More Bad News for U.S. Exports under Korea FTA Public Citizen ...U.S. exports to Korea continue to plummet after eight months of implementation of the U.S.-Korea "free trade" agreement...
Goldman Sachs bankers to reward themselves a staggering £8.3billion in bonuses Daily Mail ...Calls for restraint by politicians, who used taxpayers' money to bail banks out, have fallen on deaf ears...
Mario Draghi has saved the rich, now he must save the poor The Telegraph ...The European Central Bank has washed its hands of any further responsibility for the 27m people across the eurozone listed as unemployed or classified as discouraged workers...
Supreme Court: GOP must comply with limits on ballot monitoring The Hill ...The Supreme Court said Monday that the Republican Party must continue to adhere to an agreement designed to limit voter suppression....
Michigan Effort Shows G.O.P. Sway in State Contests New York Times ...much of the groundwork for the quick victory (on RTW4Less) was laid months and years before by a loose network of donors, strategists and conservative political groups that has sought to win Republican control of legislatures around the country and limit unions’ political power...
Unions calling for protests at Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address Detroit Free Press ...The UAW and other labor unions are calling on members to protest before and during Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address in Lansing...
Lawmaker lands on Capitol Police protester watch list The Cap Times ...State Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison, has been placed on a list maintained by Capitol Police officers to keep tabs on people participating in the Solidarity Sing Along...
UNFI in Mediation With Teamsters Supermarket News ...“UNFI has shown absolutely no willingness to end the strike,” the union said in an online post, citing its refusal to reinstate the terminated workers and other grievances. “It is incredibly important that UNFI understands that it cannot continue to violate workers’ rights, violate the law, and subvert the bargaining process...”
Nespoli, Floyd Retain Key Teamster Posts The Chief ...Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association President Harry Nespoli has been re-elected without opposition as vice president of Teamsters Joint Council 16, as was Teamsters Local 237 leader Gregory Floyd as recording secretary of the group, which consists of 33 locals representing 120,000 members in New York City and vicinity plus Puerto Rico. Council 16 President George Miranda and the rest of his slate were also given additional four-year terms without opposition...
AEP gave $2 million to help JobsOhio Columbus Dispatch ...A line in a routine financial disclosure form reveals that American Electric Power is one of the big donors helping to fund Ohio’s private-development department — to the tune of $2 million... the public is in the dark about where most of JobsOhio’s operating money has come from...
