A collective bargaining overhaul? (my right to be in a union on the line chamber of comm involved)

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.omaha.com/article/20110312/NEWS01/703129853#a-collective-bargaining-overhaul

Published Saturday March 12, 2011

By Paul Hammel
WORLD-HERALD BUREAU

LINCOLN — Wisconsin reached some resolution this week in the state’s bitter fight over the collective bargaining rights of public employees.

On Friday, the Iowa House advanced a collective bargaining measure, a first step toward that Legislature’s predicted showdown.

And what about Nebraska?

Stay tuned; it’s still a work in progress.

A group of state senators and other parties held another long meeting in Omaha on Friday concerning collective bargaining. The group has been meeting regularly to try to hammer out details of a compromise to resolve complaints in the Cornhusker State about the current system of deciding labor disputes involving public workers.

One legislator involved in Friday’s meeting, Dennis Utter of Hastings, emerged briefly to say that no resolution would come Friday, after weeks of meetings and negotiations. But he said he remained confident that the leader of the talks, Omaha Sen. Steve Lathrop, and the “working group” would have a proposal soon.

FULL story at link.