U.S.-Korea free trade pact takes effect amid controversy Reuters ...A long-delayed U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA) that has stirred controversy in both countries took effect on Thursday, although the opposition in Seoul has vowed to renegotiate it if it wins elections this year...
Trade Issues With China Flare Anew New York Times ...Five separate issues — involving auto parts, cars, solar panels, anti-subsidy laws and rare earth metals — are the subject of separate initiatives by American officials, European officials or both...
Bank of America: Too Crooked To Fail Rolling Stone ...The bank has defrauded everyone from investors and insurers to homeowners and the unemployed. So why does the government keep bailing it out?...
Where Was Walker Wednesday? In Palm Beach, Taking Down $200,000+ The Political Environment ...Yeah, Scott Walker could 'return' to the private sector any old time where he wouldn't be tied to a crap salary from taxpayers of $144,000 a year, but while he's still got the job and unlimited "personal time, wink-wink" - - why not jet off to Palm Beach, Florida, or as they call it there, "the ATM of American politics "- - and pick up a cool $200,000+ in campaign cash and pledges from folks you've never met?...
Support for repeat right-to-work bill diminishing Associated Press ...The latest version of right-to-work legislation is losing the steam it needs to pass in New Hampshire...
Nichols, Teamsters to meet March 21 Quad Cities Business Journal ...Another round of contract negotiations is scheduled for March 21 after representatives of Nichols Aluminum and striking Teamsters Local 371 returned to the table Monday...
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Today's Teamster News 03.10.12
The Bloom Comes Off the Unemployment Report Rose Economic Populist ...The real number of people wanting a job for February is 27.3 million. One needs to add up the official unemployed, people stuck in part-time who need full-time jobs, and all of those people not in the labor force, but who report they actually want a job, currently at 6.378 million.This gives an unemployment rate of 16.93%...
Walker sets up legal-defense fund Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ..."If you create a legal-defense fund, you are either being investigated, being charged with or have been convicted of a criminal violation of Chapter 11 or Chapter 12,"...
Selma march won't end in Montgomery; organizers plan to spread to other states, fight ID laws Associated Press ...Leaders of the march from Selma protesting voter ID laws that they claim suppress votes say they won't let their demonstration die in Montgomery — they're planning to go to other states...
Thousands march in support of port workers Taranaki Daily News ...Thousands of people are marching from Auckland's Waterfront in support of port workers who have been made redundant this week. A wide range of people have turned out for the march ... Today's turnout follows news that Australian port workers are showing their solidarity with their Kiwi counterparts by refusing to unload a ship handled by non-union workers in Auckland.
Icelandic Anger Brings Debt Forgiveness in Best Recovery Story Bloomberg ...Icelanders who pelted parliament with rocks in 2009 demanding their leaders and bankers answer for the country’s economic and financial collapse are reaping the benefits of their anger. Since the end of 2008, the island’s banks have forgiven loans equivalent to 13 percent of gross domestic product, easing the debt burdens of more than a quarter of the population...
Hostess Brands names CEO to work way out of bankruptcy Reuters ...Separately, Teamsters Union Vice President Ken Hall said they will continue to work with Hostess toward a resolution that will allow the company to emerge successfully from bankruptcy...
Walker sets up legal-defense fund Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ..."If you create a legal-defense fund, you are either being investigated, being charged with or have been convicted of a criminal violation of Chapter 11 or Chapter 12,"...
Selma march won't end in Montgomery; organizers plan to spread to other states, fight ID laws Associated Press ...Leaders of the march from Selma protesting voter ID laws that they claim suppress votes say they won't let their demonstration die in Montgomery — they're planning to go to other states...
Thousands march in support of port workers Taranaki Daily News ...Thousands of people are marching from Auckland's Waterfront in support of port workers who have been made redundant this week. A wide range of people have turned out for the march ... Today's turnout follows news that Australian port workers are showing their solidarity with their Kiwi counterparts by refusing to unload a ship handled by non-union workers in Auckland.
Icelandic Anger Brings Debt Forgiveness in Best Recovery Story Bloomberg ...Icelanders who pelted parliament with rocks in 2009 demanding their leaders and bankers answer for the country’s economic and financial collapse are reaping the benefits of their anger. Since the end of 2008, the island’s banks have forgiven loans equivalent to 13 percent of gross domestic product, easing the debt burdens of more than a quarter of the population...
Hostess Brands names CEO to work way out of bankruptcy Reuters ...Separately, Teamsters Union Vice President Ken Hall said they will continue to work with Hostess toward a resolution that will allow the company to emerge successfully from bankruptcy...
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Today's Teamster News 11.27.11
Teamsters Nationwide Tell 7-Eleven ‘It's Too High A Price To Pay For Fuel’ IBT ...Tankhaul drivers of Teamster local unions nationwide joined members of Local Union 986 as they hand billed Thanksgiving weekend customers outside of St. Louis, Chicago, Tacoma, Wash., and California 7-Elevens this morning to protest KAG West’s destruction of union jobs...
Recall Walker Drive Surpassed Halfway Petition Signature Total of 270,000 To Oust Wisconsin Governor Hispanic News Network USA Blog ...On Saturday, Recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) projections to collect petition signatures have surpassed all expectations to get more than the minimum required signatures per day needed by organizers to meet the amount of 540,000 mark by January 17...
