Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Today's Teamster News 09.27.11

Michael Moore helps to "Occupy Wall Street  CBS News   ...Protesters camping out in a lower Manhattan plaza to speak out against corporate greed and social inequality got a morale boost Monday from filmmaker activist Michael Moore, who told the crowd they were the start of something big...
Congress dodges shutdown after disaster aid fight  Associated Press   ...A bitterly divided and poll-battered Congress has nearly worked its way out of a nasty fight over disaster aid, but only by abruptly abandoning efforts to immediately refill almost empty federal disaster relief accounts...
Probe rattles Wisconsin politics  Politico   ...A criminal investigation has shaken Wisconsin political circles and touched off speculation that Gov. Scott Walker may be in its sights, according to numerous reports...
5 bidders in running to help Ohio unload turnpike  WFMJ.com   ...Republican Gov. John Kasich has said he wants to hire private consultants to help Ohio determine how to get the most benefit from the 241-mile toll road in northern Ohio...
Editorial: Unions, Michigan have no time for a right-to-work brawl  Detroit Free Press   ...Contract talks between the UAW and Detroit's Big Three appear to be wending their way fitfully toward a resolution....So it's an odd moment for anyone to claim that organized labor is the chief obstacle to Michigan's economic recovery, and a dangerous time to risk a Wisconsin-style showdown...
Fired prisons chief Ed Buss still talks; Gov. Rick Scott not happy  Tampabay.com   ...he was around long enough to make a series of skeptical statements about a privatization venture that was hatched by the Legislature, discussed only fleetingly in public and imposed on his former agency without ever seeking his expert opinion...