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State Battles Weekly Update –Week Ending 3/11/11

Re: Rally for Public Sector Employees

From: "Eastman, Janet" <Janet.Eastman@floridaea.org>

To: spacecoastaflcio@bellsouth.net

Sent: Mon, March 14, 2011 11:59:02 PM

Subject: Rally for Public Sector Employees

Claudie,

Would you share this with your brothers and sisters.

Thanks,

Janet

Please share with all people you know!

We will need some volunteers to help set-up (10 people) before and to clean up (20 people) after the rally. Please contact the office if you can help - 636-3323. If you have a son or daughter who would like to say the pledge and/or sing the National Anthem please contact Dan Bennettdan.bennett@floridaea.org See you there!

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Rally in Tallahassee

April 7^th!!

The calls for having a massive rally at the State Capitol in Tallahassee have not gone to deaf ears. The Florida AFL-CIO has been in talks with affiliates and allied organizations to plan and execute this display of solidarity and collective action at the steps of the capitol and that day is ever approaching.

Thursday April 7^th at Noon will be the time to let the legislature hear your collective voice of opposition to their attempts at destroying the middle class of Florida.

However, while the rally in Tallahassee is coming sustained mobilizations in districts throughout Florida are taking place. Please understand while we organize a single large scale mobilization in Tallahassee, that this should enhance, not replace the important activities in your local communities. One giant convergence in Tallahassee will not win our battles, having sustained mobilization in districts will.

Urgent! Legislative Alert

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Legislative Alert!

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Stop the Destruction of Florida’s Public Education System!

The Florida House will be hearing HB 7019 – the anti-due process/merit pay bill – in Session onTuesday, March 15 starting at 2:45 pm to 11:45 pm and on Wednesday, March 16 from 1:00pm to 1:00 am…yes till 1am!

HB 7019 will radically change public education in the state of Florida by denying teachers annual contracts and increasing the amount of standardized tests that students would be forced to take. HB 7019 will negatively impact students by denying them quality teachers, restricting local funding and forcing districts to support a temporary, non-expert teaching force.

We are asking everyone to call their State House Representative and tell them to vote against HB 7019 “which will create an education system based only on tests, which disrespects the foundation of education, teachers and most importantly students.” You can find the contact information for the Florida House by clicking here and then clicking on "Find Your Representative" (the upper left tab) to pull down the search screen. You will need to know your address, city and zip code in order to find the correct representative for your area.

We also encourage everyone who cannot come to Tallahassee to WATCH the debate on the Florida Channel. The Florida Channel is on many local cable systems but coverage can also be seen on line atwww.thefloridachannel.org.

For more information on how you can help stop these assaults on education please visitwww.stoptheattacksonfloridateachers.org .

If you need additional info about this or any other legislation, please don’t hesitate to contact any of us here at the Florida AFL-CIO.

Joshua Anijar Florida AFL-CIO Communications Director

850-224-6926 (Office)

janijar@flaflcio.org

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First day of lobbying in Tallahassee and the sparks are flying.

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State Battles Weekly Update –Week Ending 3/11/11

NATIONAL UPDATE

Lawmakers Continue to Pass Resolutions Supporting Public Sector Collective Bargaining

Lawmakers across the country have submitted and passed resolutions not only in support of public sector workers in Wisconsin, but also for the rights of all state employees to bargaining collectively with state agencies. There are now31 resolutions as of 3/10/11.

1 State Resolution - Vermont
18 City/County Council Resolutions in Wisconsin
12 Resolutions from City Councils outside of Wisconsin

62 National and State LGBT Organizations Pledge Solidarity and Action for Workers’ Rights

As of this week, 62 national and state LGBT organizations have pledged solidarity and action for workers’ rights. These groups have pledged to:

add their voices to the solidarity campaigns for workers’ rights
continue to educate their community about issues of workers’ rights and the role of labor in fighting for social and economic justice for all people
engage their state affiliates, chapters and/or local leaders in the coordinated state / local “fight back” efforts, and
mobilize LGBT community support for these labor battles.

