Monday, November 28, 2011

Today's Teamster News 11.28.11

Deadline passes for Occupy Philly, LA  NBC News   ...Los Angeles Police Department was on "city-wide tactical alert" after the early Monday deadline for 'Occupy' movement protesters to vacate their encampment near City Hall expired...
A New Twist in FL's Private vs. Public Prisons Feud  Public News Service   ...The legal entanglements and the new presence of the Teamsters Local 2022 on the scene will likely tie up any move to privatize Florida prisons, at least in the near future...
Recall Gov Walker? WI Sierra Club releases official position....  Examiner   ...The John Muir Chapter’s Executive Committee has voted to unanimously to endorse the recall of Gov. Walker and Lt. Gov. Kleefisch...
Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks Undisclosed $13B  Bloomberg   ...While Fed officials say that almost all of the loans were repaid and there have been no losses, details suggest taxpayers paid a price beyond dollars as the secret funding helped preserve a broken status quo and enabled the biggest banks to grow even bigger...
Greeks Balk at Paying Steep New Property Tax  New York Times   ...Many Greeks consider the new tax, which makes no exceptions for the unemployed or the elderly and is much higher than any real estate tax they have paid before, to be one more sign of the tough austerity measures they are suffering under as a requirement for European aid...
High school student reprimanded by principal for tweet criticising Kansas governor  Daily Mail   ...After meeting Mr Brownback, Emma tweeted: 'Just made mean comments at gov brownback and told him he sucked, in person #heblowsalot.'  Mr Brownback's office contacted the school and complained about the tweet...