McQuaig: Occupy moves us into a new era (opinion) Toronto Star ...they’ve managed to change the public discourse, putting inequality front and centre — something activists and writers, myself included, have failed to accomplish despite decades of trying...
Activists accuse Mexican president of war crimes in drug crackdown The Guardian ...Mexican human rights activists have asked the international criminal court to investigate President Felipe Caldéron, as well as top officials and the country's most-wanted drug trafficker, accusing them of allowing subordinates to kill, torture and kidnap civilians...
Prepare for riots in euro collapse, Foreign Office warns The Telegraph ...British embassies in the eurozone have been told to draw up plans to help British expats through the collapse of the single currency, amid new fears for Italy and Spain...
The Supercommittee's Failure Was 2 Decades in the Making Baseline Scenario ...there's still an outside chance that no one will agree to anything, December 31, 2012 will roll around, and all of the Bush tax cuts will expire. Which is the only thing that has any chance of increasing taxes on the rich and reducing the deficit...
Recall Walker Drive Surpassed Halfway Petition Signature Total of 270,000 To Oust Wisconsin Governor Hispanic News Network USA Blog ...On Saturday, Recall Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) projections to collect petition signatures have surpassed all expectations to get more than the minimum required signatures per day needed by organizers to meet the amount of 540,000 mark by January 17...
McQuaig: Occupy moves us into a new era (opinion) Toronto Star ...they’ve managed to change the public discourse, putting inequality front and centre — something activists and writers, myself included, have failed to accomplish despite decades of trying...
Activists accuse Mexican president of war crimes in drug crackdown The Guardian ...Mexican human rights activists have asked the international criminal court to investigate President Felipe Caldéron, as well as top officials and the country's most-wanted drug trafficker, accusing them of allowing subordinates to kill, torture and kidnap civilians...
Prepare for riots in euro collapse, Foreign Office warns The Telegraph ...British embassies in the eurozone have been told to draw up plans to help British expats through the collapse of the single currency, amid new fears for Italy and Spain...
The Supercommittee's Failure Was 2 Decades in the Making Baseline Scenario ...there's still an outside chance that no one will agree to anything, December 31, 2012 will roll around, and all of the Bush tax cuts will expire. Which is the only thing that has any chance of increasing taxes on the rich and reducing the deficit...
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Today's Teamster News 11.20.11
Egypt protesters resume occupation of Tahrir Square BBC ...Several hundred protesters spent the night in the square, having fought off police attempts to remove them...
SF police arrest 6 Occupy protesters in early raid Associated Press ...San Francisco arrested six anti-Wall Street protesters early Sunday and dismantled a tent encampment...
Lobbying Memo Seeks Methods to Discredit Occupy Movement firedoglake ...MSNBC’s Chris Hayes ... obtained a memo from a DC lobbying firm spelling out a strategy to undermine Occupy Wall Street...
Thousands rally against Wisconsin Republican governor Reuters ...The Wisconsin Department of Administration estimated that between 25,000 and 30,000 people gathered at an afternoon rally at the Capitol building to boost the state-wide petition drive for a Walker recall election that began on November 15...
Older, Suburban and Struggling, ‘Near Poor’ Startle the Census New York Times ...100 million people — one in three Americans — (are) either in poverty or in the fretful zone just above it...
Why Not Break-Up Citigroup? Baseline Scenario ...Earlier this week, Richard Fisher – President of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank – captured the growing political mood with regard to very large banks: “I believe that too-big-to-fail banks are too-dangerous-to-permit...”
SF police arrest 6 Occupy protesters in early raid Associated Press ...San Francisco arrested six anti-Wall Street protesters early Sunday and dismantled a tent encampment...
Lobbying Memo Seeks Methods to Discredit Occupy Movement firedoglake ...MSNBC’s Chris Hayes ... obtained a memo from a DC lobbying firm spelling out a strategy to undermine Occupy Wall Street...
Thousands rally against Wisconsin Republican governor Reuters ...The Wisconsin Department of Administration estimated that between 25,000 and 30,000 people gathered at an afternoon rally at the Capitol building to boost the state-wide petition drive for a Walker recall election that began on November 15...
Older, Suburban and Struggling, ‘Near Poor’ Startle the Census New York Times ...100 million people — one in three Americans — (are) either in poverty or in the fretful zone just above it...
Why Not Break-Up Citigroup? Baseline Scenario ...Earlier this week, Richard Fisher – President of the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank – captured the growing political mood with regard to very large banks: “I believe that too-big-to-fail banks are too-dangerous-to-permit...”
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Today's Teamster News 11.13.11
Obama, leaders set framework for Asia-Pacific trade agreement The Hill ...President Obama and representatives of eight other nations agreed to a framework on Saturday for a free trade agreement in the Pacific Rim region...
Ad By Crossroads, Karl Rove's Outfit, Yanked Off Air For Being False Huffington Post ...Recently a number of ads by the well-funded conservative outfit have been declared misleading and false, but the spot targeting Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is apparently the first pulled from the air...
Occupy Homes: New Coalition Links Homeowners, Activists in Direct Action to Halt Foreclosures Democracy Now ...A loose-knit coalition of activists known as "Occupy Homes" is working to stave off pending evictions by occupying homes at risk of foreclosure when tenants enlist its support. The movement has recently enjoyed a number of successes...
Democratic Party Of Georgia Treasurer Destroys Bank Of America Card At Occupy Athens ThinkProgress ...Russell Edwards ... offered to defend anyone who was arrested pro bono and encouraged everyone there to move their money from big banks to local community banks or credit unions. He also destroyed his Bank of America card in front of the audience...