The list of endorsing organizations can be found here.

National Right to Work Bill Introduced in the Senate

Sen. Jim DeMint (SC) introduced a national right to work bill in the U.S. Senate on 3/8. SB 504 is the same bill that DeMint has introduced in several previous sessions. Joining DeMint in sponsoring this bill in the Senate are Sens. Coburn (OK), Hatch (UT), Lee (UT), Paul (KY, Risch (ID), Toomey (PA), and Vitter (LA).

Economic Policy Institute Releases New Report on Public Sector Compensation

The Economic Policy Institute released a report yesterday, 3/10, which refutesshoddy research by conservative groups about public sector employee pay. The EPI report “Desperate techniques used to preserve the myth of the overcompensated public employee,” which was written by Jeffrey Keefe, can be found here.

STATE UPDATES

ALABAMA

Education

HB 57 was passed by the Senate yesterday, 3/10 and by the House on 3/9. This bill would establish caps for spending increases on public education. The bill has gone to the Governor who supports the bill and has he will sign it.

SOS Ballot

HB 64 was passed by the House and sent to the Senate on 3/9. This bill would rewrite the state constitution to provide that workers be guaranteed secret ballots when voting on union representation.

ARIZONA

Attacks on Building Trades

SB 1403 was reported out of the House Employment and Regulatory Affairs Committee as ‘do pass’ on 3/8. This bill would prohibit approval for certain construction projects from being conditional on the applicant negotiating or working with a labor union.

Attacks on Freedom of Speech

SB 133 was passed by the Senate on 3/8. This bill would threaten the freedom of speech of union members by adding new regulations and harsh fines on people picketing or publicly discussing their employer.

Attacks on Public Sector

The Senate passed SB 1329 on 3/8. The bill had its first reading in the House and was sent to the Government Committee yesterday, 3/10, and to the Rules Committee today, 3/11. This bill would prohibit workers whose earnings are paid entirely or partly from public funds from taking part in political activity during hours of employment.

Paycheck Deception

SB 1365 passed the Senate yesterday, 3/10. This bill would prohibit any public or private employer in AZ from deducting payments from an employee's paycheck for political purposes unless the employee annually provides written authorization to the employer. The bill has been amended to exempt police and fire fighters. The bill now moves to the House, where a hearing has not yet been scheduled.

SCR 1028 was passed by the Senate Committee of the Whole on 3/8. This bill would require annual sign-off on union dues deductions used for any political purposes, and applies to public and private sector employers.

Privatization

SB 1322 was approved by the Senate Committee of the Whole yesterday, 3/10. This bill would require the cities of Phoenix and Tucson to outsource virtually all of their services to for-profit companies.

FLORIDA

Attacks on Public Sector

SB 1130, which would overhaul the Florida Retirement System, passed out of the Senate Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability on 3/10 by a vote of 12-1. The bill now moves to the Senate Budget Committee. SB 1130 would make new employees ineligible to participate in the state’s defined benefit pension plan starting 7/1/11. These employees would instead participate in a defined contribution plan. Other changes include modifications to the definitions for “compensation” and “average final compensation” to exclude overtime and lump sum annual leave for all members.

Health Care Opt Out

SJR 2 was approved by the Senate on 3/9. This bill would refer to the ballot a constitutional amendment that would prohibit laws requiring Florida residents from having to purchase health care coverage. If passed by the House, the amendment would appear on the ballot next year. SJR 2 now goes to the House, where passage along partisan lines is expected.

Paycheck Deception

A hearing has been scheduled for SB 830 on 3/14. This bill would prohibit payroll deduction for any union dues, prohibit dues money from being used for political activity unless there’s annual written authorization from members, and authorizes members to cancel their membership at any time and have their dues refunded.

TABOR

SJR 958 was read for a second time on 3/10 and placed on third reading for consideration by the Senate. The bill would refer a Constitutional amendment to the ballot that would tie current revenue limitations to inflation and population growth.

