Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Today's Teamster News 01.17.12

Stiglitz says European austerity plans are a 'suicide pact'  The Telegraph   ..."The answer, even though they see over and over again that austerity leads to collapse of the economy, the answer over and over [from politicians] is more austerity," said Mr Stiglitz...
Greece default fears grow  fin24   ...Barely a month after an injection of bailout funds helped avert bankruptcy, Greece is back at the centre of the eurozone crisis as fears of a default and a subsequent eurozone exit overshadow a mass credit downgrade of eurozone countries...
The Bain Bomb: A User's Guide  New Yorker   ...more than one in five of the companies that Bain Capital invested in between 1984 and 1999 went bankrupt or shut down within eight years of Romney and his colleagues getting involved...
Walker recall organizers to submit petitions, but Wisconsin governor will be in New York  Associated Press   ...Organizers say they have gathered far more than the 540,208 signatures required to force the election against both Walker and GOP Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefish...
Poll finds Hoosiers want right-to-work referendum  NWI Times   ...By an overwhelming margin, Hoosiers want state lawmakers to let voters decide whether Indiana should become a right-to-work state, according to a new poll sponsored by the Indiana AFL-CIO...
Florida Prisons IN FOCUS: Closure Plans, Privatization & Criticism  Sunshine State   ...“These proposed closures would devastate the dedicated correctional officers who work at these facilities, their families and the small businesses in the surrounding communities,” said Ken Wood, acting president of Teamsters Local 2011, which recently won the right to represent corrections officers in Florida...
Teamsters At Hunts Point Market To Work Past The End Of Their Contract  NY1 News   ...Union officials say Local 202 members will be at work, but officials will not rule out striking later in the week due to a long simmering wage dispute...