Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Today's Teamster News 11.22.11

Right-to-work battle begins again Tuesday  NWITimes.com   ...Hundreds of Northwest Indiana union workers will be at the Statehouse on Tuesday hoping to speak with state lawmakers as they convene for the ceremonial first day of the legislative session, known as Organization Day...
Gov. wins major tax ruling at Mich. Supreme Court  Associated Press   ...Key parts of a Michigan law that taxes public pension income for the first time are constitutional, the state Supreme Court said Friday in a major victory for Gov. Rick Snyder...
14 arrested as unions, Occupy St. Louis protestors unite  St. Louis Post-Dispatch   ...About 800 people, bolstered by representatives of the Teamsters, United Auto Workers, Service Employees International and other unions, participated in the rally and the subsequent march north through downtown...
Americans For Prosperity NH will be there on Nov 30th WILL YOU?  NH Labor News   ... the Koch Funded Americans For Prosperity of New Hampshire is trying to get members to show up to push for RTW...
Ohio’s job market remains sluggish  Policy Matters Ohio   ...Since July, the state has lost 8,300 jobs after gains earlier in the year. The unemployment rate in October inched down 0.1 point to 9.0 percent from a month earlier...
Egypt’s Cabinet Offers to Resign as Protests Rage  New York Times   ... The cabinet offered its resignation on Monday to Egypt’s transitional military rulers as security forces carried out an increasingly lethal crackdown on three days of violent street protests...
Deutsche Bank Could Transfer Financial Contagion: Simon Johnson  Bloomberg   ...You’ve probably never heard of Taunus Corp., but according to the Federal Reserve, it’s the U.S.’s eighth-largest bank holding company...