Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Today's Teamster News 10.17.12

Only a minority of Americans think there is too much regulation  Economic Policy Institute   ...Despite a massive and endless campaign by business lobbyists and associations to vilify government regulation, 50 percent of Americans in a recent Gallup poll think there is too little regulation or just the right amount, while a minority (46 percent) think there is too much...
Yet ANOTHER unsafe children's product from China: lead-contaminated Halloween costumes  manufacture this   ...A U.S. Customs team has seized nearly 1,400 lead-contaminated children's Halloween costumes that were en route to Seattle-area stores. The costumes, made in China, had small buttons that contain 11 times the legal level of lead...
Social Security Keeps 21 Million Americans Out of Poverty: A State-by-State Analysis  Center for Budget and Policy Priorities   ... Although most of those whom Social Security keeps out of poverty are elderly, nearly a third are under age 65, including 1.1 million children...
Citigroup CEO’s millions  Salon   ...If no alterations are made to Pandit’s compensation package, Citigroup will have paid him about $261 million in the five years since he became CEO...
Mitt Romney's Bain Helped Philip Morris Get U.S. High Schoolers Hooked On Cigarettes  Huffington Post   ...When Mitt Romney served as CEO of Bain & Co., his consulting firm helped tobacco giant Philip Morris develop a groundbreaking sales strategy that researchers say has been linked to an unprecedented spike in youth smoking...
Wide expectation of voter fraud in Presidential race  Public Policy Polling   ...voters on both sides of the partisan divide are already prepared to blame voter fraud if their candidate loses...
City approves contact with Teamsters Union  cjonline.com   ...Topeka’s governing body Tuesday evening approved a three-year labor agreement between the city and the street section of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 969...