Scott Walker, Wisconsin Governor, Cancels GOP Fundraiser Appearance Amidst Protest, Recall Plans Huffington Post ...Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), who is currently under threat of being recalled from office, is canceling his plans to attend a GOP fundraiser in Wichita, Kan., and labor unions are taking the credit...
Voters rate Scott's performance poor Florida Today ...the Republican governor’s approval ratings have remained steady the past few months, with 50 percent of voters saying he’s not doing a good job and 36 percent saying he is...
Ad By Crossroads, Karl Rove's Outfit, Yanked Off Air For Being False Huffington Post ...Recently a number of ads by the well-funded conservative outfit have been declared misleading and false, but the spot targeting Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) is apparently the first pulled from the air...
Occupy Homes: New Coalition Links Homeowners, Activists in Direct Action to Halt Foreclosures Democracy Now ...A loose-knit coalition of activists known as "Occupy Homes" is working to stave off pending evictions by occupying homes at risk of foreclosure when tenants enlist its support. The movement has recently enjoyed a number of successes...
Democratic Party Of Georgia Treasurer Destroys Bank Of America Card At Occupy Athens ThinkProgress ...Russell Edwards ... offered to defend anyone who was arrested pro bono and encouraged everyone there to move their money from big banks to local community banks or credit unions. He also destroyed his Bank of America card in front of the audience...
Scott Walker, Wisconsin Governor, Cancels GOP Fundraiser Appearance Amidst Protest, Recall Plans Huffington Post ...Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R), who is currently under threat of being recalled from office, is canceling his plans to attend a GOP fundraiser in Wichita, Kan., and labor unions are taking the credit...
Voters rate Scott's performance poor Florida Today ...the Republican governor’s approval ratings have remained steady the past few months, with 50 percent of voters saying he’s not doing a good job and 36 percent saying he is...
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Today's Teamster News 10.22.11
Mexican long-haul trucks take to U.S. highways today, angers Teamsters Examiner ...Despite a protest rally from Teamsters, a speech from Jim Hoffa Jr. and bi-partisan Congressional members, Mexican long-haul trucks will take to U.S. highways today... Investors Ask Sotheby’s to Rethink James Murdoch’s Board Position artinfo ...A union-affiliated investor group, CtW Investors, publicly called upon Sotheby’s corporate board and its chairman, Michael I. Sovern, to rethink the implications of keeping James Murdoch (son of Rupert) on as a director...
Cantor Cancels Wharton School Speech Amid Plans for Protest Bloomberg ...House Majority Leader Eric Cantor canceled a speech today at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, where anti-Wall Street protesters had planned to gather outside...
McCormick Place labor deal touted as boost for convention business Chicago Sun-Times ...Labor agreements with the Teamsters and carpenters unions will give large conventions the certainty about costs that they need to book shows at McCormick Place, officials said Friday in announcing the agreements...
What Rick Scott doesn't want you to see Orlando Sentinel ...Information is power in the framing of politics and policy, and Gov. Rick Scott's administration is working hard to tightly control what comes out...
Forecast predicts Walker won't meet jobs goal Associated Press ...An economic forecast by Gov. Scott Walker's own administration predicts that Wisconsin will fall far short of adding the 250,000 new private-sector jobs by 2015 that the governor promised as a key part of his successful election campaign...
Cantor Cancels Wharton School Speech Amid Plans for Protest Bloomberg ...House Majority Leader Eric Cantor canceled a speech today at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, where anti-Wall Street protesters had planned to gather outside...
McCormick Place labor deal touted as boost for convention business Chicago Sun-Times ...Labor agreements with the Teamsters and carpenters unions will give large conventions the certainty about costs that they need to book shows at McCormick Place, officials said Friday in announcing the agreements...
What Rick Scott doesn't want you to see Orlando Sentinel ...Information is power in the framing of politics and policy, and Gov. Rick Scott's administration is working hard to tightly control what comes out...
Forecast predicts Walker won't meet jobs goal Associated Press ...An economic forecast by Gov. Scott Walker's own administration predicts that Wisconsin will fall far short of adding the 250,000 new private-sector jobs by 2015 that the governor promised as a key part of his successful election campaign...
Friday, October 21, 2011
Today's Teamster News 10.21.11
Car Company Gets U.S. Loan, Builds Cars in Finland ABC News ...an electric car company that received a $529 million federal government loan guarantee is assembling its first line of cars in Finland, saying it could not find a facility in the United States capable of doing the work...
GOP Senator Supports ‘Infrastructure’ Spending … In Libya (VIDEO) TalkingPointsMemo ...a GOP senator who's up for re-election this cycle (said) on Fox News, "We can go over there and help them build their infrastructure up." That's Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). He wasn't talking about a forlorn corner of the United States, though. He was talking about Libya...
Hertz fires 25 drivers who refuse to clock out Seattle Times ...Hertz has sent termination letters to 25 drivers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after they refused to agree to clock out for daily breaks, during which they normally pray...Officials with Teamsters Local 117, which represents the workers, said the two sides had tried to negotiate an agreement...
Quinn, Emmanuel expected to announce labor deals at McCormick Place Chicago Tribune ...The package -- which would cut crew sizes from three to two workers, give exhibitors the right to unload their own vehicles and lengthen straight-time windows -- is similar to the earlier legislative changes...
