Thursday, December 29, 2011

Today's Teamster News 12.29.11

Lure of Chinese Tuition Squeezes Out Asian-American Students  Bloomberg   ...The University of California system, rocked by budget cuts, is enrolling record numbers of out-of-state and international students, who pay almost twice that of in-state residents... JPMorgan’s Swaps Occupying Cassino Prove Curse Like World War II
Bloomberg    ...Soaring costs forced Cassino, 80 miles southeast of Rome, to settle an interest-rate swap with JPMorgan Chase & Co. in 2009, leaving the town unable to pay for daycare for 60 infants and services for the poor...
Next up for sale in Florida: the naming rights to public school cafeterias?  Tampa Bay Times   ...Rep. Irv Slosberg, D-Boca Raton, the same lawmaker who proposed naming rights for state trails and advertising on the sides of school buses, has another money-making idea up his sleeve.  Naming rights for public school cafeterias...
Corporate interests fuel group’s desire to shape Va. legislation, critics say  Washington Post   ...“The American Legislative Exchange Council, a secretive organization funded by big corporations, has been writing bills that Virginia legislators are passing off as their own work on everything from education to health care to voting rights,” said Anna Scholl, executive director of ProgressVA...
Morton Marcus: Slow and slower income growth for Hoosiers  Howey Politics Indiana   ...What Indiana needs is not just jobs. If we are to see our general welfare improve, we require higher paying jobs to generate more income...
Merced County Jail violence prompts call for action  Merced County Sun-Star   ...After a violent outbreak Monday at the Merced County Jail left one inmate with several stab wounds, the Teamsters Law Enforcement League called on the Board of Supervisors to hold a hearing on jail staffing...