Sunday, February 20, 2011

Today's Teamster News 02.20.11

Scott Walker has already created jobs...too bad they’re in India  Blogging Blue   ...The Department of Health Services last month signed a new contract with Deloitte Consulting...
Tea Party lies and distorts at Wisconsin Capitol rally  The Isthmus   ...While the anti-Walker demonstrators were mostly guilty of overstating the governor’s fiendishness (no, he’s probably not as bad as Hitler), the Tea Party folks often distorted the issues...
Day Six of Protests in Madison  WHBL News   ...Madison police estimate the crowd converging on the Wisconsin state Capitol approached 70 thousand Saturday...
Ohio: Statehouse mobilization against SB 5 and Kasich's anti-worker agenda  Monthly Review   ...Thousands of workers and community members will pack the Statehouse again to tell lawmakers to reject the attack on Ohio's middle class and vote NO on Senate Bill 5, a bill that would gut workers' voice on the job in the hopes of dismantling unions in Ohio entirely...
Union members hope to make voices heard  indystar.com   ...Indiana union members plan to swarm the Statehouse this week to protest a slew of Republican-sponsored bills they say would weaken their membership...
As G20 Leaders Set Deal, Geithner Criticizes China  New York Times   ...financial leaders from the Group of 20 agreed on a set of guidelines to identify when economic and financial developments in some countries would create problems for the rest of the world...
Oil Flows, but High Prices Jangle Nerves  New York Times   ...The turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East has helped drive oil prices up to more than $102 a barrel for an important benchmark crude...
Why Isn't Wall Street in Jail?  Rolling Stone   ...Financial crooks brought down the world's economy — but the feds are doing more to protect them than to prosecute them...