Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Today's Teamster News 05.22.13

How to help tornado victims  The Oklahoman   ...If you are able to do so, please do what you can to help families impacted by the recent storms. Several nonprofit organizations are collecting donations...
Rubber bullets greet Bangladesh garment workers' pay protest  AFP   ...Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of garment workers as they demanded a wage hike at a protest in a manufacturing hub outside the capital Dhaka...
Poverty Among Senior Citizens is Worse than Official Numbers  Fire Dog Lake   ...A new analysis shows that poverty among seniors is significantly worse than official estimates...
Low-wage workers picket outside federal buildings   Washington Post   ...Food-service workers in Washington, D.C. walked off their jobs in the food court of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center on Tuesday morning as part of a day-long protest of low wages paid to federal contract employees...
Why Austerity Kills: From Greece to U.S., Crippling Economic Policies Causing Global Health Crisis  Democracy Now!   ...there have been more than 10,000 additional suicides and up to a million extra cases of depression across Europe and the United States since governments started introducing austerity programs...
Occupy Our Homes Activists Arrested At Justice Department Headquarters  Fire Dog Lake   ...About 100 protesters with groups called the Home Defenders League and Occupy Our Homes marched on the building ... According to D.C. police, 17 people were arrested. Ann C. Wilcox, an attorney who represents protesters, said several were tased during the scuffle...
Apple Avoids Paying $17 Million In Taxes Every Day Through A Ballsy But Genius Tax Avoidance Scheme  Business Insider   ...Apple has found the secret to not paying taxes. You just avoid taxes by not declaring a tax residency for the company that oversees the entirety of your international income...
Delaware judge orders Wal-Mart to give shareholders more info related to bribery allegations Associated Press   ...A judge in Delaware ordered attorneys for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to turn over more information to shareholders seeking records on how the company responded to allegations of bribery involving its operations in Mexico...
Can crowd funding rescue the LA Times?  MSN Money   ...An advocacy group wants to raise $660 million from lots of little guys to keep Tribune's newspapers away from the billionaire Koch brothers...
Unions are integral part of modern free society (opinion)  Cincinnati Enquirer ...Well-organized union work has given us the 40-hour work week, the weekend, Labor Day, safety laws and health laws among other enhancements. The so-called “right to work” is a referenda between choosing to work in a unionized business or agency, or being stripped of workplace rights that protect people and further freedom...
City underpaid Teamsters' health fund  Utica Observer Dispatch   ...The Teamsters audited the health fund from January 2010 to December 2012 and discovered the error...
No deal: Bay City Commission rejects Teamsters contract for managers  Michigan Live   ...The Bay City Commission rejected a new contract for nine managers working in City Hall...
Teamster reps endorse ABF contract  The City Wire   ...Monday’s action paves the way for a vote among the estimated 7,500 union workers employed by Fort Smith-based ABF...