in their take home pay as the state uses the money to pay for retirement costs under a pension agreement reached late Friday by state legislators.

FL: Controversial Florida growth management bill wedged into budget to force passage
A major overhaul of the state's growth management laws was tacked onto a budget bill by House and Senate leaders Friday, giving legislators a take-it-or-leave-it option of either rejecting the $67 billion-plus budget or accepting the controversial growth management legislation.

North Dakota

ND: Measure to abolish North Dakota property taxes on ballot
A proposed constitutional amendment to abolish property taxes in North Dakota has been approved for the ballot.