Thursday, October 13, 2011

Today's Teamster News 10.13.11

Elected Officials Pass More Trade Agreements Most of America Doesn't Want  Economic Populist   ...Congress passed trade treaties with South Korea, Panama and Columbia...
Hoffa: 'A Shameful Day for Congress'  IBT   ...“This is one of the reasons people are marching in the streets of dozens of American cities. Their government is betraying them, and they’re furious..."
Republican presidential hopefuls address NH House  Union Leader   ...Union members anxious about right-to-work legislation reacted when Michelle Bachmann and Newt Gingrich called on the House to adopt the bill that Gov. John Lynch vetoed this year...
Hundreds pack Teamsters hall as Hoffa rallies against Issue 2  Toledo Blade   ...A parade of politicians and union members and their leaders — including James Hoffa, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters — rallied a crowd at the Teamsters Local 20 hall Wednesday night to turn out big in opposition to Issue 2 in the Nov. 8 election...
Sotheby's Art Handlers Take Their Protest to London, Threatening to Disrupt Contemporary Art Sale  ArtInfo   ...This morning, a member of Britain's Labour Party put forward a motion condemning the auction house for the lockout, and "lots of MPs are signing it," Teamsters Local 814 president Jason Ide, a former Sotheby's art handler himself, told ARTINFO...
Day 7 of Occupy Philly marked by marches, rain  Beaver County Times   ...Members of the Teamsters union attended Thursday's demonstration at City Hall in solidarity and the University of Pennsylvania released an open letter of support to the protesters saying that "extreme inequalities that structure our society" must end...