UAW and Chrysler Reach Agreement

UAW leaders talked about the agreement made with Chrysler.

 

Watch the press conference here.

US Ecomonic Problems Are Backdrop Behind 'Occupy Wall Street' Protest

CBS News did a report on what the causes are that are spear-heading the Occupy Wall Street protests that have spread through the nation.

Watch the report here.

Ohio Anti-Union Group Creates Fake Endorsement In Television Ad

Ohio voters will go to the polls and decide the fate of the new anti-Union labor law (SB5) that would limit collective bargaining rights for state employees. The bill was recently passed by the GOP led state legislature and signed into law by newly elected Republican Governor John Kaschich. The new law sparked fury in the general public, however. A pro-Union organization recently spear-headed a petition to recall the new law (SB5). They collected over 900,000 valid signatures to recall this new law at the ballot box. They only need slightly more than 200,000 to put the law on the ballot for a vote.

A group called Building A Better Ohio, who supports the new anti-Union law, recently created a television advertisement about the new Union law. Unfortunately, they spliced the words of a pro-Union grandmother who was featured in a pro-Union advertisement explaining how her granddaughter was saved by Ohio firefighters and how this demonstrates why Ohioans need to protect firefighters' rights.

Here are the clips of both television advertisements.

This is the ad for protecting the collective bargaining rights of state employees in Ohio.

Here is the ad showing fake endorsement for SB5 by Building A Better Ohio.

Union and School District To Argue Before South Dakota Supreme Court

The South Dakota Supreme Court will hear an appeal involving the Sioux Falls School District. Non-teaching employees claim the district violated labor agreements for the 2008-2009 school year when the District provided a 2.5 percent raise rather than a three percent increase.

Here is a feed if you want to hear the argument live being made before the South Dakota Supreme Court. The appeal is scheduled to start at 11:00 CST.