Consumer Spending Increased 0.8%, Real Personal Income Minus Government Payments Decreased -0.1% for September 2012 Economic Populist ...Americans spent more than they earned...
Greek death spiral raises heat for German-bloc creditors The Telegraph ...Greece’s debt-load is rising much faster than expected as the country spirals into a sixth year of depression, ratcheting up the pressure on Germany and Europe’s creditor states to accept debt-forgiveness for the first time...
Mitt Romney Refuses To Talk About FEMA After Hurricane Sandy Event Huffington Post ...Mitt Romney refused to answer reporters' questions about how he would handle the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), after a Tuesday "storm relief" event in Ohio for Hurricane Sandy...
Teamsters, Allied Waste remain at an impasse Youngstown Vindicator ...Contract negotiations between Teamsters Local 377 in Youngs-town and Republic Services/ Allied Waste have reached an impasse as the contract ended at 12:01 a.m. today, but both sides plan to continue working toward a deal and no disruption of service is expected...
Allendale and Teamsters agree on new contract NorthJersey.com ...At the Oct. 11 Mayor and Council meeting a memorandum of understanding between the borough and the 14 members of the Teamsters union was approved...
A Christmas break for commissioners and added vacation for Teamsters Alexandria Echo Press ...Norm Salto, Jerry Johnson and Bev Bales felt that since the workers were required to put in more time for special projects, they should be allowed to keep the vacation time accrued despite the “use it or lose it” stipulation in their contract...
Crosby police union files lawsuit Brainerd Dispatch ...Teamsters Local 346, the union representative of Crosby Police Department sergeants and patrol officers, filed a lawsuit in Crow Wing County District Court against the city of Crosby and Police Chief Kim Coughlin. The Teamsters Local 346 reported it is asking the court to stop what the union says are “rampant abuses of employees’ rights” by Coughlin...
Teamsters Canada ups strike pay to a maximum of $300 a week; highest in Canada Canadian Business ...The Teamsters says that while strike benefits vary depending on the member's employment status, most Canadian workers represented by the union will benefit from the increase...
Hospital workers approve contract proposal Herald Standard ...Teamsters union Local 491 is asking to meet with Uniontown Hospital negotiators to present a proposed contract aimed at ending talks that have been on-again, off-again for the past 15 months...
