Collective bargaining
Voters Across the Country Face Controversial Ballots
Next week voters in Ohio, Mississippi and Maine will face a number of controversial ballot measures – from collective bargaining to health care to voting and abortion. In Ohio, a law limiting the collective bargaining of public employees is up for repeal. In Mississippi, they are fiercely debating whether a fertilized egg should be declared a person. […]
In New Poll, Americans Stand With Unions
According to a new New York Times/CBS News poll, most Americans support public sector workers in their fight against anti-union legislation in Wisconsin, Ohio and other parts of the country. According to the poll, 60 percent of Americans are opposed to weakening bargaining rights of public employee unions. Americans are surprisingly in favor of raising taxes […]
Top of the Hour: Movement in Wisconsin, Protests Across Mideast, Morning Headlines
In a vote early Friday morning, Wisconsin’s Assembly passed a bill that strips collective bargaining rights from most public workers. The bill now goes to the Senate, where the state’s 14 Democrats still haven’t come home.
Proposed Bill Threatens Wisconsin Unions
Teachers and other state workers in Wisconsin are rallying at the State Capitol in Madison this week over a bill that would remove the unions’ rights to collectively bargain over health care and pension benefits. The bill, proposed by newly-elected Republican Governor Scott Walker, would also mean a roughly eight percent wage cut for 176,000 […]