Teacher who sparred with Christie runs for office Politico ...Marie Corfield, a New Jersey teacher whose clash with Chris Christie at a town hall meeting made big headlines, is running for N.J. state assembly...
Public speaks out against Wisconsin Medicaid cuts Bloomberg ...A plan to cut about half a billion dollars from Wisconsin's Medicaid costs put forward by Gov. Scott Walker's administration drew an overwhelmingly negative response at the first of two public hearings Wednesday...
Scott struggles to find good news on jobs front The Gainesville Sun ...With Florida's employment market stagnating and budget revenues declining, Gov. Rick Scott jumped on the good economic news he could find Thursday, touting a new biotech company's decision to move to the Tampa Bay area. But the firm's addition of 40 new jobs will hardly put a dent in Scott's promise to create 700,000 positions in seven years, and the billing of Thursday's event as a "major" jobs announcement underscored the yearning for positive economic signs...
GOP Senator Supports ‘Infrastructure’ Spending … In Libya (VIDEO) TalkingPointsMemo ...a GOP senator who's up for re-election this cycle (said) on Fox News, "We can go over there and help them build their infrastructure up." That's Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC). He wasn't talking about a forlorn corner of the United States, though. He was talking about Libya...
Hertz fires 25 drivers who refuse to clock out Seattle Times ...Hertz has sent termination letters to 25 drivers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after they refused to agree to clock out for daily breaks, during which they normally pray...Officials with Teamsters Local 117, which represents the workers, said the two sides had tried to negotiate an agreement...
Quinn, Emmanuel expected to announce labor deals at McCormick Place Chicago Tribune ...The package -- which would cut crew sizes from three to two workers, give exhibitors the right to unload their own vehicles and lengthen straight-time windows -- is similar to the earlier legislative changes...
Teacher who sparred with Christie runs for office Politico ...Marie Corfield, a New Jersey teacher whose clash with Chris Christie at a town hall meeting made big headlines, is running for N.J. state assembly...
Public speaks out against Wisconsin Medicaid cuts Bloomberg ...A plan to cut about half a billion dollars from Wisconsin's Medicaid costs put forward by Gov. Scott Walker's administration drew an overwhelmingly negative response at the first of two public hearings Wednesday...
Scott struggles to find good news on jobs front The Gainesville Sun ...With Florida's employment market stagnating and budget revenues declining, Gov. Rick Scott jumped on the good economic news he could find Thursday, touting a new biotech company's decision to move to the Tampa Bay area. But the firm's addition of 40 new jobs will hardly put a dent in Scott's promise to create 700,000 positions in seven years, and the billing of Thursday's event as a "major" jobs announcement underscored the yearning for positive economic signs...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Today's Teamster News 10.19.11
Occupy Wall Street sneaks into Sotheby's New York Observer ..."'We are hungry. We are poor. We are coming to your house.' Ha-ha."...
Occupy Wall Street Targets Sotheby's DNAInfo ...The gilded halls of Sotheby's on the Upper East Side have become the latest target for Occupy Wall Street protests...
Protesters get personal to embarrass city's titans Crain's New York Business ...Advocates are making scenes at the restaurants and doorsteps of the rich and famous in increasingly edgy attempts to change policies or win labor disputes...
Mass Strike Shuts Greece Down Wall Street Journal ...Tens of thousands of Greek workers, students and business owners marched through the streets of the Greek capital Wednesday in a massive protest against new government austerity measures due to be voted in by parliament Thursday...
Unions see progress toward ending McCormick Place labor impasse Chicago Tribune ...Teamsters reach tentative agreement; carpenters' leaders are 'cautiously optimistic'...
SB5 debate rages on statewide Toledo Blade ...Public employees have given back more than $1 billion in wage, health-care, furlough days, and other contract concessions to governments over the last four years, according to a union study released Tuesday...
Scot Ross: Walker’s 'special-interest session' offers more corporate favors (opinion) Madison.com ...With an ever-climbing state unemployment rate and reasonable pleas for action by the middle class, Gov. Scott Walker is offering what has become his gubernatorial calling card: a special-interest session of more corporate favors and less corporate accountability...
Gov. Chris Christie must apologize for attack on judge (opinion) Newark Star-Ledger ...Gov. Chris Christie’s attack on the integrity of a sitting judge yesterday was a truly sickening moment, for which he should apologize...
Occupy Wall Street Targets Sotheby's DNAInfo ...The gilded halls of Sotheby's on the Upper East Side have become the latest target for Occupy Wall Street protests...
Protesters get personal to embarrass city's titans Crain's New York Business ...Advocates are making scenes at the restaurants and doorsteps of the rich and famous in increasingly edgy attempts to change policies or win labor disputes...
Mass Strike Shuts Greece Down Wall Street Journal ...Tens of thousands of Greek workers, students and business owners marched through the streets of the Greek capital Wednesday in a massive protest against new government austerity measures due to be voted in by parliament Thursday...
Unions see progress toward ending McCormick Place labor impasse Chicago Tribune ...Teamsters reach tentative agreement; carpenters' leaders are 'cautiously optimistic'...
SB5 debate rages on statewide Toledo Blade ...Public employees have given back more than $1 billion in wage, health-care, furlough days, and other contract concessions to governments over the last four years, according to a union study released Tuesday...
