Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Today's Teamster News 11.16.11

Tea Party activists, non-union trade group kick off campaign for right-to-work amendment  Dayton Daily News   ...Rob Nichols, spokesman for GOP Gov. John Kasich, said in an email: “Now’s not the time to be taking up or considering these types of issues...”
Could 'Right-To-Work' Backfire On Republicans?  theindychannel.com   ...Indiana Republicans seem determined to push ahead with a so-called "right-to-work" law in the next legislative session, but the experiences of a neighboring state may cause them to rethink their strategy...
Keystone pipeline builder proposes changing Nebraska route  Los Angeles Times   ...The builders of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline agreed Monday to reroute it around Nebraska's ecologically fragile Sandhills in the hope the move would shorten any delay in the project, which has posed political complications for the Obama administration...
Teamsters Vote Official Support of Occupy Wall Street  IBT   ...The General Executive Board of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters unanimously passed a resolution today supporting the right of protesters at Occupy Wall Street to assemble at Liberty Park...
Protesters vow to fight on after return to NY park  AFP   ...Protesters have flooded back into the New York park where police demolished their two-month-old tent camp, vowing to step up the Occupy Wall Street campaign despite a ban on camping out there...
Contagion grips euro zone debt markets  Reuters   ...Europe's government debt market was hit again on Wednesday, with Italy's borrowing costs above the 7 percent level widely viewed as unsustainable despite the European Central Bank buying up its bonds...