Saturday, June 23, 2012

Today's Teamster News 06.23.12

Republicans’ Voter Suppression Project Grinds On  Bloomberg   ...Across the country, the Republicans’ carefully orchestrated plan to make voting harder -- let’s call it the Voter Suppression Project -- may keep just enough young people and minorities from the polls that Republicans will soon be in charge of all three branches of the federal government...
Corporate profits are at an all-time high  ThinkProgress   ...at the same time that corporate profits are at an all-time high as a percentage of the economy, wages are at an all-time low...
Students protest calmly in Montreal, Quebec City  CBC   ...Thousands of people rallied for day of protest Friday in Montreal and in Quebec City, as student leaders vowed to continue their demonstrations through the summer...
David Koch To Host $50,000-A-Person Dinner For Romney In The Hamptons  BuzzFeed   ...The home at 880 Maiden Lane in Southampton sits on 4 waterfront acres, and has 7 bedrooms and 9 bathrooms, according to Zillow. It was last assessed in 2010 at a valuation of over $22 million...
Allied Waste, Teamsters agree to standstill, local employees to return to work  Evansville Courier & Press   ...both parties agreed during a meeting Tuesday in Washington, D.C., that it was in their best interests to initiate a standstill. That will end the lockout that has kept the employees from working in Evansville since early May...
Teamsters Reach Tentative Agreement With Bus System  KTVN   ... A late-night tentative agreement has been reached between Teamsters Local 533 and MV Transportation, contract operator of the Regional Transportation of the Reno-Sparks-Washoe County (RTC) bus and senior/disabled transit system...