Scot Ross: Walker’s 'special-interest session' offers more corporate favors (opinion) Madison.com ...With an ever-climbing state unemployment rate and reasonable pleas for action by the middle class, Gov. Scott Walker is offering what has become his gubernatorial calling card: a special-interest session of more corporate favors and less corporate accountability...
Gov. Chris Christie must apologize for attack on judge (opinion) Newark Star-Ledger ...Gov. Chris Christie’s attack on the integrity of a sitting judge yesterday was a truly sickening moment, for which he should apologize...
Sunday, October 9, 2011
Today's Teamster News 10.09.11
Obama appoints PEB 243 to investigate BLET contract dispute Douglas Budget ...President Barack Obama today established Emergency Board (PEB) No. 243, to investigate and make recommendations for settlement of the current disputes between the Rail Labor Bargaining Coalition (RLBC) and five other unions, and the National Carriers Conference Committee (NCCC)...
"Occupy" protesters garner increased support CBS News ...demonstrations were held in more than a dozen cities, from Los Angeles to Richmond, Va., to downtown Minneapolis, Minn...
Letter: Sees SB5 as 'poorly veiled' punishment for unions Hudson Hub-Times ...Ohio Senate Bill 5 is not the economic panacea for our state that its proponents claim...
Union members fight Ind. 'right-to-work' proposal Associated Press ...Union members packed an Indiana Statehouse hearing Thursday in their uphill fight against "right-to-work" legislation that sparked a five-week walkout by House Democrats earlier this year...
John Nichols: Walker seeks to set rules for recalls The Cap Times ...While Stalin wanted to game the system after the voting was finished, Walker wants to game it before the voting begins...
Scott's transparency problem Miami Herald ...For a governor who promised accountability as a candidate, Rick Scott sure has a lot of explaining to do...
"Occupy" protesters garner increased support CBS News ...demonstrations were held in more than a dozen cities, from Los Angeles to Richmond, Va., to downtown Minneapolis, Minn...
Letter: Sees SB5 as 'poorly veiled' punishment for unions Hudson Hub-Times ...Ohio Senate Bill 5 is not the economic panacea for our state that its proponents claim...
Union members fight Ind. 'right-to-work' proposal Associated Press ...Union members packed an Indiana Statehouse hearing Thursday in their uphill fight against "right-to-work" legislation that sparked a five-week walkout by House Democrats earlier this year...
John Nichols: Walker seeks to set rules for recalls The Cap Times ...While Stalin wanted to game the system after the voting was finished, Walker wants to game it before the voting begins...
Scott's transparency problem Miami Herald ...For a governor who promised accountability as a candidate, Rick Scott sure has a lot of explaining to do...
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Today's Teamster News 10.02.11
Hundreds arrested in Wall Street protest Financial Times ...More than 700 anti-Wall Street protesters have been arrested for blocking traffic on Brooklyn Bridge during an unauthorised march...
"Recall Scott Walker" banner flown during Badger pregame WEAU 13 News ...Anti-Walker demonstrators made sure they were seen in the sky during the Wisconsin vs. Nebraska pregame on Saturday at Camp Randall...
Walker’s Agenda Riddled with ALEC ideas The Progressive ...there are more than a dozen special interest giveaways in the GOP jobs package (which also)... includes at least two pieces of ALEC model legislation...
Scott can't stop Workforce funds, Rep. Brown says Orlando Sentinel ...U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown has waded into the uproar surrounding Workforce Central Florida, insisting that Gov. Rick Scott has no authority to block federal funding of the region's embattled jobs agency...
John Kasich Replaces Rick Scott As Most Unpopular Governor In 2011 Huffington Post ...Public Policy Polling surveyed Florida voters and found 52 percent disapprove of Republican Gov. Rick Scott -- an improvement in his poll numbers that leaves Ohio Gov. John Kasich as the most unpopular governor the Democratic-leaning firm has polled in 2011...
SEC investigating Missouri sweetener project Associated Press ...A recent disclosure indicates the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating a so-far unsuccessful effort to build an artificial sweetener plant in the central Missouri town of Moberly...
"Recall Scott Walker" banner flown during Badger pregame WEAU 13 News ...Anti-Walker demonstrators made sure they were seen in the sky during the Wisconsin vs. Nebraska pregame on Saturday at Camp Randall...
Walker’s Agenda Riddled with ALEC ideas The Progressive ...there are more than a dozen special interest giveaways in the GOP jobs package (which also)... includes at least two pieces of ALEC model legislation...
Scott can't stop Workforce funds, Rep. Brown says Orlando Sentinel ...U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown has waded into the uproar surrounding Workforce Central Florida, insisting that Gov. Rick Scott has no authority to block federal funding of the region's embattled jobs agency...
John Kasich Replaces Rick Scott As Most Unpopular Governor In 2011 Huffington Post ...Public Policy Polling surveyed Florida voters and found 52 percent disapprove of Republican Gov. Rick Scott -- an improvement in his poll numbers that leaves Ohio Gov. John Kasich as the most unpopular governor the Democratic-leaning firm has polled in 2011...
SEC investigating Missouri sweetener project Associated Press ...A recent disclosure indicates the Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating a so-far unsuccessful effort to build an artificial sweetener plant in the central Missouri town of Moberly...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Today's Teamster News 09.27.11
Michael Moore helps to "Occupy Wall Street CBS News ...Protesters camping out in a lower Manhattan plaza to speak out against corporate greed and social inequality got a morale boost Monday from filmmaker activist Michael Moore, who told the crowd they were the start of something big...
