Saturday, November 19, 2011

Today's Teamster News 11.19.20

Hoffa Elected To Fourth Term By Overwhelming Margin  IBT   ...According to unofficial results provided by the Office of the Election Supervisor, the Hoffa-Hall Slate defeated their two challengers with 60 percent of the vote...
Occupy Wall Street protests aren't over by a long shot New York Daily News   ...Then the crowd of nurses and teachers and Teamsters and telephone company workers took up the chant: “All day, all week, Occupy Wall Street.” And for one brief moment, you got an inkling that the mindset of a city, perhaps a nation, was on the cusp of change...
What price the new democracy? Goldman Sachs conquers Europe  The Independent   ...Even before the upheaval in Italy, there was no sign of Goldman Sachs living down its nickname as "the Vampire Squid", and now that its tentacles reach to the top of the eurozone, sceptical voices are raising questions over its influence...
Rally to recall Walker  United Wisconsin   ...Join United Wisconsin, We Are Wisconsin, and our partners on Saturday, November 19th in Madison on the Capitol Steps to Stand up for our values and recall Walker and Kleefisch!...
Newt: Fire the janitors, hire kids to clean schools  Politico   ...Newt Gingrich tonight said at an address at Harvard that child work laws "entrap" poor children into poverty - and suggested that a better way to handle failing schools is to fire the janitors, hire the local students and let them get paid for upkeep...
Nevada Files Felony Charges for Mortgage Fraud  Economic Populist   ...The Nevada Attorney General just filed felony criminal charges for mortgage fraud, but wait for it, so far it is just two little fish...