Today's Teamster News 05.04.12

Mitt Romney Commissioned Pro-America Pins, Made Them In China  ThinkProgress   ...He told a story about the “We Stand United” American flag pins he commissioned for the games, which took place just months after the terror attacks on 9/11. ..Complicating Romney’s patriotic message is the fact that the pins were made in China...
Paul: The High Cost of Our Addiction to China  CNBC   ...Ten years after the United States officially ended its yearly review of China's trade status, no one can credibly argue that China is any freer or more attentive to human rights, nor can they claim the United States is better off economically as a result of our bilateral trade and investment relationship with the People's Republic...
How work boredom is the new stress... and it affects everyone from office workers to those on the Afghan frontline  Daily Mail   ...'We seem to be in a culture of having meetings, which a lot of people find boring. There are a lot of automated systems now, so a lot of the things we do are quite remote. We have more people working night shifts, which are more boring because you've got fewer people to talk to...
T. Boone Pickens: Biggest Deterrent To U.S. Energy Plan Is Koch Industries  Yahoo Daily Ticker   ..."They do not want an energy plan for America because they have the cheapest natural gas price they've ever had, and they're in the fertilizer business and they're in the chemical business. So their margins are huge. And they do not want you to have an energy plan, because if you had a plan, then natural gas prices would come up."...
Economists' Malign Influence on Taxes  Forbes   ...The United States is a plutocracy, with an income and wealth distribution that rivals South America’s worst cases, but economists refuse to acknowledge that these outcomes are attributable to ill-advised public policies on taxation, regulation, trade, and education spending over the last several decades...
Sotheby's 'The Scream' Sale Intensifies Criticism Of Art Handlers' Lockout  Huffington Post   ...The final sale price for the Munch painting included $12.9 million in commission fees for the art house. Teamsters Local 814, which represents the handlers, says the yearly contract for all 42 union members would cost the company $3.3 million...