Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Today's Teamster News 11.06.12

Re-elected Obama would push quickly for fiscal deal -party aides  Reuters   ...If President Barack Obama wins re-election, he's expected to move quickly, perhaps within a day, to renew his bid for a bipartisan deal to avert a "fiscal cliff" that threatens to push the United States into recession, top Senate Democratic aides said on Monday...
Fed Budgetary Experts Demolish CBO Health Cost Model, the Lynchpin of Budget Hysteria  naked capitalism   ...A remarkably important and persuasive paper that calls into question the need for “reforming” Medicare has not gotten the attention it warrants...
Weak economy, foreign competition, credit squeeze kill 112-year-old US apparel maker in Pa.  Washington Post   ...he needed time, and he needed money, and both were in short supply. In the end, he couldn’t find the cash. And a few months ago, the bank called Fessler’s loan. The company was doomed...
Walker Administration “Default of Contract” cost to taxpayers nearly $50 million  Badger Democracy   ...Train manufacturer Talgo filed a “Default of Contract” suit against Governor Scott Walker and Wisconsin DOT Secretary Mark Gottlieb in Dane County Circuit Court today...
Teamsters, Community Rally In Stockton To Defeat Prop. 32  Teamsters Local 439   ...Hundreds of Teamsters joined other union members and working families throughout the Stockton area for a major rally today to protest against Proposition 32 – a ballot initiative that would silence the voice of working families....
Memphis Area Sanitation workers fight for their jobs  WMCTV   ...workers who work for Republic Services Allied Waste testified in front of a workers' rights board...