Congress Quietly Repeals Congressional Insider Trading Ban NYU Local ...there’s one piece of legislation that both Democrats and Republicans hate unanimously: the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, a law passed last year designed to prevent insider trading among lawmakers and government officials by requiring them to post disclosures of their financial transactions online. ... it was repealed on Friday without debate...
The Fed Messed With the Wrong Senator The Salon …If foreclosure victims get justice, trace it back to a bad decision to stonewall Elizabeth Warren last week...
14 arrested during Patriot Coal protest Evansville Courier Press ...Union leaders say Peabody Energy and Arch Coal spun off assets and set up Patriot to fail in a deliberate plan to end benefit obligations to retirees...
Lawmakers would steer money from sale of liquor stores to transportation projects, not schools The Morning Call ...Union official calls bill 'bait and switch' because it runs counter to Gov. Tom Corbett's plan to apply the money to public schools...
AFL-CIO: "Pre-Emption Bill" threatens FL Wages, Economic Development Public News Service ...The "Pre-Emption Bill" passed the state House earlier this month and similar legislation is up for a vote in the Senate. The measure, House Bill 655, would prevent local governments from requiring vendors applying for contracts to offer things such as a living wage or domestic-partner benefits for workers...
Pence signs 'jobs bills' that create no jobs NWI Times ...expanding Medicaid according to the terms of the Affordable Care Act — which Pence refuses to do — would immediately create 30,000 private-sector jobs, according to the Indiana Hospital Association...
Christie vetoes bill giving unions a leg up in Sandy infrastructure projects NorthJersey.com ...Governor Christie vetoed a measure Monday that would have favored unions workers when rebuilding public infrastructure damaged by superstorm Sandy...
Perry Calls for $1.6 Billion in Business Tax Cuts The American-Statesman ...Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Monday endorsed $1.6 billion in tax relief for 109,000 Texas businesses, including allowing 85,000 small- and medium-sized businesses to deduct the first $1 million in gross receipts from their franchise tax bills...
Akron Council Passes Resolution Opposing Right-to-Work Push Akron Beacon Journal ...Akron City Council passed a resolution this week opposing a statewide push to get a right-to-work amendment on the November ballot...
Analysts From Left and Right Call Kansas Tax Plan the Worst in U.S. Wichita Eagle ... Kansas’ tax reform plan was named the worst in the nation by analysts from both the left and the right in a feature story by a national magazine...
Teamsters/TA BB battle erupts Albany Times Union ...Teamsters and the state Thruway Authority have been battling for months over contract issues and in the past few weeks the conflict has deepened as the Thruway, as they earlier said they would, has laid off approximately 200 workers as a cost-saving measure...
Scott Walker Escalates Assault on Free Speech The Progressive ...In the wake of the Walker administration’s massive failure to win convictions against citizens exercising political speech in the Wisconsin State Capitol, it has imposed new emergency rules for limiting dissent in the building that go into effect today...
Republic, Teamsters Strike Spreads The Vindicator ...Heading into its third week, the strike among 23 sanitation workers at Republic Services/Allied Waste once again ballooned Monday to include all of the company’s Youngstown workers...
Teamsters at Republic Services Strike in Greater Memphis Area IBT ...Sanitation workers employed by Republic Services/Allied Waste [NYSE: RSG] began an unfair labor practice strike at midnight in the greater Memphis area to protest the company’s violations of federal labor law. Workers at Republic/Allied Waste’s hauling yards in Memphis and Millington, Tenn. raised picket lines early this morning...
University of Penn Food Workers to Vote on Teamster Representation IBT ...Dining hall employees at Bon Appétit who work at the University of Pennsylvania will vote soon on Teamsters representation. They plan to be unionized so that they can collectively bargain with their employer for fair wages and paid sick days in a written contract.
School Bus Drivers Speak Out About Safety, Human Rights Concerns IBT ...Yesterday, school bus drivers from Charleston, Beaufort and Summerville’s Dorchester District 2, shared their serious concerns over school bus safety, service and working conditions at Durham School Services with a panel of international union representatives, prom..inent trade unionists from the U.S. and political leaders...
Safety, Civil Rights Concerns Among Topics for Discussion for Union School Bus Drivers, Labor Leaders Post and Courier ...Sabrina Isom worries about the safety of Lowcountry school buses. She shares the same concerns as union school bus drivers in Beaufort County, Charleston County and Dorchester 2, and they’re speaking out to ensure those issues are addressed...
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Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Monday, February 27, 2012
Today's Teamster News 02.27.12
April 9-15, 2012 -- 100,000 Americans Will Train for Non-Violent Direct Action Common Dreams ...From April 9-15 we will gather across America, 100,000 strong, in homes, places of worship, campuses and the streets to join together in the work of reclaiming our country...
