Monday, November 21, 2011

Today's Teamster News 11.21.11

U.S. Sovereignty Usurped by WTO’s COOL Decision  Trade Reform   ...a panel of three foreign diplomats seated by the United Nation’s World Trade Organization (WTO) issued a decision regarding complaints filed against the United States’ country-of-origin labeling (COOL) law that informs U.S. consumers as to the origins of their food...
How Occupy Wall Street Can Restore Clout of the 99%: Scott Turow  Bloomberg   ...I have an unusual suggestion for how they should next deploy their considerable energies: work across the nation for a constitutional amendment requiring Congress to regulate the expenditure of private money on elections...
What the Labor Movement Can Learn From an Art Auction  truthout   ...Occupy Wall Street has clearly injected a new set of more innovative tactics into labor's arsenal here in New York City...
Santorum: Labor Unions Are Force For Good…If You’re Iranian  Talking Points Memo   ...At a campaign stop here yesterday, Rick Santorum proposed offering federal government support for labor unions, which he said created a social good. In Iran...
How municipalities used the tools  LaCrosse Tribune   ...Onalaska Mayor Mike Giese was not impressed with the effectiveness of the “tools” Gov. Scott Walker’s budget repair bill gave the city to deal with cuts in state payments to the city, nor with the general approach Walker took in balancing the state budget...
Study supporting tax measure is flawed  Columbia Tribune   ...In a study that is being used to support overhauling Missouri’s state tax system, conservative economics guru Arthur Laffer mixes state and local taxes and misuses technical terms to create rankings for every state...