Teacher Merit Pay and Teacher Tenure

HB 7019 was reported out of the House Education Committee on 3/10 and referred to the House Calendar for 3/15. This bill would end teacher tenure and establish a merit pay plan based on student testscores. A floor vote is expected to take place as early as 3/16. SB 736 was passed by the Senate today, 3/10. Also today, the House Education Committee voted to recommend the bill, which is now expected to be brought up by the full House on 3/15. A final vote is expected on 3/16. This bill would overhaul how teachers are evaluated and paid. In addition, teachers hired after 7/1/11 would have a one-year probationary contract during which they could be fired without cause.

Unemployment Insurance

The House passed HB 7005 on 3/10. This bill would change the duration of unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to a sliding scale of 12 to 20 weeks, depending on the state’s unemployment rate. The bill would also require unemployment benefit applicants to undergo a skills review test, and would require beneficiaries to accept a job paying at least minimum wage once they have received 19 weeks of benefits SB 728 was unanimously passed by the Judiciary Committee on 3/9. This bill would require unemployment insurance beneficiaries to report certain information and participate in an initial skills review. SB 728 will have one more committee hearing before it will be debated on the Senate floor.

IDAHO

Attacks on Public Sector

SB 1108 passed the House on 3/8. This bill removes most collective bargaining rights for teachers, and now goes to the governor for signature. The House passed SB 1110, a teacher pay for performance bill on 3/9. The bill goes to the governor who is expected to sign it.

INDIANA

Legislative Session

House Democrats remain out of state, continuing to deny quorum to House Republicans.

NFLPA

The NFL Players Association issued a statement of support on 3/9 for the working men and women of Indiana. The full statement can be found here.

IOWA

Attacks on Public Sector

After lengthy debate, HF 525 was passed by the House today, 3/11 and now moves to the Senate. This bill would prohibit unions from bargaining over health insurance and layoff procedures for public sector workers,and would also allow workers to opt out of being represented by a union. The bill is expected to die in the Senate, where Democrats are in the majority.

KANSAS

Attacks on Public Sector

HB 2333 was recommended for passage by the House Pensions and Benefits Committee yesterday, 3/9. This bill would change the formula for how pension benefits are calculated for teachers and government workers, and raises the age at which an employee can retire and receive their full pension benefits.

MAINE

Attacks on Public Sector

Hearings were held all this week on the health and human services part of Governor LePage’s budget, which was released on 2/28. Budget hearings will continue the week of 3/14.

Right to Work

Governor LePage wrote an op-ed in a Maine weekly paper that expressed his support for passing Right to Work legislation this year. The article can be found here. News reports this week indicated that Republican leaders in the House and Senate are not eager to bring up right to work. The Speaker of the House, Bob Nuttling, was quoted in the Portland Press Herald as saying that right to work is “not high on my list…I’m interested in the economy, business and jobs. If ‘right to work’ is part of that, I’d take a look at it, but I’m not convinced that it is.” Senate President Kevin Raye has said that “he was only interested in efforts that improve the economy and said that he would have to see evidence that “right to work” fit that category before giving such a bill his support.”

MICHIGAN

Attacks on Building Trades

SB 165 was referred to the Senate floor on 3/9 after a hearing was held in the Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing Committee. This bill would prohibit collective bargaining terms in government contracts and contracts supported through government grants and tax subsidies and abatements. A floor vote has not yet been scheduled. Meanwhile, the companion bill in the House, HB 4287 has been scheduled for a Commerce Committee hearing on 3/15 at 10:30 am.

Attacks on Public Sector

SCR 9 was passed by the Michigan Senate 27-9 on 3/9. The resolution would overturn a decision by the Civil Service Commission to provide health benefits to domestic partners of state employees.

The Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing Committee held a hearing yesterday, 3/9 on SB 7. This bill would require public employees to pay no less than 20% of the cost of their health care benefits, or 10% if their plan is a HSA.A hearing was held on HB 4059 in the House Oversight, Reform and Ethics Committee on 3/8. This bill would prohibit public employer contracts that pay union officials for time spent conducting union business.

