Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Today's Teamster News 0914/10

IMF fears 'social explosion' from world jobs crisis The Telegraph ...America and Europe face the worst jobs crisis since the 1930s and risk "an explosion of social unrest", ... the International Monetary Fund has warned.


Republicans say they'll push to extend tax cuts Washington Post ...Republicans said Monday that they will resist President Obama's plan to allow Bush-era tax breaks for the nation's wealthiest households to expire...


Retiring Later Is Hard Road for Laborers New York Times ...a new analysis ... found that one in three workers over age 58 does a physically demanding job...

Obama: Chances of passing 'card check' now are 'not real high' The Hill ...Controversial "card-check" legislation doesn't have a good chance of passing through Congress, President Obama acknowledged Monday.

Tribune Creditors Group Seeks Permission to Sue Zell, Others Wall Street Journal ...Tribune Co.'s unsecured creditors are seeking approval ... to sue Sam Zell ...

U.S. Foodservice Settles Fraud Charges for $30 Million Wall Street Journal ...U.S. Foodservice Inc. ... settled charges it overcharged the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs...

Ending Strike, Mott’s Plant Union Accepts Deal New York Times ...the union representing 300 workers at the Mott’s apple juice plant ... announced a settlement ... that ends a 16-week strike and includes a wage freeze, but not the pay cuts ...


How Much Corn Ethanol is the U.S. Exporting and Why? big picture agriculture ...we are creating a product we don't want or don't need ourselves while ... we are aggressively marketing it and its by-products abroad.