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On February 13, a dozen protesters were arrested in the lobby of Atlanta’s AT&T Midtown Center after they refused to leave until the company promised to not lay off 740 workers in the southeast. Among the protesters were members of Teamsters Local 728.

It is no coincidence that so many state legislatures have spent the last year taking the same destructive actions: making it harder for minorities and other groups that support Democrats to vote, obstructing health care reform, weakening environmental regulations and breaking the spines of public- and private-sector unions. All of these efforts are being backed—in some cases, orchestrated—by a little-known conservative organization financed by millions of corporate dollars.

Already this year, state lawmakers have opened brutal new fronts in the war on workers. And America's workers are fighting back as never before. In Michigan, anti-worker bills aimed at weakening labor unions are gaining traction in the House.

Indiana has become the first state in 10 years to become a “right-to-work” state. Governor Mitch Daniels signed the bill on Wednesday. Is Michigan next?

(WASHINGTON) – Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today denounced Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels’ signing of so-called “right-to-work” legislation into law as an attack on the millions of working men and women in the state.

(WASHINGTON) – Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today condemned the passage of right-to-work legislation in the Indiana House of Representatives, denouncing the Republican majority’s use of punitive tactics to compel Democrats to end their protest against the blatant attack on the state’s working families.

Gov. Scott Walker received $1 million from just four donors in recent weeks, and most of his money came from out of state as he raced to collect funds to fight an effort to recall him.

The leader of the Indiana House Democrats, Rep. Patrick Bauer, conceded Tuesday that his party faces dwindling options to block passage of what would be the nation's first right-to-work law in a decade, meaning the legislation is likely to be adopted eventually.

(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Correctional officers and other prison workers today said proposals to privatize and close Florida corrections facilities will throw thousands of people out of work and endanger local communities. A dozen correctional officers converged on the Statehouse today to urge lawmakers to reject the plan.

The petition drive to recall and remove Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has surpassed all expectations, collecting over one million signatures in just 60 days.