Thursday, July 12, 2012

Today's Teamster News 07.12.12

Tax Rates Hit 30-Year Low in 2009  Slate   ...Americans paid the lowest federal tax rate in three decades during President Obama’s first year in office, according to a new government report out this week...
U.S. home foreclosure filings rise  Raw Story   ...During the April-June period, 311,010 properties started the foreclosure process, a 9 percent increase from the previous quarter, said RealtyTrac, a publisher of foreclosure data...
Trade Deficit for May 2012 - $48.7 Billion  Economic Populist   ...From January to May 2012 we have a -$6.12 billion trade deficit with Korea, a $1.3 billion increase from a year ago. March 15th the South Korean NAFTA style trade deal went into effect...
REPORT: Scott Walker, Right-Wing “Think Tanks” creating another crisis – Public Employee Pensions  Badger Democracy   ...Despite these two independent reports reaching the same conclusion; right-wing think tanks and corporate conservatives like Scott Walker are colluding to create a “crisis” of unfunded liability and debt. This crisis will be used (much like Walker’s $3.6 Billion deficit lie) to push reform of a successful program which needs no reform, is fully funded, and working...
Teamsters, IATSE up reality efforts  Variety   ...The two below-the-line unions repping most film and TV industry crews -- the Intl. Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Intl. Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees -- are ramping up their joint organizing efforts in the reality TV arena...
City, Teamsters to resume contract talks  Upper Arlington News   ...Council voted 7-0 to reject the findings of Tobie Braverman, a third-party fact-finder contracted by the Ohio State Employment Relations Board, pertaining to contract negotiations with the union, which represents 13 street workers and seven utility workers in the city's public service division...
Teamsters to candidates: Pay raise overdue  The Topeka Capital-Journal   ...The apparent common thread among Teamsters Local 696 union members Wednesday evening during a candidate forum was their desire for a salary hike...
Anheuser-Busch hearing with Teamsters begins  The Press-Enterprise   ...Attorneys for brewery giant Anheuser-Busch and an Inland Southern California-based Teamsters local squared of in Superior Court Wednesday, the first round of a suit concerning striking union members’ behavior on the picket line...