Saturday, June 16, 2012

Today's Teamster News 06.16.12

Spanish coal miners clash with police  al-Jazeera   ...Striking coal miners armed with homemade rockets and slingshots have clashed with police in northern Spain, leaving seven people injured, two of them seriously, the Interior Ministry said. The strike is the latest and the most violent of many in Spain in reaction to harsh austerity measures aimed at digging the debt-burdened country out of its financial crisis...
Treaty Negotiated In Secret – Hidden Even from Congressmen Who Oversee Treaties – Threatens to Destroy National Sovereignty  zero hedge   ...An international treaty being negotiated in secret which would not only crack down on Internet privacy much more than SOPA or ACTA, but would actually destroy the sovereignty of the U.S. and all other signatories. It is called the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...
U.S. wins WTO trade against China regarding electrical steel  manufacture this   ...The World Trade Organization (WTO) today has sided with the U.S. on a complaint about the imposition of China’s antidumping and countervailing duties on U.S. exports of "grain-oriented flat-rolled electrical steel."...
Wisconsin DWD: Jobs up, but so is unemployment  fdlreporter.com   ...The Department of Workforce Development said Thursday that Wisconsin’s job market grew by 2,600 jobs between April and May, 900 of which were in the private sector. At the same time, the state is reporting a slight uptick in the unemployment numbers, going from 6.7 percent in April to 6.8 in May...
Teamsters come up big for Malden autism charities  Boston Herald   ...Teamsters Local 25 president Sean O'Brien announced the recipients of money raised at the 2012 Autism Gala that will support two local charities. The Malden Challengers Little League, and Flips & Giggles Gymnastics, received $10,000 and $5,000 respectively...
Studios, Teamsters to renew talks later this month  Variety   ...Deals for 5,000 workers expire July 31...