February 24, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following is from teamsternation.blogspot.com.) If you ever had any doubt that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is a toady for corporate welfare and queen union-busting billionaire David Koch, you have to listen to this. Right now. A journalist, pretending to be Koch,...
February 24, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Plain Dealer website on February 23, 2011.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Rev. Jesse Jackson revved up union workers at a downtown rally today to oppose Senate Bill 5, a Republican-backed proposal to overhaul the state’s collective...
February 24, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on The Plain Dealer website on February 23, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ohio could lose a significant portion of its $171 million in yearly federal transit money if state legislators adopt a proposal that would curtail collective bargaining...
February 23, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following column by Bob Herbert appeared on the New York Times website on February 21, 2011.) NEW YORK — Buried deep beneath the stories about executive bonuses, the stock market surge and the economy’s agonizingly slow road to recovery is the all-but-silent...
February 23, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Columbus Dispatch website on February 23, 2011.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — A key Senate Republican said at least one public union has shown a willingness to go beyond the “kill the bill” chants heard repeatedly from the estimated...
February 23, 2011 | Headlines, Teamsters, Unions
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on February 22, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. —Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has gone too far with his vindictive attack on working families. Hoffa was responding to...
February 23, 2011 | Headlines, Teamsters, Unions
(The following appeared on the Teamster Nation website on February 22, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters fought to stop the war against workers alongside tens of thousands of people demonstrating in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Colorado, Vermont, Montana and Michigan...
February 22, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Mother Jones website on February 18, 2011.) Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker, whose bill to kill collective bargaining rights for public-sector unions has caused an uproar among state employees, might not be where he is today...
February 22, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Detroit Free Press website on February 21, 2011. Paul Aird is Legislative Representative of BLET Division 173 in Fon du Lac, Wisc.) MADISON, Wis. — Thousands of people descended on the Wisconsin state chant and sing, hoist signs...
February 22, 2011 | Headlines, Unions
(The following appeared on the Columbus Dispatch website on February 22, 2011.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s capital could resemble its Wisconsin counterpart today. Protesters projected to number anywhere from 4,000 to 20,000 are expected to swarm Capitol Square to...
