Friday, March 16, 2012

Today's Teamster News 03.16.12

The richest get richer  Reuters   ...The 1934 economic rebound was widely shared, with strong income gains for the vast majority, the bottom 90 percent. In 2010, we saw the opposite as the vast majority lost ground...
This Is Your Defense of Goldman Sachs and Wall Street? (analysis)  firedoglake   ...This Bloomberg editorial suggests it is incredibly stupid to ever expect a Wall Street company to actually try to provide you with the service that you pay them for...
Michigan Working Families Push for Constitutional Amendment to Protect Their Rights  crooks and liars   ...Michigan's working families, fed up with an assault that has more than 80 bills currently before the legislature that would strip their rights, will soon start collecting signatures to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot that would protect those rights from legislative overreach...
Indiana company denies Daniels' claim it is adding jobs because of new right-to-work law  Associated Press   ...The lone company being held out as an example of how Indiana's right-to-work law is bringing more business to the state says the new labor law had nothing to do with its decision to expand its Indiana operations...
Voter ID becomes law in Pennsylvania, opponents vow legal fight  Reuters   ...Opponents, who say the measure seeks to suppress voter turnout, vowed to challenge it in court. Pennsylvania joined several Republican-governed states, including Texas, Kansas and Wisconsin, that have adopted stricter voter identification laws, arguing they were needed to prevent ballot box fraud...
Teamsters continue to picket American Red Cross blood drives  The News-Herald   ...Members of the Teamsters Local 507 union picketed an American Red Cross blood drive Thursday at Edison Elementary school as part of the now month-long strike for a new contract...