Massive Leak Reveals Criminality, Paranoia Among Corporate Titans The Yes Men ...Just as Wall Street has at times let slip their fear of the Occupy Wall Street movement, these leaks seem to show that corporate power is most afraid of whatever reveals "the larger whole" and "broader issues," i.e. whatever brings systemic criminal behavior to light...
Greece sinks to its knees The Telegraph ...“They give many reasons, but a common one is financial problems: the crisis, unemployment, losing their job or being fearful of losing their job, a cut in salary so they cannot afford everyday responsibilities,”...
The lesson for the Europeans is that the US fiscal stimulus worked billy blog ...the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has been successful in increasing real GDP growth in the US and reducing the rise in the unemployment rate. Some simple calculations reveal that in the absence of the ARRA US economy would still be in recession. That is, taking a European trajectory...
Thousands form human chain in anti-Putin protest Associated Press ...Sunday's protest appeared to have drawn close to the 34,000 people that opposition activists estimated were needed to complete the chain along the Garden Ring, a wide road that makes a loop around the city center...
LSU identifies community conditions related to malnutrition deaths among older adults Physorg.com ...2,000 to 3,000 people a year die due to malnutrition-related causes in the U.S...
Massive Leak Reveals Criminality, Paranoia Among Corporate Titans The Yes Men ...Just as Wall Street has at times let slip their fear of the Occupy Wall Street movement, these leaks seem to show that corporate power is most afraid of whatever reveals "the larger whole" and "broader issues," i.e. whatever brings systemic criminal behavior to light...
Greece sinks to its knees The Telegraph ...“They give many reasons, but a common one is financial problems: the crisis, unemployment, losing their job or being fearful of losing their job, a cut in salary so they cannot afford everyday responsibilities,”...
The lesson for the Europeans is that the US fiscal stimulus worked billy blog ...the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) has been successful in increasing real GDP growth in the US and reducing the rise in the unemployment rate. Some simple calculations reveal that in the absence of the ARRA US economy would still be in recession. That is, taking a European trajectory...
Thousands form human chain in anti-Putin protest Associated Press ...Sunday's protest appeared to have drawn close to the 34,000 people that opposition activists estimated were needed to complete the chain along the Garden Ring, a wide road that makes a loop around the city center...
LSU identifies community conditions related to malnutrition deaths among older adults Physorg.com ...2,000 to 3,000 people a year die due to malnutrition-related causes in the U.S...
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Today's Teamster News 10.27.11
Cities Begin Cracking Down on ‘Occupy’ Protests New York Times ...The protests showed little sign of slacking...
Crony Capitalism Comes Home (opinion) New York Times ...while alarmists seem to think that the movement is a “mob” trying to overthrow capitalism, one can make a case that, on the contrary, it highlights the need to restore basic capitalist principles like accountability...
Repealing SB5: On the verge of victory in Ohio In These Times ...Two weeks before Election Day, a union canvasser says efforts to repeal the state's new anti-union law through the ballot are paying off...
Wis. Democrats to start process of recalling Gov. Scott Walker The Advance-Titan ...United Wisconsin and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin will have 60 days beginning on Nov. 15 to gather 540, 206 valid signatures for a recall election on Gov. Scott Walker to occur...
Ethics commission tosses Teamsters complaint against Scott Palm Beach Post ...The Florida Commission on Ethics dismissed a complaint filed by the Teamsters accusing Gov. Rick Scott of a conflict of interest in a prison privatization plan ordered by the legislature...
Why is the SEC Willing to Get Aggressive and Creative on Big Names Only in Insider Trading Cases? (opinion) naked capitalism ... Given the level of criminality in the top echelons in the US, we should see a lot more in the way of prosecutions...
Crony Capitalism Comes Home (opinion) New York Times ...while alarmists seem to think that the movement is a “mob” trying to overthrow capitalism, one can make a case that, on the contrary, it highlights the need to restore basic capitalist principles like accountability...
Repealing SB5: On the verge of victory in Ohio In These Times ...Two weeks before Election Day, a union canvasser says efforts to repeal the state's new anti-union law through the ballot are paying off...
Wis. Democrats to start process of recalling Gov. Scott Walker The Advance-Titan ...United Wisconsin and the Democratic Party of Wisconsin will have 60 days beginning on Nov. 15 to gather 540, 206 valid signatures for a recall election on Gov. Scott Walker to occur...
Ethics commission tosses Teamsters complaint against Scott Palm Beach Post ...The Florida Commission on Ethics dismissed a complaint filed by the Teamsters accusing Gov. Rick Scott of a conflict of interest in a prison privatization plan ordered by the legislature...
