Monday, January 21, 2013

Today's Teamster News 01.21.13

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther's King's Legacy by Challenging So-Called Right-to-Work Laws  SEIU   ...More than 50 years after Dr. King warned of being "fooled by false slogans" such as "right-to-work," working people are facing a string of coordinated, corporate-backed attacks -- including a push for so-called "right-to-work" laws...
Congress Hasn't Averted the Real Fiscal Cliff  Huffington Post   ...the $559.8 billion in the total trade deficit for 2011 represents a loss of 7,277,400 jobs. This explains why we have had a virtually jobless recovery since the end of the recession and why the unemployment rate has stayed high for so long...
Mr. Fisher Goes to Washington  Economic Populist   ...Dallas Federal Reserve President Richard Fisher (said) …  large financial institutions considered “too big to fail" …exact an unfair tax upon the American people. Moreover, they interfere with the transmission of monetary policy and inhibit the advancement of our nation’s economic prosperity...
Is Italy the next domino?  Macro Business   ...With a slowing economy, the idea that taxing the private sector more appears to be the same mistake that has been made in other nations...
Overcharging of batteries likely culprit in Boeing 787 fires, aviation and battery experts say  Associated Press   ...It’s likely that fires on two Boeing 787 Dreamliners were caused by overcharging lithium ion batteries, aviation safety and battery experts said Friday, pointing to developments in the investigation of the Boeing incidents as well as a battery fire in a business jet more than a year ago...
Prison Reform, Kasich Style: More Drugs, More Crime and More Costs to Local Government  Plunderbund   ... there has been a “spike in criminal activity near a recently privatized Ohio prison...”