Sunday, January 8, 2012

Today's Teamster News 01.08.12

Continuing Assault on Unions (opinion)  New York Times   ...Voters, unionized or not, should recognize the new “right to work” push for what it is: bad economics and cynical politics...
How Cities and States are Sticking It to Citizens United  Common Dreams   ...From courthouses to statehouses, the pro-corporate ruling is under pressure...
From East and West, Foreclosure Horror Stories  New York Times   ...borrowers had to deal with documents containing “false assertions about which entity was authorized to foreclose, and false assertions about whether the consumer was delinquent on a loan payment.”...
Eurozone strains increase with grim new economic data  The Guardian   ...Spain's jobless rate jumped to almost 23% in November, when the rate for the European Union rose to 10.3%. Italian bond yields, which act as a proxy for interest rates, reached 7.19% on further worries about the state of the economy and the government's ability to pay its bills...
Questions remain about organic foods grown in China  Seattle Times   ...the country has faced a string of reported food dramas: Watermelons exploding from too much growth chemical, borax in beef, bleach in mushrooms, soy sauce made with arsenic and from human hair, and "eggs" created using chemicals, gelatin and paraffin...
Biggest Story of 2012: Implosion of H-1B Business Model  IT Business Edge   ...the visa and tax fraud lawsuit Palmer filed against the company in February 2011, sparked a criminal investigation by U.S. government authorities, unprecedented in its scope and rigor, as investigators from the Department of Homeland Security, Department of State, Department of Justice and the Internal Revenue Service joined forces to bring Infosys to account for its actions once and for all...