Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Today's Teamster News 10.12.11

President Obama jobs bill fails to pass Senate  Associated Press   ...Senate Republicans voted Tuesday night to kill the jobs package President Barack Obama had spent weeks campaigning for across the country, a stinging loss at the hands of lawmakers opposed to stimulus-style spending and a tax increase on the very wealthy...
Colombia Free Trade Deal: Congress Prepares To Vote On Pact Despite Rampant Murder of Workers  Huffington Post   ...The Colombia agreement will most likely come up for a vote on Wednesday alongside other trade pacts with Panama and Korea, which, like the Colombia deal, were originally negotiated by President George W. Bush in 2007...
China Currency Bill Passes U.S. Senate  Voice of America   ...The U.S. Senate has voted 63 to 35 to penalize China for its currency practices after two weeks of heated debate in which many lawmakers accused Beijing of predatory export promotion policies that have cost American jobs...
James Hoffa rallies against SB5 in Cincinnati  Fox News   ...The nation's most famous union leader was in the Cincinnati on Tuesday. He urged hundreds of union workers from around the Tri-State to repeal Issue Two...
Occupy Wall Street Allies Picket Upper East Side Billionaires Rupert, Koch  International Business Times   ...Joining the march were members of the Teamsters Local 814. Typically responsible for transporting art purchased through the prominent auction house Sotheby's...
Scott asks court to throw out Voting Rights Act protections in Florida  Miami Herald   ...Gov. Rick Scott and Secretary of State Kurt Browning filed a petition in federal court Tuesday asking the court to throw out a section of the Voting Rights Act, one of the vestiges of the Civil Rights movement that has provided an extra layer of protections to minorities voters for the past 45 years...