Congress dodges shutdown after disaster aid fight Associated Press ...A bitterly divided and poll-battered Congress has nearly worked its way out of a nasty fight over disaster aid, but only by abruptly abandoning efforts to immediately refill almost empty federal disaster relief accounts...
Probe rattles Wisconsin politics Politico ...A criminal investigation has shaken Wisconsin political circles and touched off speculation that Gov. Scott Walker may be in its sights, according to numerous reports...
5 bidders in running to help Ohio unload turnpike WFMJ.com ...Republican Gov. John Kasich has said he wants to hire private consultants to help Ohio determine how to get the most benefit from the 241-mile toll road in northern Ohio...
Editorial: Unions, Michigan have no time for a right-to-work brawl Detroit Free Press ...Contract talks between the UAW and Detroit's Big Three appear to be wending their way fitfully toward a resolution....So it's an odd moment for anyone to claim that organized labor is the chief obstacle to Michigan's economic recovery, and a dangerous time to risk a Wisconsin-style showdown...
Fired prisons chief Ed Buss still talks; Gov. Rick Scott not happy Tampabay.com ...he was around long enough to make a series of skeptical statements about a privatization venture that was hatched by the Legislature, discussed only fleetingly in public and imposed on his former agency without ever seeking his expert opinion...
Congress dodges shutdown after disaster aid fight Associated Press ...A bitterly divided and poll-battered Congress has nearly worked its way out of a nasty fight over disaster aid, but only by abruptly abandoning efforts to immediately refill almost empty federal disaster relief accounts...
Probe rattles Wisconsin politics Politico ...A criminal investigation has shaken Wisconsin political circles and touched off speculation that Gov. Scott Walker may be in its sights, according to numerous reports...
5 bidders in running to help Ohio unload turnpike WFMJ.com ...Republican Gov. John Kasich has said he wants to hire private consultants to help Ohio determine how to get the most benefit from the 241-mile toll road in northern Ohio...
Editorial: Unions, Michigan have no time for a right-to-work brawl Detroit Free Press ...Contract talks between the UAW and Detroit's Big Three appear to be wending their way fitfully toward a resolution....So it's an odd moment for anyone to claim that organized labor is the chief obstacle to Michigan's economic recovery, and a dangerous time to risk a Wisconsin-style showdown...
Fired prisons chief Ed Buss still talks; Gov. Rick Scott not happy Tampabay.com ...he was around long enough to make a series of skeptical statements about a privatization venture that was hatched by the Legislature, discussed only fleetingly in public and imposed on his former agency without ever seeking his expert opinion...
Thursday, September 15, 2011
Teamsters protest Scott Walker in KY
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| Rock on, Local 651!! |
The Lexington Herald-Leader brings us this report:
While about 70 protesters stood in the rain Thursday morning, chanting "Stop the War on Workers," Republican gubernatorial nominee David Williams stood with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at a rally in Lexington.
Walker, in his first year in office, has been the bane of unions for curbing collective bargaining for state worker unions in his budget, which was passed by the Republican-controlled Wisconsin legislature...
Walker was not fazed by the protesters outside the Fayette County Republican headquarters on Southland Drive whose loud chanting could be heard as Walker and Williams touted conservative values at the rally. (Note: We don't consider them "conservative" values. We consider them "anti-worker.")Walker actually had the nerve to say the Teamsters were "protecting big government union bosses." He was obviously speaking from the focus-group-tested Tea Party playbook that tells political stooges what words to use. But really. Does anyone seriously think people stand out in the rain holding signs -- or storm the Wisconsin Statehouse -- to "protect" labor leaders? How exactly does that work?
Local 651 Secretary-Treasurer Gary Blake had an answer for Walker:
We will unite to protect our Kentucky workers and resist David Williams and any others who share Scott Walker's views on labor.Right on, brother!
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Today's Teamster News 09.06.11
Aretha, Hoffa energize lively pro-union crowd Detroit News ...one of labor's most well-known figures ignited a storm of controversy over his remarks. Teamsters President James Hoffa said there's been a war on workers...
Labor Day celebration clouded by unemployment realities KY3 ...Jim Kabell of the Teamsters Local 245 (said) "This has not been such a good year for labor in this country. Labor has been under attack, working people have been under attack," Kabell said...
Protests permeate Labor Day Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...There were the familiar chants of, "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Scott Walker has got to go" from steel workers, teachers, government employees, machinists and steamfitters...
Thousands show support for SB5 repeal Toledo Blade ...Toledo’s annual Northwest Ohio Labor Day Parade Monday could have easily been renamed the “Anti-Issue 2 Parade,” given the participants’ overwhelming condemnation of a law limiting collective bargaining rights for public employees...
Orlando Labor Day rally's festive mood tempered by high unemployment Orlando Sentinel ..."Everybody knows somebody who is not working," said Orlando resident Connell Daniel, 44...
GOP presidential candidates strut for Tea Party New York Times ...The leading Republican presidential candidates spent Labor Day declaring their fealty to limited government as they sought to demonstrate credibility with a Tea Party movement that has seized the political energy of their party...
Labor Day celebration clouded by unemployment realities KY3 ...Jim Kabell of the Teamsters Local 245 (said) "This has not been such a good year for labor in this country. Labor has been under attack, working people have been under attack," Kabell said...