Emergency Financial Manager

The House is expected to vote on 3/15 on the Emergency Financial Manager legislation. These bills were passed by the Senate on 3/9, and would extend the powers of emergency managers to remove locally elected officials, terminate collective bargaining, and force consolidation of schools, townships, cities, and counties – all without seeking authority or approval from any elected body or from the people.

Privatization

HB 4306 has been scheduled for another hearing in the Education Committee on 3/16 at 9:00 am. This bill was originallydrafted to require the privatization of non-instructional work in public school districts. It has been amended to require the work be put out to bid, in which case current public sector workers doing non-instructional work in public school districts would be bidding on their own jobs.

Wage and Step Increase Freeze for Public Sector Workers Under Expired Contracts While Negotiations are Underway

A hearing was held onHB 4152 on 3/2 in the Education Committee. The bill would require that public employers continue paying wages and benefits at the same level in effect at the end of an expired contract during active negotiation or mediation of a new contract, and not provide step increases during that time. Any increase in the cost of maintaining health benefits at the level in a former contract would be borne by the employees. The wages and benefits under a new contract could be made retroactive to the expiration date of the former contract.

MINNESOTA

Attacks on Public Sector

A bill was introduced on 3/3 in the Senate that would prohibit public employers, including school districts, from providing dues check off for workers. This bill, SF 623, was referred to the Committee on Education on 3/3.

Education

A series of anti-education bills were introduced in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Education on 3/3. SF 619 would authorize a school district to create a reserve for essential uses account in the district general fund, SF 620 would prohibit salary increases for teachers after contract expiration, SF 621 would allow for nonunion teacher contracts, and SF 622 would prohibit the commissioner of education from adopting common core standards.

Transportation

Legislation was introduced in Minnesota on 3/3 that would suspend all work on the $957 million Central Corridor Light Rail project until the project’s environmental impact statement includes an assessment of the loss of business revenues as a result of the construction. HF 843 was introduced and referred to the Committee on Transportation Policy and Finance on 3/3.

MISSOURI

Paycheck Deception

SB 202 was passed out of the Senate Small Business, Insurance and Industry Committee yesterday, 3/8. The bill would require public sector unions to get permission from their members before they can withhold fees from paychecks or make political contributions. A Senate floor vote has not been scheduled.

Another paycheck deception bill, HB 466, was passed out of the House Workforce Development and Workforce Safety Committee on 3/7. This bill would require unions to get written permission from their members to use dues for any political purposes. A House floor vote has not been scheduled

Right to Work

Right to work bill SB 1 will be brought up in the Senate on Monday, 3/14 at 4:00 pm.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Attacks on Public Sector

HB 589, which would repeal public sector card check, is scheduled for a vote on the House floor on 3/15.Meanwhile, the major pension reform bills in the legislature that would make significant changes to the state retirement plan are moving in their chambers. SB 3 was reported out of committee as ‘ought to pass’ with amendments on 3/9. It is scheduled to be voted on in the Senate on 3/16. Meanwhile, a full committee work session was held today on HB 580, and another session is scheduled for 3/18.

Budget and Taxes

SB 167 was re-referred to the Senate Ways and Means Committee on 3/8 after a hearing was held on 3/7. The bill will be considered by the committee on 3/16, and would create a production jobs creation credit under the business enterprise tax and would make changes to the business profits tax, the business enterprise tax, and the meals and rooms tax.

Health Care Opt Out

The Senate passed SB 148 on 3/9. This bill would direct the state attorney general to join the lawsuit challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Local Collective Bargaining Agreements and Wage Increases

Traditional town meeting voting day was held on 3/8 in towns across the state. Residents voted on a number of important local budget issues, including the approval of collective bargaining agreements and recommendations on wage increases for municipal employees.

Redistricting

HB 592 was retained in the Special Committee on Redistricting on 3/4; the bill will not be brought up for a vote in the full House until the next legislative session. This bill establishes new state representative districts, U.S. House of Representatives districts, executive council districts, and county commissioner districts in accordance with the latest federal decennial census.

