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  • Teamsters rally to fight Pa. right-to-work bill (Is the east awake???)

    04/11/2011 12:49:19 PM PDT · by 2banana · 13 replies
    Philly.com ^ | Apr. 11, 2011 | Tracie Mauriello
    HARRISBURG - A Teamsters rally today drew almost 400 laborers to the Capitol, where union leaders promised to bring thousands next time if lawmakers push through anti-worker legislation. Last week Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Cranberry) introduced a package of bills that would end mandatory union membership for employees of the state's schools, government and businesses. "There is a war on workers going on in Pennsylvania, sadly," said Pennsylvania AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Frank Snyder, also of Cranberry. "We need more jobs. We don't need legislation like this." Others at the rally said Metcalfe's legislation would take resources away from unions and would dilute...