Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Today's Teamster News 03.06.12

Rght-to-work hearing canceled  Post-Tribune   ...the vacation of the TRO doesn’t change anything for the time being. “The legislation will have its time in court, where both sides will have their chance for good debate,” Corbin said...
Kasich turns down federal disaster aid  Cincinnati Enquirer   ...his decision means tornado-ravaged towns in Ohio will not get federal aid now and are not eligible at this time for potentially millions of dollars in payments and loans...
Judge rules Michigan's PLA ban unconstitutional  AFL-CIO Now   ...A federal judge has ruled that Michigan’s ban on the use of project labor agreements—pushed by Gov. Rick Snyder (R) and anti-worker lawmakers—is unconstitutional...
Trial of Iceland ex-PM Haarde over 2008 crisis begins  BBC News   ...The trial of former Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde, on charges of negligence over the 2008 financial crisis, has begun in Reykjavik. Mr Haarde is thought to be the first world leader to face criminal charges over the crisis...
Spain's sovereign thunderclap and the end of Merkel's Europe  The Telegraph   ...Premier Mariano Rajoy has refused point blank to comply with the austerity demands of the European Commission and the European Council...There comes a point when a democracy can no longer sacrifice its citizens to please reactionary ideologues determined to impose 1930s scorched-earth policies...
Dartmouth Students Urge Trustee Diana Taylor To End Sotheby's Lockout  Teamsters Local 814   ...Teamsters art handlers are continuing their seven-month-long campaign to end their lockout by Sotheby's auction house...