Saturday, January 8, 2011

Today's Teamster News 01.08.11

Rahm Emanuel lead grows in Teamsters/Anzalone Liszt Chicago mayoral poll  Chicago Sun-Times   ...Rahm Emanuel is in a solid lead in the first public poll for the Chicago mayoral race taken since the field has shrunk to four major contenders...
Unemployment Falls to 9.4 Percent, but 260,000 Leave Labor Force  CEPR   ...this decline may just be an aberration...
MA Supreme Court Deals Banks a Major Blow on Foreclosure Fraud, in the Ibanez Case  firedoglake   ...if this ruling gets applied far and wide, you’re basically going to have a situation where most securitized mortgages in the country cannot be foreclosed upon....
UPS Cooperating With Antitrust Probe on Consultants  Bloomberg News   ...The probe was disclosed in a lawsuit ... that alleges that UPS and Federal Express Corp. conspired to exclude third-party shipping consultants...
NFL lockout would sack Kansas City businesses  Kansas City Business Journal   ...At stake is an estimated economic effect of $12 million to $40 million a game for each NFL city...
Local Teamsters Union to Continue Negotiations (Local 991)  WJHG-TV   ...Last night (police) Last officers voted down their first collective bargaining agreement...
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference calls on feds to retain Ontario refinery jobs  Progressive Railroading  ... the Maintenance of Way Employees Division is calling on the Canadian government to keep “Ring of Fire” refinery jobs in northern Ontario...
Missouri Lawmakers Revisit "Right to Work" Issue  Ozarksfirst.com   ...New legislation aims to make Missouri a "Right to Work" state...