Sunday, May 27, 2012

Today's Teamster News 05.27.12

Romney Argues Big Spending Cuts Would Cause 'Depression,' Contrary To Tea Party Activists  Huffington Post   ...Romney, however, said that pushing drastic spending cuts during shaky economic times is a prescription for "recession or depression..."
Protest in the streets despite downpour and tornado warning, 1 arrest  Montreal Open File   ...Though the rain only lasted for about half an hour and the tornado warning was soon lifted, the energy it gave the crowd propelled one of the most boisterous, celebratory and peaceful demonstrations in over a month to party on through the streets for four straight hours...
“American” Corporations Adding More Jobs Overseas Than at Home  Economy in Crisis   ...The Wall Street Journal recently did an analysis of job creation by the 35 largest corporations who file their employment statistics with the federal government. Over the past two years these companies have added 113,000 jobs in the United States, but they added 333,000 jobs overseas...
Dr. Deer’s $125,000 Taxpayer-Funded Endorsement of Scott Walker  Wisconsin Citizens Media Coop   ...Kroll has not actually put much time into Wisconsin since taking the job as Deer Czar. He was not even in the state during the 9 day deer season in 2011. His preliminary report on deer management was short and perfunctory, and demonstrated that he has not put much effort into learning about the state and its hunting history...
Negotiations continue at Canadian Pacific  Northumberland View   ...Negotiations are ongoing with Canadian Pacific (CP) and will likely continue through the weekend. The Teamster Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) bargaining committee is meeting with conciliators and with the employer...
Tentative Agreement Reached Between Local One and Empire New York -- Picket Line Pulled for Weekend  New York Daily News   ...Labor negotiations have freed up W. 45th St. (between Broadway and Eighth Ave) from protesters who have been picketing the cabaret-circus "Empire New York" for use on non-union crew for the last nine days...