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Thursday, January 17, 2013

Today's Teamster News 01.17.13

Ranks of working poor increasing  Washington Post ...Nearly a third of the nation’s working families earn salaries so low that they struggle to pay for their necessities, according to a new report...
Goldman Sachs pay and bonuses rise to £250,000 each  Guardian  ...Goldman Sachs risked stoking the row over City pay on Wednesday by revealing its bankers were paid an average of $400,000 (£250,000) each last year, a rise of more than $30,000 a head on 2011...
Here's What Happened the Last Time the U.S. Defaulted on Its Debt  The Atlantic ...Once upon a time, Congress didn't want to raise the debt ceiling, and sent the country into default. It was bad, and we shouldn't do it again...
Trade that Hurts  (opinion) Campaign for America's Future  ...If America can’t manufacture No. 2 pencils, how long will it be before it can’t manufacture ballistic missiles? Maybe that’s the pitchfork manufacturing workers need to prod politicians to deal with middle-class job uncertainty...
Wealthy CEOs Want To Force Americans To Retire Later  ThinkProgress  ...The Business Roundtable, a group representing the CEOs of the largest corporations in the nation — including the biggest banks, retailers, and insurance companies — is calling to raise the retirement age to 70...
House approves $50B for Sandy relief  The Hill ...The House approved a $50 billion Sandy relief bill Tuesday evening, after several hours of contentious debate in which scores of Republicans tried unsuccessfully to cut the size of the bill and offset a portion of it with spending cuts...
Union supporters protest new right-to-work law outside Michigan Capitol before governor's speech  AP ...About 100 union members have gathered outside the Michigan Capitol to protest the passage of right-to-work legislation, two hours before Gov. Rick Snyder's State of the State address...
Rules overhall would make it harder to obtain unemployment benefits  Journal Sentinel  ...A sweeping overhaul of the state's rules being sought by Gov. Scott Walker would rewrite hundreds of regulations, eliminating dozens of them outright and doing everything from tightening the standards for receiving jobless benefits to changing rules to curb acid rain...
Rick Scott shirks the blame for disastrous voting law  MSNBC ...Florida Governor Rick Scott signed the controversial voting legislation that shortened early voting and led to long lines at the polls, but he says that doesn’t mean the law is his fault...
ALPA Asks Congress to Set One Standard of Safety for All Flights AFL-CIO  ...The Air Line Pilots (ALPA) union is asking Congress to pass the Safe Skies Act of 2013, which would set one standard of fatigue rules for all pilots...
Tension Mount as Some Strikers Block School Buses WSJ  ...On the first day of the New York City school bus strike, drivers protesting at some depots tried to stop buses operated by non-striking drivers from leaving the lots, authorities said Wednesday...
Million Air sued in fund dispute  TimesUnion.com  ...The Teamsters union is accusing the company that operates the Million Air hangar at Albany International Airport, Million Air Interlink, of not paying into the health insurance fund for union employees who work there...

Friday, July 22, 2011

Today's Teamster News 07.22.11

Plain Talk: 101-year-old disgusted with Walker's voter ID law  The Cap Times   ...“Are Scott Walker and his followers deliberately making it difficult for the elderly, disabled, poor and young to vote? My mother thinks so..."
SB 5 outlook looks grim in latest poll  Columbus Dispatch   ...Ohio's collective-bargaining law would be crushed out of existence if the vote were today, a new poll shows...
Ability to pay is top factor in labor disputes  Detroit Free Press   ...A local government's ability to pay will be the top factor an arbitrator considers when settling labor disputes involving police and fire departments under legislation signed Wednesday by Gov. Rick Snyder...
N.H. GOP struggles to stay afloat  Politico   ...At one point recently, the party had just $1,300 in its federal account, according to local reports, prompting its finance chairman, Bill Binnie, to hold a meeting of party leaders last week to discuss the situation...
N.J. unions halted donations for legislators before vote to overhaul pensions, benefits  NJ.com   ...Three major public worker unions’ committees stopped donating to state lawmakers while the legislators — who face elections in November — were preparing to vote on a landmark overhaul of pensions and health benefits...
Layoffs Deepen Gloom  Wall Street Journal   ...Companies are laying off employees at a level not seen in nearly a year, hobbling the job market and intensifying fears about the pace of the economic recovery...  

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Today's Teamster News 04.16.11

Canvass shows conservative wins Wis. court race  Associated Press   ...Justice David Prosser defeated little-known challenger JoAnne Kloppenburg by 7,316 votes. State election officials said they will wait to declare an official winner until the deadline for Kloppenburg to seek a recount passes...
'We're Not Broke: The Truth About The Wisconsin Budget, Taxes and Governor Walker's Phony Fiscal Crisis'  OneWisconsinNow   ...Wisconsin's Consistent 20-Year GDP Growth Belies Claims, Tax Structure Rewarding Wealthy, Big Business at Expense of Middle Class to Blame...
State investigating vote irregularities in Waukesha County going back 5 years  Madison.com   ...In many cases, the number of votes totaled more than the number of ballots cast...
Survey: Snyder takes hit with budget plans  Detroit News   ...after Snyder pitched his plan to save the state's budget, those favorable numbers plummeted to 39 percent...
Teamsters reach tentative deal with Bombardier  Reuters Canada   ...It is the first collective agreement negotiated since the Teamsters union was certified two years ago...
Senate panel passes bill to eliminate estate tax  Columbus Dispatch   ...A bill to eliminate Ohio's estate tax in 2013 passed a Senate committee yesterday, a move local governments see as another potential blow to their already strained budgets...
Gov. Scott's attorney: Facts were wrong on high-speed rail  cfnews13.com  ..."It’s not possible at this point for Florida to get back the $2.4 billion or 24,000 jobs high-speed rail would have brought. It’s a shocking disappointment to learn all of that investment may have been lost because of a mistake or misrepresentation by the governor’s lawyer...”
Senators: End at-will provision  Concord Monitor   ...Senate budget writers yesterday recommended stripping the House budget of a provision to make public workers at-will employees once contracts expire among other measures senators said determine policy rather than spending...