Saturday, January 7, 2012

Today's Teamster News 01.07.12

Unemployment 8.5% for December 2011 - 200,000 Jobs  Economic Populist   ...this report shows a gain of 50,000 jobs in transportation and warehousing. 42,000 of those jobs is with courier services, i.e. UPS and Fed-Ex. We know online shoppin' has really taken off, but lets hope those delivery and shipping jobs reported permanent really are...
Occupy Geriatrics: Seniors in Walkers Shut Down Local Bank of America  SF Weekly   ...the protesters said they had no intention (or oxygen) of storming the bank, as occupiers in other communities have done, officials at Bank of America shut the doors and locked them as they spotted the slow-moving group make its way to the front of the bank...
30 Statistics That Show the Middle Class Is Dying in Front of Our Eyes  Business Insider   ...#27 In 1970, 65 percent of all Americans lived in "middle class neighborhoods". By 2007, only 44 percent of all Americans lived in "middle class neighborhoods"...
US economic data sees ‘reversion to mean’ (opinion)  FT Alphaville   ...The labour market is looking healthier and the housing market might well hit a bottom this year (finally) (please). But neither do we think that the string of expectations-beating economic indicators point to a spiky new trajectory for growth...
"Right to Work" hearings in Evansville, Gary & Fort Wayne this weekend  Indiana AFL-CIO   ...This public forum to educate people on what Right to Work is as well as to hold a discussion on how the public feels about the Legislation...
Bill to allow Floridians the right to a citizens’ veto filed today in Tallahassee   Florida Independent   ...State Rep. Richard Steinberg, D-Miami Beach, and state Sen. Paula Dockery, R-Lakeland, today filed a bill that would “authorize and establish requirements for a citizens’ veto referendum.”...