Friday, May 20, 2011

Today's Teamster News 05.20.11

Voter ID passed by Wisconsin Senate, sends bill to Gov. Scott Walker Sheboygan Press ...Spectators in the Senate gallery exploded into shouts and screams after the vote, yelling “Shame! Shame! Shame!” and “Recall! Recall! Recall!” They then burst into singing “We Shall Overcome...”
Does Alvin Brown's victory in politically conservative Jacksonville mean tougher times for Florida's Gov. Rick Scott and the GOP? Florida Courier ...(He) comes into office raising questions about whether his win could portend tougher times for Republicans in what has been a staunchly conservative county...
Maine moves to loosen teen labor laws Stateline   ...A controversial proposal to let teenagers work longer hours during the school year is headed to the desk of Governor Paul LePage, a Republican who supports the changes...
Montgomery County Democrats bash Corbett budget, agenda The Times-Herald ...they claim (it) would cripple public schools, social services agencies and cut jobs...
Anxiety keeps the super-rich safe from middle-class rage The Guardian ...The Institute for Fiscal Studies reports that last year incomes among the top 1% grew at the fastest rate in a decade...
Editorial: Missouri Legislature, governor, fail on job creation promise stltoday.com ...Its leaders' alleged job creation agenda lay in tatters on the Capitol's marble floors, trampled by a stampede of partisan politicians, with plenty of evidence that most of them were worried mostly about one job and one job only: their own...
Teamsters Endorse U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley for U.S. Senate IBT  ...The Teamsters Union is proudly backing U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley in her election campaign for U.S. Senate for the state of Nevada, the union announced today...
Teamsters Call on Loomis Leadership to Restore Workers' Rights in U.S.  IBT   ...Teamsters International Vice President Rome Aloise formally called on Loomis AB’s CEO Lars Blecko and Chairman of the Board Alf Göransson to meet with the Teamsters and restore the fundamental rights of their U.S. employees to be represented by the union of their choice...