Sunday, January 15, 2012

Today's Teamster News 01.15.12

Kentucky labor eyes Indiana anti-union vote  Louisville Courier-Journal   ...Controversial right-to-work legislation could advance this week in the Indiana legislature, and Kentucky labor unions and pro-business interests are closely monitoring its progress...
Job JOLTS - There are 4.22 Official Unemployed Per Job Opening in November 2011  Economic Populist   ...If one takes the official broader definition of unemployment, or U-6, the ratio becomes 7.71** unemployed people per each job opening for November...
Occupy the Neighborhood: How Counties Can Use Land Banks and Eminent Domain  truthout   ...Straightening out the records and restoring the homes to occupancy is clearly in the public interest, and the burden is on local government to do it. But how? New legal developments are presenting some innovative alternatives...
Treasury Statements Omit Projected TARP Losses, GAO Says  Bloomberg Business Week   ...The U.S. Treasury Department has highlighted projected gains while omitting estimated losses in press releases about federal bailouts, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office....
How the Wall Street Journal Misleads About Federal Jobs  Huffington Post   ...The Journal neglects the fact that today's 2.1 million workers is actually identical to the number of Federal employees in 1981 at the start of the Reagan Administration, 1989 at the end of the Reagan Administration, and 1993 at the end of the Bush Sr. Administration...
Recall season kicks off with Fitzgerald announcement  Wisconsin Reporter   ...The Committee to Recall Scott Fitzgerald said during a Friday news conference at the Capitol that it has enough signatures to force a recall election on the Senate majority leader, but declined to say how many signatures had been collected...