Saturday, February 5, 2011

Today's Teamster News 02.05.11

Missouri union membership rises, defying national trend  St. Louis Post-Dispatch  ...defying a national trend and mystifying both union leaders and economists...
Union, agents consider boycott of combine or draft  NBC Sports   ...union officials and player agents are discussing withholding players from the Scouting Combine and urging players not to attend the NFL Draft...
Local Government Jobs More at Risk  Wall Street Journal   ...The economic slump may be just beginning for thousands of teachers, police, office clerks and other local-government workers still on the job...
Harper presses Obama to approve Keystone oilsands pipeline  The Vancouver Sun   ...Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a personal pitch Friday for President Barack Obama to support a controversial $7 billion pipeline that could double the amount of Alberta oilsands crude exported to the United States.
Walker hurting state, starting with train mess (Opinion)   Appleton Post Crescent ...It's such a shame that high-speed rail is dead in Wisconsin...
UCRRA workers approve contract extension  (Local 445) midhudsonnews.com   ...Workers at the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency have approved a one year extension of their union contract...