In this video “letter” to governors who have been leading the attack on working families and workers’ rights, the Transport Workers (TWU) union says:

You have disrespected our communities and we are united in stopping this affront to democracy and human rights.

One of the most bizarre and harebrained schemes offered as a way to fight cities’ and towns’ budget problems is a Michigan proposal to give fire fighters and paramedics guns and police officers hoses and combining their distinctly different duties into one job—an all-purpose “Public Safety Officer” (PSO).

In Planation, Fla., registered nurses at Florida Medical Center voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to join the National Nurses Organizing Committee-Florida, an affiliate of the National Nurses United (NNU).

On Friday, Benton Harbor, Mich., became the first town in that state to get crushed under the boot of Gov. Rick Snyder’s (R) “financial martial law,” when his appointed so-called “emergency manager” suspended the decision-making powers of city officials.

More than 7,000 Michigan workers, students, seniors and others rallied against Gov. Rick Snyder’s (R) proposed budget that cuts corporate taxes by $1.7 billion but raises taxes for low-income families, cuts $900 million from education, taxes pensions and slashes vital services.

Thousands of Michigan workers, students, seniors and others are heading for the state capitol in Lansing today for a massive rally against Gov. Rick Snyder’s (R) proposed budget that cuts $900 million from education, taxes pensions, raises taxes for low-income families and slashes vital services–all while, cutting business taxes by $1.7 billion.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R), who earlier this year cut corporate taxes by 86 percent while boosting taxes for working families, yesterday signed a bill into law that cuts state unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to 20.

Voters across the Midwest increasingly oppose efforts by Republican governors to eliminate state workers’ collective bargaining rights. In a Quinnipiac University poll released today, 46 percent of Ohio voters disapprove of the job Gov. John Kasich is doing. Only 30 percent believe he is doing a good job.

If Michigan voters could do it over, they would pick Democrat Virg Bernero as governor over Rick Snyder by a slim margin. That’s a major drop in popularity for Snyder who won by an 18 percent margin in November. And it’s all due to his anti-worker policies.

More than 5,000—and the crowd is growing—Michigan union, community, education and other activists are on the Lansing Capitol grounds and inside the state House this afternoon to protest Gov. Rick Snyder’s (R) new “financial martial law.”