Year-over-year Change in Public and Private Payroll Employment Calculated Risk ...American bosses added 2.021 million jobs in the year ended in February. That's a 1.5 percent job growth pace. It's the fastest bout of hiring since January 2007...
Barriers to Change, From Wall St. and Geneva New York Times ...Financial institutions, eager to maintain their profitable status quo, have lobbied hard against change. As a result, too-big-to-fail institutions have become even bigger and more powerful...
Under Siege, Wis. Gov. Walker Faces Defeats, Blunders—and Looming Recall In These Times ...People are upset about the state’s terrible economic performance, the governor is under investigation in a John Doe probe, he faces a recall election this spring, and people are really upset by all of his cutbacks," Kraig added...
Pension Case Headed directly to Florida Supreme Court WCTV ...In another setback to Gov. Rick Scott and the other defendants, and another victory for Florida’s public workers, the First District Court of Appeal has granted the Florida Education Association’s request that last week’s pension decision be certified directly to the Florida Supreme Court for final determination. ... “This could help hundreds of thousands of middle-class Florida families who have seen their incomes tumble while the governor and legislative leaders handed out tax giveaways to corporations.”
Hundreds gather for Capitol rally against bill on unions Atlanta Journal Constitution ..."This is an extreme attack on our basic democratic rights," said Ben Speight of Teamsters Local 728, who attended the rally. "It's also an attempt to bankrupt and destroy our unions."...
Coors Is Tasteless, Say Teamsters on St. Patrick's Day Teamsters Joint Council 7 ...More than 100 Teamsters marched in the St. Patrick's Day parade today to raise awareness about anti-immigrant behavior, worker abuse and discrimination by DBI Beverage, the distributor of products by Coors Brewing Co. in Northern California...