Protests permeate Labor Day Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...There were the familiar chants of, "Hey, hey, ho, ho, Scott Walker has got to go" from steel workers, teachers, government employees, machinists and steamfitters...
Thousands show support for SB5 repeal Toledo Blade ...Toledo’s annual Northwest Ohio Labor Day Parade Monday could have easily been renamed the “Anti-Issue 2 Parade,” given the participants’ overwhelming condemnation of a law limiting collective bargaining rights for public employees...
Orlando Labor Day rally's festive mood tempered by high unemployment Orlando Sentinel ..."Everybody knows somebody who is not working," said Orlando resident Connell Daniel, 44...
GOP presidential candidates strut for Tea Party New York Times ...The leading Republican presidential candidates spent Labor Day declaring their fealty to limited government as they sought to demonstrate credibility with a Tea Party movement that has seized the political energy of their party...
Monday, August 22, 2011
Today's Teamster News 08.22.11
Ohio unlikely to get $176M for jobless benefits Lancaster Eagle-Gazette ...As Ohio faced today's deadline to expand unemployment benefits and receive $176 million in federal stimulus money, state officials had not applied for the money and the General Assembly had not scheduled any sessions to take any action...
Scott Walker spends $59,000 flying around Wisconsin Appleton Post-Crescent ...with the bulk of the travel coming during the contentious battle over the Republican governor's legislative agenda and budget...
Scott lowers bar for jobs goal Orlando Sentinel ...Scott is now lowering the benchmark he set for himself if he counts every job created toward his 700,000 goal...
Michigan Democrats give Rick Snyder insult-laden birthday card calling him a 'dumb a--' Mlive.com ...They delivered a birthday card signed from folks who weren't exactly well-wishers, what with people scrawling beautiful sentiments like "Thanks for a new tax on my pension!"; "Happy Recall"; and "Dumb A-- Smarten Up..."
Christie? President? Fuhgeddaboudit! (Opinion) Newark Star-Ledger ...CAN WE STOP THE INSANITY? Chris Christie will never be president...
Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Loans from Fed Bloomberg ...The largest borrower, Morgan Stanley (MS), got as much as $107.3 billion, while Citigroup took $99.5 billion and Bank of America $91.4 billion, according to a Bloomberg News compilation of data obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, months of litigation and an act of Congress...
Scott Walker spends $59,000 flying around Wisconsin Appleton Post-Crescent ...with the bulk of the travel coming during the contentious battle over the Republican governor's legislative agenda and budget...
Scott lowers bar for jobs goal Orlando Sentinel ...Scott is now lowering the benchmark he set for himself if he counts every job created toward his 700,000 goal...
Michigan Democrats give Rick Snyder insult-laden birthday card calling him a 'dumb a--' Mlive.com ...They delivered a birthday card signed from folks who weren't exactly well-wishers, what with people scrawling beautiful sentiments like "Thanks for a new tax on my pension!"; "Happy Recall"; and "Dumb A-- Smarten Up..."
Christie? President? Fuhgeddaboudit! (Opinion) Newark Star-Ledger ...CAN WE STOP THE INSANITY? Chris Christie will never be president...
Wall Street Aristocracy Got $1.2 Trillion in Loans from Fed Bloomberg ...The largest borrower, Morgan Stanley (MS), got as much as $107.3 billion, while Citigroup took $99.5 billion and Bank of America $91.4 billion, according to a Bloomberg News compilation of data obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests, months of litigation and an act of Congress...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Today's Teamster News 07.13.11
6 fake Democrats fall, setting stage for GOP recalls Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...The primaries set up major faceoffs in the six districts, with national attention on the races, and massive amounts of money and national advertising flowing into the state...
Prosser rejects calls for him to take leave WKOW ...State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser rejected calls from representatives of women's groups and others for Prosser to take leave as an accusation of workplace violence against Prosser is investigated...
Another side to ‘Right to Work’ Escanaba Daily Press ...Representatives from Teamsters Local 486 have voiced their concerns about the possibility of Right to Work legislation in Michigan...
Will the Teamsters strike Sotheby's? (Local 814) Art Info ...At some point during yesterday's contract negotiations between Sotheby's art handlers and auction house management, it became clear the two sides would not come to an agreement by the end of the day...
Senate fails to override Christie's budget vetoes Courier-Post ...Senate Democrats failed to muster the three Republican votes needed to override even one of Gov. Chris Christie's budget vetoes to restore funding for child abuse services, women's health clinics, legal aid and mental health services...
Poll finds Lynch still popular in NH Boston Globe ...New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch enjoys continued popularity among both Republicans and Democrats...
Prosser rejects calls for him to take leave WKOW ...State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser rejected calls from representatives of women's groups and others for Prosser to take leave as an accusation of workplace violence against Prosser is investigated...
Another side to ‘Right to Work’ Escanaba Daily Press ...Representatives from Teamsters Local 486 have voiced their concerns about the possibility of Right to Work legislation in Michigan...
Will the Teamsters strike Sotheby's? (Local 814) Art Info ...At some point during yesterday's contract negotiations between Sotheby's art handlers and auction house management, it became clear the two sides would not come to an agreement by the end of the day...
Senate fails to override Christie's budget vetoes Courier-Post ...Senate Democrats failed to muster the three Republican votes needed to override even one of Gov. Chris Christie's budget vetoes to restore funding for child abuse services, women's health clinics, legal aid and mental health services...
