Labor Update: We Are One Rally Tuesday

[Editor's Note:  Tune in now to Bradshaw, Iowa's other progressive talk show at 98.3 wow fm, 1-4 pm weekdays. He's talking about why everybody needs unions to survive and what Iowa GOP plans to do to break workers' rights to organize.  Right now Mark Cooper,  AFL-CIO.   If you are outside the Des Moines area, stream it here:  http://983wowfm.com/]
 
Anti-worker legislation has been introduced in our own State of Iowa. House Study Bill 117 would make it illegal for public workers to strike or call in sick en masse. And with so many Iowans without access to health care coverage, Governor Branstad recently said that the state shouldn’t have to negotiate health care benefits with its workers.
 
Show your support for all workers by standing with us at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines Tuesday February 22, 2011 – Capitol Steps – 1:00 PM – We Are One Rally

There are 5 states that do not have collective bargaining for teachers. Here is where they ranked in 2010 in regards to SAT/ACT scores: