Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Today's Teamster News 09.07.11

Unapologetic Hoffa: Call to 'take ... out' tea party means with votes, not violence'  Detroit Free Press   ..."We're fighting back. That's what Teamsters do -- we stand up for what is right," Hoffa said...
The Tea Party’s ridiculous hissy fit over Jimmy Hoffa  Washington Post   ...(Michelle) Bachmann used precisely the same “take out” phrase in calling on supporters to target her political opponents — and amusingly enough, she used the phrase at a Tea Party rally...
Kasich backers join SB 5 TV ad war  Columbus Dispatch   ...A spokesman for the Republican Governors Association, which contributed more than $9 million on behalf of Kasich’s successful election bid last fall, confirmed that it will begin running TV commercials this week in support of Kasich...
Janvrin wins House seat  Seacoast Online   ...(Kevin) Janvrin (a Seabrook, N.H., firefighter) faced an uphill battle early on in the race, as he did not receive support from a certain segment of tea party Republicans, who were not happy with his opposition to Right to Work legislation and other policy decisions made by the Republican supermajority...
Families Feel Sharp Edge of State Budget Cuts  New York Times   ...By 2009, about 2.4 million more children’s families lived below the poverty line than in 2000, an increase of 18 percent...
Sunoco to sell or close its refineries in Philadelphia, Marcus Hook  Philadelphia Inquirer   ...Sunoco Inc., an iconic Philadelphia company and a manufacturing mainstay along the Delaware River for more than a century, is getting out of the refining business...
Ind. lawmakers will weigh labor contracts  Associated Press   ...The General Assembly's Interim Committee on Employment will meet Wednesday morning to examine project labor agreements...