Poll finds Lynch still popular in NH Boston Globe ...New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch enjoys continued popularity among both Republicans and Democrats...
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Prosser balloon chokes passers-by in WI
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports a 25-foot inflatable likeness of Reports the Journal-Sentinel,
The giant balloon was constructed using $10 worth of plastic drop cloths and duct tape, according to protester Miles Kristan, and was inflated using an air compressor. Kristan said it took him two hours to make the balloon.Prosser cast the deciding vote in support of
"Watch out, Justice Prosser might try to choke you!" Kristan yelled at passers-by Thursday afternoon.
The protest was in response to allegations made by Justice Ann Walsh Bradley that Prosser put her in a "chokehold" on June 13.
Check out this blog posting describing how the balloon was set up and how the police thought it was pretty funny too.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Prosser Watch: Fox says alleged victim should resign
You can't make this up. Fox News natterer Greta Van Susteren said Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson should resign because Walker clone Justice David Prosser tried to choke Justice Ann Walsh Bailey.
ThinkProgress has the story:
ThinkProgress has the story:
Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren has called for the resignation not of Prosser but Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson:Isn't that what abusers do -- blame the victim?
And while I have no idea who is off the wall (Justice Prosser or Justice Walsh or both), I do know one thing, CHIEF JUSTICE SHIRLEY ABRAHAMSON sure is not doing her job to lead the court and to give confidence to the people of Wisconsin. She needs to step aside and let someone else attempt to run that zoo.Abrahamson is a previous victim of Prosser’s abusive behavior. In March, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported, “Justice David Prosser exploded at Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson behind closed doors, calling her a ‘bitch’ and threatening to ‘destroy’ her.” While Prosser admitted he “probably overreacted,” he also said his outburst was “entirely warranted.” Bradley, Prosser’s latest alleged victim, wrote an email to the other justices complaining of his behavior.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
NY Times picks up Prosser chokehold story
It didn't take long for the story about Walker clone Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser attacking a fellow judge to hit the mainstream media.
The New York Times picked up the story about the judge putting his hands around Justice Ann Walsh Bradley's neck during an argument about Wisconsin's collective bargaining law.
Here's the Times' take on it:
And Here's what Bradley said late Saturday:
Tweeted @joevittie:
The New York Times picked up the story about the judge putting his hands around Justice Ann Walsh Bradley's neck during an argument about Wisconsin's collective bargaining law.
Here's the Times' take on it:
...signs of a strong philosophical debate within the court reached a different level with a report published on Saturday suggesting that the argument had, shortly before the release of the ruling on collective bargaining, turned physical.
The report by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and Wisconsin Public Radio described an episode in which three unnamed sources said that Justice David T. Prosser had grabbed another justice, Ann Walsh Bradley, around the neck during an argument in her chambers this month.Now of course the Koch-backed Tea Party front groups are claiming Justice Bradley attacked Prosser. Um, there were three witnesses who said that didn't happen.
And Here's what Bradley said late Saturday:
The facts are that I was demanding that he get out of my office and he put his hands around my neck in anger in a chokehold. Those are the facts and you can try to spin those facts and try to make it sound like I ran up to him and threw my neck into his hands, but that's only spin.
Matters of abusive behavior in the workplace aren't resolved by competing press releases.
I'm confident the appropriate authorities will conduct a thorough investigation of this incident involving abusive behavior in the workplace.The Tea Party plans a singalong in the Wisconsin Capitol on Monday to counter the 15 weeks of enthusiastic Solidarity Singalongs by union members and their allies. (You'll recall a Tea Partier slugged a Solidarity Singer last week. What is it with these people?)
Tweeted @joevittie:
Tea Party Singalong to open with David Prosser leading Ted Nugent cover version of "Stranglehold"
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Prosser grabs female justice by neck
Whoa! Walker clone Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser grabbed another justice -- a woman -- by the neck during an argument over the law to destroy collective bargaining rights.
According to WisconsinWatch.org,
According to WisconsinWatch.org,
Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser allegedly grabbed fellow Justice Ann Walsh Bradley around the neck in an argument in her chambers last week, according to at least three knowledgeable sources.
Details of the incident, investigated jointly by Wisconsin Public Radio and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism, remain sketchy. The sources spoke on the condition that they not be named, citing a need to preserve professional relationships.As @KagroX tweeted,
They say an argument that occurred before the court’s release of a decision upholding a bill to curtail the collective bargaining rights of public employees culminated in a physical altercation in the presence of other justices. Bradley purportedly asked Prosser to leave her office, whereupon Prosser grabbed Bradley by the neck with both hands.
Justice Prosser, contacted Friday afternoon by the Center, declined comment.
Justice Prosser defends Wisconsin from "union thugs" by strangling another Justice.Charming.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Walker tops Scott in budget-signing scandal
(Above: Video of a protest against Wisconsin's savage budget, with thanks to Blue Cheddar)
Wow. You didn't think it could get any worse than Florida Gov.
Leave it to
Walker's host for the signing of the shameful budget will be Greg DeCoster, owner of Badger Metal Works. DeCaster was sentenced to two years in prison for tax evasion back in 1995. Writes Think Progress,
While none of this should cast aspersion on Mr. DeCaster, who served his time in jail dutifully and has paid his debt to society, it is fitting that Walker would choose to sign a budget that absolves the rich from paying their fair share at a business owned by someone who was once convicted of the felony of tax evasion.You just can't make this up.
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