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Union Coalition Scores Victory on Sick Days, But At What Cost?

Milwaukee, meet Detroit. Last Thursday, a Wisconsin Court of Appeals lifted an injunction on a 2008 voter-approved measure requiring businesses to provide employees with up

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Teamsters & IATSE Oppose Sunset Clause On Illinois Tax Credits
CHICAGO, March 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --Teamsters Local 727, the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Illinois Production Alliance have joined forces to fight a bill that would severely ...
AFSCME Arizona Defends Getting 40+ Days Off On Taxpayers’ Dime
Despite the fact that Arizona doesn't have collective-bargaining laws like Wisconsin has had, the unions seem to be doing pretty well fleecing the taxpayers in the Grand Canyon State as well. [via Fox ...
Daring to be Different? AFSCME to Protest Union-Friendly Maryland
Union rally expected to draw thousands to Md. capital to protest gov's pension reform plan BRIAN WITTE | Associated Press March 13, 2011 Thousands are expected to protest the governor's pension reform proposal ...
Teamsters Union Boss: We Will Fight On
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today said he is outraged at the passage of Ohio's Senate Bill 5 by a vote of 17-16. ...
Wisconsin Labor Leaders: Not About Wages or Benefits, It’s All About the Unions
You've probably heard about Scott Walker's "evil" cuts to public-sector workers, the fact that his budget is going to cost them more for their benefits and going to cause them ...
Move Over, Chris Christie: Wisconsin’s Walker Gives Public-Sector Unions Some Tough Love
He's been in office for less than two months, but it's become clear that newly-elected Governor Scott Walker plans on cleaning up Wisconsin's fiscal house and public-sector unions are not ...
Pigs Get Fed, Hogs Get Slaughtered: Union Membership & America’s Looming Fiscal Crisis
As America begins to truly understand that the high cost of having too much fat in one's diet can lead to a heart attack, three interconnected stories* appeared in the ...
Unions Push Back On GOP Rep’s Plan to Cut 10% of Federal Workforce
Rep. Kevin Brady: $150 billion in budget slashes a start Matthew Boyle | The Daily Caller Jan. 20, 2011 The federal workforce might first feel the wrath of the new GOP-run House’s budget ...

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