Household income is below recession levels, report says Washington Post ...median income is 7.2 percent below its December 2007 level and 8.1 percent below where it stood in January 2000, when it was $55,470, according to the report...
China Confronts Mounting Piles of Unsold Goods New York Times ...The glut of everything from steel and household appliances to cars and apartments is hampering China’s efforts to emerge from a sharp economic slowdown. It has also produced a series of price wars and has led manufacturers to redouble efforts to export what they cannot sell at home.//
Scott says no to more days for early voting Associated Press ...Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday flatly rejected any talk of expanding the number of early-voting days in the state prior to this year's presidential election despite a federal court ruling that a new state law could hurt minority participation...
Freedom of the Press dies in Wisconsin CNNiReport ...WTDY News reporter Dylan Brogan was barred from covering a Mitt Romney campaign event Wednesday in Madison featuring US Senator Ron Johnson. The event, held at the Monona Terrace, was open to the Press...
Teamsters, carpenters say protest is "for the middle class" Patriot Ledger ...100 Teamsters and union carpenters picketed outside the Braintree solid waste transfer station lateThursday morning...They were picketing Callahan Inc. of Bridgewater, the general contractor for a $4 million renovation and improvement to the facility...because the company uses subcontractors who have especially poor labor and job-related records...
Arizona Teamsters File Labor Board Charges Against US Foods IBT ...The charges against US Foods include instances of threatening and interrogating workers; issuing unwarranted discipline against union supporters; unilaterally changing work policies and conditions; withholding pay and falsifying company records to discriminate against union supporters; and unlawfully denying employees union representation...