Vouchers

HB 340, which would provide education tax abatements for parents of children not enrolled in the public school system, will go to the House floor for a vote on 3/15. The bill was reported out of Municipal and County Government committee as ‘inexpedient to legislate’ on 3/2.

Voter ID

SB 129, which would require voter identification for in-person voting, will go to the House floor for a vote on 3/16. The bill was reported out of the Senate Public and Municipal Affairs Committee on 3/8 with a recommendation of ‘ought to pass.’

NEW YORK

Attacks on Public Sector

A public hearing was held on 3/7 in the Senate Standing Committee on Investigations and Government Operations on a proposal to consolidate and reduce the size of several state agencies.

OHIO

Attacks on Public Sector

Senate Bill 5, which attacks public sector collective bargaining, moved over to the House this week after passage by the Senate last week. The bill was heard in a series of hearings this week before the Commerce and Labor Committee. The House Speaker has now called for three additional hearings before the House Commerce and Labor Committee. These hearings are scheduled for:

Monday, 3/14 at 1:00 pm in Room 313
Wednesday, 3/16 at 9:00 am in Room 121
Thursday 3/17 at 9:00 am in Room 121

The House Speaker intends to bring SB5 to the House floor for a vote next week.

Budget

Governor Kasich presented his State of the State address on 3/8 to a joint session of the Ohio Legislature. In his speech, Kasich indicated that next week’s budget address would continue his goals for government agency restructuring and consolidation as well as comprehensive education reform. The Governor’s budget will be released on 3/15.

OKLAHOMA

Attacks on Public Sector

The Senate passed SB 826 yesterday, 3/10 and moves to the House. This bill would change binding arbitration rules between city governments and 35,000 police and firefighters across the state. Also, the bill requiresthe state Supreme Court to begin training arbitrators to minimize or eliminate the use of federal mediation in contract disputes between unions and city governments.

PENNSYLVANIA

Budget

Governor Corbett released his proposed 2011-2012 budget on 3/8. The budget would cut overall spending by 3.1 percent and eliminate 1,550 jobs. Information on where the jobs would be cut can be found here.

Basic education funding would be cut by 10 percent and funding for higher education would be cut by 50 percent. Corbett is calling for school districts to reopen collective bargaining agreements and negotiate a one year wage freeze for staff. His budget also includes a school voucher program.
The Governor also announced a new task force on privatization which will look at the privatization of state liquor stores.

A complete analysis of the budget has been prepared by the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, and can be found here.

Vouchers

The Senate is expected to vote at the end of March on SB 1, which would create a voucher program for private and parochial schools in the state.

PUERTO RICO

Reinstatement of Collective Bargaining Agreements

One positive development occurred this week in Puerto Rico when SB 1970, which reinstates public employee collective bargaining agreements, was passed unanimously by the House of Representatives in Puerto Rico. These collective bargaining agreements were put into deep freeze exactly two years ago under the Fiscal Emergency Law 7. The legislation has passed the Senate, and has been sent to the Governor.

TENNESSEE

Attacks on Public Sector

HB 130 has been placed on the calendar in the Education Subcommittee for 3/16, after a hearing was held yesterday, 3/9 in that subcommittee. This bill would prohibit any local board of education from negotiating with a professional employees' organization or teachers' union concerning the terms or conditions of professional service on or after the effective date of this bill. Companion bill SB 113 has been placed on the Senate Education Committee’s calendar for 3/16.

SB 1528 passed the Senate on 3/10, and has been engrossed and ready to be sent to the House. This bill would increase the probationary period for teachers before becoming eligible for tenure. The companion bill in the House, HB 2012, has been placed on the House Education Committee calendar for 3/15.

Paycheck Deception

SB401 was placed on Commerce, Labor, and Agriculture Committee’s calendar for 3/15/11. The Bill would require certain political activities by labor organizations be funded separately through voluntary donations of members and not through regularly collected dues.

Political Contributions

SB139 was assigned to the general subcommittee of the State and Local Government Committee on 3/9/11. This bill would make it a Class C misdemeanor for a labor organization to contribute to political candidates.

