Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Today's Teamster News 11.30.11

Teamsters Support UK Strike By Public Sector Workers  IBT   ...Teamsters are joining the National Nurses Union and other union members at the British Embassy today to stand in solidarity with the more than three million public sector workers on strike in the UK to protest government austerity measures and attacks on pensions there...
Right to work veto override vote coming?  Manchester Union-Leader   ...Supporters and opponents of right to work legislation plan to be at the (New Hampshire) State House in force Wednesday for a possible veto override vote...
GOP Pushes 'Right-To-Work' In TV Ads  The Indychannel   ...The ads, airing in Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, show House Speaker Brian Bosma calling right-to-work a top priority in the next legislative session...
Occupy L.A.: Cleanup of City Hall campsite begins  Los Angeles Times   ...A small cadre of police officers remained on the steps on the south side of Los Angeles City Hall early Wednesday, but most had already cleared out after the LAPD's sweep of the Occupy L.A. encampment...
Yes, Virginia. The banks really were bailed out.  interfluidity   ...the government paid for and ought to have owned several large banks lock, stock, and barrel. Instead, officials carefully engineered deals to avoid ownership and control...
The Real America  The Economic Populist   ... Like prey in the spider's web of tall tales, we're stunned and hypnotized into no longer seeing the poverty and despair all around us...