Senate set to vote on Stabenow's Bring Jobs Home Act MLive ...The "Bring Jobs Home Act," which is No. 1 on President Barack Obama's "to do" list, would pay American companies for businesses costs – and provide a 20 percent credit on expenses – when they close operations abroad and bring work back to the U.S. It would also close a "loophole" that allows employers to obtain a tax credit when shutting down operations here and shipping jobs overseas...
Survey: More Believe College Education A Bad Investment WKBN.com ...According to a national survey, 57 percent of adults think college is a good investment, down from 81 percent just four years ago...
L.A. 'slumlord' suit targets U.S. Bank StarTribune ...The Los Angeles city attorney's office has filed a lawsuit that accuses U.S. Bancorp of becoming "one of the largest slumlords in the city" and allowing hundreds of foreclosed properties to deteriorate into junk houses...
Governor Brown signs California high-speed rail bill, calls critics 'NIMBYs,' 'fearful men' San Jose Mercury News ...With his most public cheerleading yet for California's bullet train, Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed the $8 billion bill to kick off high-speed rail construction and showed no sign he was worried about voters' increasing skepticism for the rail line...
Judge rules in favor of picketing Teamsters The Press-Enterprise ...A Riverside County Superior Court commissioner has denied Anheuser-Busch’s request for an injunction that would have limited the time that striking Teamsters workers could block vehicles leaving and entering the company’s Riverside distribution center...
Teamsters Fight Poor, Degraded Working and Living Conditions in Cook County Jail Teamster Local 700 ...This extreme heat, combined with unsanitary conditions and outbreaks of bedbugs, leaves both Officers and inmates at a serious risk for heat exhaustion and disease...
Leading Proxy Voting Advisors Support Teamster Call For Independent Board Leadership At Republic Airways IBT ...the country's two leading proxy voting advisory services--ISS and Glass Lewis--have recommend support for a Teamster shareholder proposal at Republic Airways Holdings [Nasdaq: RJET] that calls for an independent chairman of the board of directors. Currently, Bryan Bedford serves as both CEO and chairman of the board...
