Sunday, September 4, 2011

Today's Teamster News 09.04.11

New High of 55% of Americans Foresee Labor Unions Weakening  Gallup   ...Americans clearly believe unions mostly benefit workers who are members of unions, and mostly harm workers who are not union members...
Teamsters Presidential Campaigns to Debate September 7 at George Washington University  Business Wire   ...candidates for General President Sandy Pope and Fred Gegare, and Ken Hall, as a substitute for candidate and incumbent President James P. Hoffa, will debate ... before a live audience of Teamster members...
Hard-pressed Ohio coddles big business: Thomas Suddes (opinion)  Cleveland Plain Dealer   ...the Ohioans ruling corporate boardrooms or lolling at the country club aren't hurting. Because while cops and firefighters protect Big Business' factories, and public schools train its future employees, Big Business isn't paying its share of the tab...
Galloway, Duffy plan to attend Labor Day Parade in Wausau  Wausau Daily Herald   ...Two of the Wausau area's three Republican representatives said they plan to attend Monday's Labor Day parade after organizers backtracked late Tuesday night on a ban of GOP lawmakers...
Florida Sheriff Saves $1 Million Over CCA by De-Privatizing Jail  firedoglake   ... After being operated by CCA for 22 years, the facility had fallen into exceptional disrepair, after CCA had neglected to perform millions of dollars worth of required maintenance...
Farmworkers plan labor protest in Sacramento  Ventura County Star   ...Hundreds of farmworkers and their supporters from Ventura County plan to join a statewide march in the capital Sunday to pressure Gov. Jerry Brown to sign a pair of labor bills...
10 CEOs Who Got Rich By Squeezing Workers  Mother Jones   ...more corporate leaders are getting paid at the expense of average workers...