Posts Tagged ‘collective’

Media has a collective tantrum … over golf

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Column: Our collective obsession with the trivial

WASHINGTON (AP) — Persistently high unemployment. A sluggish economy. Debt. Deficit. Obesity. Fundamental disputes over guns, immigration and the climate. A to-do list that would exhaust even the most vigorous multitasker. A meteor in Russia, even. Tweet This Post

Judge Throws Out Wisconsin Collective Bargaining Law

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) law repealing most collective bargaining for local and school employees was struck down by a judge, “yet another dramatic twist in a year and a half saga that likely sets up another showdown in the Supreme Court,” the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports. Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire Tweet This Post

Wisconsin state judge strikes down collective bargaining law

MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – Wisconsin's controversial law that limited the rights of public sector unions and sparked recall elections was struck down on Friday by a Wisconsin judge. Republican Governor Scott Walker, who survived a recall election earlier this year that stemmed from passage of the collective bargaining law, said after the ruling that he was [...]

Michigan collective bargaining plan to be left off election ballot

(Reuters) – A proposal to enshrine the right to collective bargaining in the Michigan state constitution will not be on the ballot in November after a state board deadlocked on the plan backed by labor unions in a leading auto manufacturing state. The Michigan Board of State Canvassers voted 2-2 on Wednesday along party lines [...]