Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Today's Teamster News 10.18.11

Budget cuts claim hundreds of thousands of county, city jobs  USA Today   ...Local governments, once a steady source of employment in tough economic times, are shedding jobs in unprecedented numbers, and heavy payroll losses are expected to persist into next year...
Lincoln Center, Sotheby's Targeted in Tuesday Marches  NBC News   ...The events at Sotheby's and at Lincoln Center were already planned before the Occupy Wall Street protests, but organizers say the Wall Street protesters will help infuse new energy...
New Yorkers Back Wall St. Protesters 3 - 1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Stay As Long As You Want, Even Republicans Say  Quinnipiac University   ...By a 67 - 23 percent margin, New York City voters agree with the views of the Wall Street protesters and say 87 - 10 percent that it is "okay that they are protesting,"...
Occupy Wall Street To NYC: Drop The Charges Against 800 Protesters Or We Will March To Court For Every Trial  Business Insider   ...There's been around 800 Occupy Wall Street protestors arrested since the movement began, and all of them are ready to head to court...
Northside grandma in SB 5 ad wants apology  Cincinnati Enquirer   ...Marlene Quinn is waiting for an apology she doesn’t expect to get. She wants it from Building A Better Ohio. But she wants people to know she has already voted against Issue 2...
Chafee Joins Christie as Rhode Island Seeks to Cut Pension Costs  Bloomberg   ...Chafee, 58, elected in November after he lost a U.S. Senate seat in 2006, wants to overhaul the state’s $7.4 billion pension because it has only about half the assets needed over the coming decades, according to state data...