Monday, January 9, 2012

Today's Teamster News 01.09.11

Men have scored 97 percent of new jobs since mid-2009  New York Post   ...Males in the workforce, who occupied 70 percent of the jobs cut during the recent economic downturn — prompting economists to dub it the “Mancession” — are now staging a monster comeback...
Should unemployment benefits come with strings attached?  Washington Post   ...In December, for instance, the payroll tax cut bill passed by the GOP House would have denied unemployment insurance to laid-off workers who didn’t have a high school diploma — unless those workers agreed to enroll in a GED program...
How Wall Street Turned a Crisis Into a Cartel  Bloomberg   ...The renewed power of the Wall Street cartel may be the worst consequence of the 2008 decision to rescue Wall Street rather than let it collapse under the weight of its broken business model...
Rally in opposition to Right-to-Work legislation draws crowd at C.K. Newsome Center  Evansville Courier & Press   ...Fiery speeches and exhortations to action by labor union supporters dominated a Sunday afternoon rally intended to help put a cork in fast-moving right-to-work legislation...
Walker recall signatures 'rolling in by the thousands'  FDL Reporter   ...they are on track to get 720,000 signatures for Walker...
Herald, Globe press ahead with printing deal  Boston Herald   ...Teamsters voted unanimously yesterday in favor of a plan that would further consolidate print and distribution operations at the competing papers, which already share some delivery services, and save 30 jobs...