March 15, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Indianapolis Star website on March 15, 2011.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Republican legislators considered a Plan B on Monday as Democrats began their fourth week of stalling action in the Indiana House. The alternative still requires...
March 14, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following blog post appeared on the Plunderbund website on March 13, 2011.) When John Kasich ran for Governor last year he promised to ‘focus like a laser’ on creating jobs in Ohio. It may seem like a trite and obvious statement for a candidate to make in the...
March 14, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the USA Today website on March 14, 2011.) MADISON, Wis. — Opponents of Republican Gov. Scott Walker were back at work Sunday on recall efforts targeting Republican state senators who supported the new governor’s overhaul of public...
March 11, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following column by Jonathan Oosting appeared at www.MLive.com on March 10.) ANN ARBOR, Mich. — The Michigan Senate on Wednesday approved controversial legislation giving broad powers to emergency financial managers, individuals appointed by the state to oversee...
March 11, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Fort Wayne Journal Gazette website on March 11, 2011.) INDIANAPOLIS — Fort Wayne union member Jeremy Penrod, 21, gave up a paycheck Thursday to protest what he calls an anti-union movement alongside thousands of other Hoosier workers who...
March 11, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 11, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Labor unions at the heart of a burning national disagreement over the cost of public employees want to frame the debate as a civil rights issue, an effort that may draw more sympathy...
March 11, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following column by Matthew Tully appeared on the Indianapolis Star website on March 11, 2011.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — I waded into the crowd of Carhartt-wearing, sign-carrying union protesters outside the Statehouse on Thursday and came across Bernie Schwartz, a...
March 11, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The Associated Press circulated the following on March 11, 2011.) MADISON, Wis. — leaders plan to use the setback to fire up their members nationwide and mount a major counterattack against Republicans at the ballot box in 2012. Wisconsin’s measure stripping...
March 10, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following column appeared on the U.S. News and World Report website on March 10, 2011.) Congratulations to whoever had “less than two months” in the “conservative overreach” betting pool. There was never a question about whether the...
March 10, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Indianapolis Star website on March 10, 2011.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — David Frye wants the lawmakers who want to change Indiana’s collective bargaining rules to know that this fight hits home. It’s a message Frye, a Laborers...
