Thursday, January 19, 2012

Today's Teamster News 01.19.12

Indiana Democrats show no sign of ending boycott  Associated Press   ...Most Indiana House Democrats aren’t showing signs of ending their boycott over the right-to-work bill despite threats of $1,000-a-day fines...
Prison privatization moves ahead  tallahassee.com   ..."I'm not here to argue about how I haven't had a pay raise since I started," Reshea Cherry, a six-year officer at Charlotte Correctional Institution, told the Senate Rules Committee. "I'm not here to argue about the rising cost of health insurance, or argue about how my brothers and sisters and myself have been assaulted on numerous occasions because of severe short-staffing...
Keystone XL Pipeline Seen Moving Ahead on Alternative Route  Bloomberg   ...TransCanada Corp.’s $7 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline still will move ahead with an alternate route after President Barack Obama’s decision to deny a permit, investors, public officials and analysts say...
U.S. High-tech Jobs Lost as Technological Lead Shrinks  Trade Reform   ...The United States lost 28 percent of its high-technology manufacturing jobs over the last decade, as the nation’s rapidly shrinking lead in science and technology in the global marketplace was accompanied by a toll on U.S. high-tech jobs, according to a new study released today by the National Science Board (NSB), the policy making body for the National Science Foundation...
Eurocrisis is a Global Crisis  Real News Network   ...People need to build their own political organizations that push for public banking and serious capital controls...
Teamsters Union Reaches Tentative Deal With Hunts Point Market  NY1 News   ...The Hunts Point Produce Trade Association and Teamsters Local 202, which represents about 1,300 members, have agreed on a contract that provides increased wages and health care benefits...