American Jobs with Chinese Characteristics Wall Street Journal ...Chinese-owned firms in the U.S. now account for about 27,000 U.S. jobs – a number that is bound to increase so long as the U.S. encourages such investment...
Another domino falls as Hollande pushes France into depression (opinion) The Telegraph ...If French President François Hollande thinks he can assuage the bond markets by dishing out tax-heavy austerity instead of genuine reform, he has been given very bad advice...
At least 40 hurt in Amtrak derailment south of Hanford Fresno Bee ...A big rig collided with an Amtrak train bound for Bakersfield Monday at a rural crossing in Kings County, injuring at least 40 passengers and stranding scores more in an alfalfa field south of Hanford...Investigators concluded the truck struck the train, causing it to derail...
Walmart Workers Ask For Basic Rights, Walmart Calls Riot Police BuzzFeed ...The rally had apparently been declared an "unlawful assembly..."
Teamsters ratify contract; top 4 contracts done The Bellingham Herald ...About 5,690 Washington state employees belonging to Teamsters Local 117 voted late Sunday night to ratify a new two-year labor contract. The vote was nearly two-to-one in favor, according to the union, which represents employees at the state Department of Corrections...
Teamsters, political hopefuls rally in Patterson against Prop. 32 Patterson Irrigator ...High profile local candidates for office turned out with local and state union members outside the CVS warehouse on Keystone Pacific Parkway Thursday, Sept. 27 in an effort to fire up and register voters over a controversial statewide ballot proposition...