Right to Work

SB1031 has been placed on the Commerce, Labor, and Agriculture Committee’s calendar for 3/15/11. This bill would prohibit any business or organization operating in the state from executing an agreement with a union or employee organization of any kind that includes a maintenance of membership clause prohibiting employees from withdrawing from a union or employee organization prior to the agreements expiration.

TEXAS

Paycheck Deception

HB 2986 was introduced in the House yesterday, 3/10. This bill would prohibit public sector unions from using dues to lobby for or against legislation. It would also ban union members from participating in events that are both social and political in nature, and would bar paycheck deduction for public employees for political purposes.

UTAH

Attacks on Public Sector

SB 73 was passed by the House 3/9 and awaits the governor’s signature. This bill would require schools to base layoff decisions on teacher performance evaluations and school staffing needs instead of seniority.

The final version of HB183 was passed by the Senate and House on 3/9. This bill bans school districts from paying teachers who are on leave to attend to union duties. The bill has been sent to the Governor.

Immigration

Two far-reaching anti-immigrant bills were passed by the legislature on 3/4. HB 497 is an Arizona SB1070-type state immigration enforcement bill and HB 116 would create a guestworker program. As the National Immigration Law Center explains, “HB 116 attempts to create a state guest worker program that could not be implemented without a dramatic change in federal law. States do not have the authority to devise and grant immigration permits, and Utah’s attempt to do so offers false hope to immigrants. In addition, the bill would subject people to onerous requirements, funnel individuals into deportation by sharing their information with federal immigration authorities, and would not provide a path to permanent residency or citizenship for the guest worker.”More information about these two bills, which await action by the governor, can be found on the NILC website here.

WISCONSIN

Attacks on Public Sector

Today, 3/11, Governor Walker signed into law legislation that takes away nearly all collective bargaining rights for public sector workers. On Wednesday evening, 3/9, over the protests of Assembly Minority Leader Peter Barca (D) that they were violating the state’s open meeting law, the Republican leadership in the legislature convened a conference committee and separated the collective bargaining provisions out of the Governor’s budget repair bill. The anti-public sector collective bargaining legislation passed the Senate 18-1 on 3/9, and the Assembly yesterday, 3/10.

Recall campaigns have begun against the 8 Republicans State Senators who are eligible for such action, and the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee has gone forward with a television ad(more information on the ad can be foundhere).

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

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Monday, March 28, 2011

Mild euphoria over a substantial drop in Florida's unemployment rate last week may have overshadowed a harsh reality. Compared to most of the country, we're still pretty lousy

When the school board started talking about eliminating extracurricular activities — including all sports — Tom Willison never believed it would really happen.

You know that the anti-government clamor in the Florida Legislature has reached a fever pitch when lobbyists are pleading to keep their industries regulated.

Tallahassee Democrat -The House voted 73-40 on Friday to pass a Republican proposal that clamps down on union political activity.

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If you want to know why we're facing vicious budget cuts across the country, look no further than General Electric, America's largest corporation.

Anti-worker legislators are stealthily pushing a provision to count non-voters as "no" voters in union elections. It's undemocratic, and it will make it incredibly difficult for railway and airline workers to form unions.

Sunday, March 27, 2011

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

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CLC Monthly Meeting 17 March

Public Sector Rally Sunday 20 March

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Stop the Destruction of Florida’s Public Education System!

The Florida House will be hearing HB 7019 – the anti-due process/merit pay bill – in Session onTuesday, March 15 starting at 2:45 pm to 11:45 pm and on Wednesday, March 16 from 1:00pm to 1:00 am…yes till 1am!

We also encourage everyone who cannot come to Tallahassee to WATCH the debate on the Florida Channel. The Florida Channel is on many local cable systems but coverage can also be seen on line atwww.thefloridachannel.org.

For more information on how you can help stop these assaults on education please visitwww.stoptheattacksonfloridateachers.org .

If you need additional info about this or any other legislation, please don’t hesitate to contact any of us here at the Florida AFL-CIO.

Joshua Anijar Florida AFL-CIO Communications Director

850-224-6926 (Office)

janijar@flaflcio.org

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