Sunday, April 10, 2011

Today's Teamster News 04.10.11

As Services For Main Street Are Gutted, Richest Pay Lowest Taxes In A Generation  ThinkProgress   ...the top 400 taxpayers — who have more wealth than half of all Americans combined — are paying lower taxes than they have in a generation...
Wisconsin Common Cause: Count Every Vote in Contested Supreme Court Race  Huffington Post   ...If Wisconsin is not to irreparably harm its reputation as a functional and relatively noncorrupt state, many cheeseheads believe that a statewide recount is a necessity...
Union supporters launch effort to overturn SB5 with rally  Columbus Dispatch   ...With chants of "We are Ohio," an estimated 11,000 union supporters rallied at the Statehouse yesterday to launch the effort to overturn the law that would weaken public workers' bargaining power...
Thousands gather for Chicago pro-union rally  Chicago Tribune   ...'This is no longer a state movement. This is an international movement on behalf of working families,'...
Anti-war, pro-union rallies hit NYC  ABC News   ...Thousands of pro-labor demonstrators chanted "We are one, we are one"...
Politicians work to shut out unions  The State   ...State lawmakers are considering a bill to exempt S.C. businesses from a proposed federal rule that would require them to notify workers of their rights to unionize...
Poll puts Scott and Legislature on notice  Sarasota Herald-Tribune   ...Scott's approval rating was an anemic 35 percent, and 48 percent of those polled disapproved of the way he is handling his job as governor...