Why is the SEC Willing to Get Aggressive and Creative on Big Names Only in Insider Trading Cases? (opinion) naked capitalism ... Given the level of criminality in the top echelons in the US, we should see a lot more in the way of prosecutions...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Today's Teamster News 10.26.11
Top Earners Doubled Share of Nation’s Income, Study Finds New York Times ...government policy has become less redistributive since the late 1970s, doing less to reduce the concentration of income...
U.S. Expected to Charge Executive Tied to Galleon Case New York Times ...Federal prosecutors are expected to file criminal charges on Wednesday against Rajat K. Gupta, the most prominent business executive ensnared in an aggressive insider trading investigation...
Televangelist Pat Robertson Calls GOP Field Too ‘Extreme’ To Win General Election ThinkProgress ... You know you’ve hit rock bottom when one of the most radical, hate-spewing figures in America calls you “extreme.”...
EU rescue plans hostage to raw politics The Telegraph ...Europe's debt crisis has taken a deeply political turn as parliamentary battles rock Italy and Greece and once again cause simmering dissent in Germany, vastly complicating the search for a workable solution...
Romney supported Kasich laws in June Politico ...In a visit to Ohio today, Mitt Romney declined to state on his position on a high-profile referendum there on the new state law that curtails the bargaining rights of public employee unions. But earlier this year, Romney indicated support for the reforms signed by Gov. John Kasich...
Wis. Dems Kicking Off Rallies And Training For Recall-Walker Effort Talking Points Memo ...Wisconsin Democrats are gearing up for their petition drive to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker, in the wake of his anti-public employee union legislation, with a series of public rallies and closed volunteer-training sessions...
Judge Blocks Florida's New Welfare Drug Testing Law Associated Press ...A federal judge temporarily blocked Florida's new law that requires welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving benefits on Monday, saying it may violate the Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches and seizures...
U.S. Expected to Charge Executive Tied to Galleon Case New York Times ...Federal prosecutors are expected to file criminal charges on Wednesday against Rajat K. Gupta, the most prominent business executive ensnared in an aggressive insider trading investigation...
Televangelist Pat Robertson Calls GOP Field Too ‘Extreme’ To Win General Election ThinkProgress ... You know you’ve hit rock bottom when one of the most radical, hate-spewing figures in America calls you “extreme.”...
EU rescue plans hostage to raw politics The Telegraph ...Europe's debt crisis has taken a deeply political turn as parliamentary battles rock Italy and Greece and once again cause simmering dissent in Germany, vastly complicating the search for a workable solution...
Romney supported Kasich laws in June Politico ...In a visit to Ohio today, Mitt Romney declined to state on his position on a high-profile referendum there on the new state law that curtails the bargaining rights of public employee unions. But earlier this year, Romney indicated support for the reforms signed by Gov. John Kasich...
Wis. Dems Kicking Off Rallies And Training For Recall-Walker Effort Talking Points Memo ...Wisconsin Democrats are gearing up for their petition drive to recall Republican Gov. Scott Walker, in the wake of his anti-public employee union legislation, with a series of public rallies and closed volunteer-training sessions...
Judge Blocks Florida's New Welfare Drug Testing Law Associated Press ...A federal judge temporarily blocked Florida's new law that requires welfare applicants to pass a drug test before receiving benefits on Monday, saying it may violate the Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches and seizures...
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Today's Teamster News 11.25.10
Light blogging for the next few days. Happy Thanksgiving!
Michael Koziara: High-speed rail will encourage job growth LaCrosse Tribune ...The proposed $810 million high-speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee would create more than 5,000 high-quality jobs to help put our economy back on track...
N.C. unions says they'll support Charlotte's convention bid Charlotte Observer ...Claude Gray, president of Teamsters Local 391 ... said the Teamsters represent about 4,000 drivers in the Charlotte area who would benefit from the influx of convention-goers.
As Chinese workers build the Martin Luther King memorial, a union investigates Washington Post
Partisan rancor follows 5-year contract approval The Intelligencer
Michael Koziara: High-speed rail will encourage job growth LaCrosse Tribune ...The proposed $810 million high-speed rail line between Madison and Milwaukee would create more than 5,000 high-quality jobs to help put our economy back on track...
N.C. unions says they'll support Charlotte's convention bid Charlotte Observer ...Claude Gray, president of Teamsters Local 391 ... said the Teamsters represent about 4,000 drivers in the Charlotte area who would benefit from the influx of convention-goers.
As Chinese workers build the Martin Luther King memorial, a union investigates Washington Post
Partisan rancor follows 5-year contract approval The Intelligencer
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