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RALLY SATURDAY FEB. 26 NOON: Show Support for Collective Bargaining Reform in NE

Originally published February 25, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated February 26, 2011. 1 Comment

RALLY SATURDAY FEB. 26 NOON: Show Support for Collective Bargaining Reform in NE

UPDATED Friday @4pm – Includes some new information NEBRASKA HAS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LEGISLATION SITTING IN COMMITTEE! WHAT: Counter-Rally Countering Moveon.org “Save the American Dream” Labor Union Rally WHEN: NOON FOR: Support Nebraska Legislation to Reform Collective Bargaining Laws WHERE: UPDATED – Gather at base of north steps of the Capitol We’re grateful that the Capitol […]

Filed Under: Action Alerts, Events, Featured, Nebraska, Rally, Smoking Section, State Legislation, Taking Action, Unicameral Tagged With: budgets in trouble, cir, collective bargaining, commission of industrial relations, cost of government employees, cutting state budgets, defined benefits plans, economic downturn, government employee unions, government worker pensions, nebraska collective bargaining, public employee costs, public employee pension funds, public employee unions, public employee wages and benefits, state budget deficits, state budget shortfalls, state budgets, state budgets in trouble, teachers unions, wisconsin union bill, wisconsin union protests

Reduce Government Budgets: Contact Senators About Worker Wages and Benefits

Originally published January 28, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated January 28, 2011. 1 Comment

Reduce Government Budgets: Contact Senators About Worker Wages and Benefits

As we reported on Wednesday, there are a number of bills that have been introduced in the Legislature regarding the entity that is dominating the cost of employing government workers at the State, County, and local levels in Nebraska, the CIR (Commission of Industrial Relations). In that article, we detailed what the CIR is, how […]

Filed Under: Budget, Government Spending, State Legislation, Unicameral Tagged With: ballooning budgets, business and labor committee, cir, cir reform, collective bargaining, collective bargaining in nebraska, commission of industrial relations, cost of public employees, example letters, government budgets, government vs private sector workers, government workers, labor in nebraska, legislature, nebraska legislation, nebraska legislature, nebraska unicameral, negotiations, public employee costs, public employee unionization, taxpayer burdens, unionized workers

OOPS! GiN Meeting Date Correction: Monday January 10!

Originally published January 6, 2011, By GiN Admin. Updated January 17, 2011. 1 Comment

OOPS! GiN Meeting Date Correction: Monday January 10!

I definitely make mistakes on occasion. Today I made one when a broadcast information about an upcoming meeting. My apologies to all for my error and any confusion I’ve caused. To clarify, the meeting is: Monday, January 10th 7:00pm – 8:30pm The location is in Lincoln. As explained in my original post, it doesn’t seem […]

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