Monday, September 12, 2011

Today's Teamster News 09.12.11

Manufacturers Move to Block Union Rule  Wall Street Journal   ...The National Association of Manufacturers has sued the National Labor Relations Board, seeking to block a rule requiring employers to post notices informing workers of their right to join a union and act together to improve wages and working conditions...
Ohio governor appoints union law opponent to bench  Associated Press   ...Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) has appointed a longtime state lawmaker and opponent of the state's collective bargaining law to serve as juvenile court judge in Geauga (jee-AW'-guh) County...
Florida's Bloody Election History Casts Long Shadow over Voter Suppression Efforts  History News Network   ...There’s voter suppression afoot in central Florida—and no one seems to care...
Koch Exclusive Ignites Political Firestorms in New Jersey  Scoop   ..."This is the smoking gun that shows he's been working with the Koch brothers from the beginning," Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, told AP...
Art and politics meet in collection of labor images  Washingon Post   ...The events depicted in the murals verifiably happened and can’t be expunged from the record to suit political taste...
The magical world of voodoo 'economists'  Washington Post   ...If you came up with a bumper sticker that pulls together the platform of this year’s crop of Republican presidential candidates, it would have to be:  Repeal the 20th century. Vote GOP...