Thursday, February 24, 2011

Today's Teamster News 02.24.11

Indiana Right-To-Work Bill Now Moved to Study Committee  IndianaNewsCenter.com  ...President Pro Tem of the Indiana State Senate David Long says the Right to Work Bill is dead this legislative session...
Indiana Official: "Use Live Ammunition" Against Wisconsin Protesters  Mother Jones   ...The Indiana attorney general's office has confirmed to Mother Jones that Jeff Cox was terminated Wednesday...
Teamsters President Arrives in Madison  WISN  ...Hoffa arrived in Madison on Wednesday today, shaking hands with protesters...
Ohio public worker collective bargaining fight wins support of Rev. Jesse Jackson   kypost.com   ...In a Columbus Teamsters Hall gathering that was part revival and part rally, Rev. Jackson urged 200 union members to continue their fight against Senate Bill 5...
Union Protests Continue in Lansing  Interlochen Public Radio   ...Hundreds of unionized firefighters and police officers marched on the Capitol, calling on the Legislature to reject a bill that would repeal the requirement that puts local government labor disputes into binding arbitration...
VP defends unions against conservative 'social agenda'  The Hill   ...Unions are not the cause of the country's economic woes, Vice President Biden said Wednesday...
The Most Dangerous Union in the World  unsettling economics   ...we can call the Chamber of Commerce a union. This union is so powerful that the present United States must come before as a humble supplicant. This union was at the forefront of the deconstruction of the New Deal...
Top Six Revelations in the Call Between Fake David Koch and Governor Scott Walker  Huffington Post   ...1. Walker and the Senate Republicans are conspiring to withhold Democratic lawmakers' paychecks.
Colorado School Bus Drivers Choose Teamsters Union  IBT   ...School bus drivers with First Student in Pueblo West, Rye, Mesa and Beulah, Colo., have voted to become members of Teamsters Local 455 in Denver...