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Demonstrator Martha Vasquez sits with other demonstrators at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. City lawmakers have approved a tax break to keep Twitter from fleeing San Francisco. The measure passed by the Board of Supervisors 8-3 on Tuesday exempts the microblogging service Twitter from paying payroll tax on new hires if it moves to the city's neglected Mid-Market area. The demonstrators were against the tax exemptions. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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A demonstrator gets emotional during a recent protest in downtown Tunis. Tunisians in this tiny country of 10.5 million people cherish their new freedom. But the country's high unemployment and deeply entrenched corruption could take years to remedy. (Associated Press)
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Prefectural government's employees monitor amount of radiation on the ground of an elementary school in Fukushima, northern Japan, on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican, is chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (Associated Press)
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In this March 4, 2011, photo, Heba Mostafa hands her resume to Sean Martin, a representative of Buckeye International, at the 32nd Annual Spring Career Fair at Cleveland State University. The unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent in March, and companies added workers at the fastest two-month pace since before the recession began. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
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FILE - This April 12, 2010, file photo shows baseball Commissioner Bud Selig during a news conference prior to the Minnesota Twins' home opener baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at their new stadium, Target Field, in Minneapolis. Selig delivered the keynote address at the World Congress of Sports on Wednesday, telling attendees from the sports business world that he is "very hopeful" baseball's progress toward a labor agreement goes as smoothly as the last one came together in 2006. Baseball's current labor deal will expire in December. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)
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A Wisconsin State Patrol officer monitors protesters during Gov. Scott Walker's appearance in Menasha, Wis. Protests continue against the governor's budget plan. He wants to implement a law that would strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights and cut their pay. (Associated Press)
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Job seekers wait in a long line at a job fair in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that layoffs are dropping and companies may be stepping up hiring. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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A group of University of Maryland students gather Tuesday to discuss supporting a bill that would allow many illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition in Maryland. The university's student government and president already endorse the bill, which supporters say would help the state economy by creating a better-prepared work force. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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RETAIL POLITICS: Eva Yung, of Alexandria, joins other protesters at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices heard arguments as to whether a group of female plaintiffs can bring a class-action discrimination suit against Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Larry Cerne, of Cleveland, protests against Senate Bill 5 at the Ohio Statehouse on Tuesday in Columbus. The bill would strip public employees of most collective-bargaining rights. Ohio's governor has said he would sign the measure. (Associated Press)
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People line up outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Tuesday, March 29, 2011, to attend a hearing in a class-action suit by female employees of Wal-Mart. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Prince George's County Executive Rushern L. Baker III delivered his $2.6 billion general fund budget for fiscal 2012 earlier this month to the County Council. (Associated Press)
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JAMES IMBROGNO VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS This mural by Judy Taylor was removed over the weekend from the Maine Labor Department's lobby and put into storage. An anonymous fax sent to the governor's office said it was propaganda in line with "communist North Korea where they use these murals to brainwash the masses."
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Associated Press Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has signaled his intent to clash with state-employee unions on some issues, making the same point his Wisconsin counterpart has; namely, that some trimming of benefits will be necessary to prevent layoffs.
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Associated Press Maryland Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr., Prince George's Democrat, is among those supporting teacher pension-cost sharing by the state's 23 counties and Baltimore.
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Medical workers in protective gear gather around an ambulance which arrived at a hospital in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, carrying two workers from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant after they stepped into contaminated water while laying electrical cables in one unit Thursday, March 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Jun Yasukawa) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
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Vice President Biden whispers sweet nothings to President Obama during the health care ceremony at the White House a year ago. (Associated Press)
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Union workers have staged daily rallies this month at the Statehouse in Indianapolis to protest bills they say are unfair to Indiana's union workers. Public employees across the country are feeling the budget squeeze as legislators try to take the knife to their health care and pensions. (Associated Press)
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D.C. Council member Mary M. Cheh seeks subpoena power for testimony ahead of a hearing into the mayor's high salaries for public-service employees. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
