Sunday, February 27, 2011

Today's Teamster News 02.27.11

Protesters out in force nationwide to oppose Wisconsin's anti-union bill  Los Angeles Times   ...Nearly two weeks into a political standoff, tens of thousands rallied in Madison and in dozens of cities around the nation...
100,000-Plus in Madison for Rally for Workers’ Rights  firedoglake.com  ... Madison Police told AFL-CIO spokesman Eddie Vale that they estimated the crowd at 100,000 30 minutes before the 3pm rally...
Scott Walker's ruthless ambition  The Guardian   ...It may become not the first domino, but the place where the onslaught against workers rights finally was brought to a halt...
In Indiana, Clues to Future of Wisconsin Labor  New York Times   ...Mr. Daniels said that after he banned bargaining, membership in the unions for state workers nosedived by 90 percent...
Pro-union sympathizers from out of state arrive in Madison  sheboyganpress.com   ...and Teamsters leader Jim Hoffa addressed a crowd of thousands in the Capitol rotunda Wednesday....
Clallam County prison officers protest safety conditions  (Local 117) Peninsula Daily News  ...Teamsters union picketers from Clallam County's two prison facilities will demonstrate... as part of a statewide protest over safety conditions...
More Civilians Killed Last Year in One Mexican Border Town Than All Afghanistan  CNS   ...There were 3,111 civilians murdered in the city of Juarez in 2010 and 2,421 in the entire country of Afghanistan...
Waiting Seven Years for Two Answers  New York Times   ...THE whole episode makes you wonder, yet again, how many of the millions of foreclosures in recent years might have been based on questionable accounting or improper practices by loan servicers...