Saturday, December 31, 2011

Today's Teamster News 12.31.11

Verizon Drops Plan for New $2 Fee  Wall Street Journal   ...The reversal, just a day after the new $2 charge became public, followed a barrage of customer complaints and the scrutiny of federal regulators...
Occupy Beijing?  The Diplomat   ...Rapid economic growth hasn’t been able to stem the rising tide of discontent in China. Even as the economy has soared, the number of protests has jumped. So what’s really wrong?...
2011, the year of the recall  Los Angeles Times   ...the most obvious sign of political activism has been the unprecedented use of recall elections ... In 2011, at least 150 elected officials in 17 states faced recall votes...
Occupy's Rose Parade float: 70-foot octopus of corporate greed  Los Angeles Times   ...Occupy protesters are busy finishing their float that will run at the end of the Rose Parade: a 70-by-40-foot octopus made of recycled plastic bags. The octopus ... represents Wall Street's stranglehold on political, cultural and social life, with tentacles "that reach into your pocket to get your money and a tentacle to get your house."...
Dems balk at new Statehouse visit rules  WISH-TV   ...New rules limiting the number of people who can gather inside the Indiana Statehouse will go into effect next week, and that has Democratic officials crying foul...
Has America’s Stolen Election Process Finally Hit Prime Time?  Fraudbuster Bob   ...The Brennan Center for Justice estimates that the 25 laws passed in these 14 states could prevent as many as 5 million voters from voting, a number easily exceeding the margin of victory in numerous presidential elections...