Saturday, March 17, 2012

Today's Teamster News 03.17.12

Ex-CBO Staffer’s Warnings About Foreclosures Ignored  firedoglake   ...Dr. Lan Pham, a former senior staffer financial economist for the Congressional Budget Office, was fired from the organization for her attempts to quantify the economic implications of foreclosures and foreclosure fraud ... The release of this information should cause grave concern as to the legitimacy of CBO reports, and highlight the conspiracy of silence about foreclosure fraud issues, which official Washington simply does not want to deal with...
When Do Humans Want to Share the Wealth?  Angry Bear   ...If there’s a problem with the ultra-rich, it’s not that they have too much wealth, it’s that they bought laws that made it easy for them to gain and keep so much more wealth in recent decades...
Complaint filed against Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser in choking case  Appleton Post Crescent   ...Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser violated the court's ethics code when he allegedly choked a rival justice (Ann Walsh Bradley) and should be disciplined, according to a complaint the state Judicial Commission filed with the high court Friday ... Tensions ... reached a head last June as the court dealt with a legal challenge to Republican Gov. Scott Walker's law that took away union powers from most public workers...
Saturday rally at Gold Dome to fight against Ga. anti-protest bill  GA Voice   ...In essence, SB 469 is an anti-union bill that wants to make it, among other things, illegal for a bunch of people protest at, say, a CEO's house or a bank or another public building. Saturday, March 17, 40 groups are gathering at the state Capitol from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. to send a message that the right to protest is not something to be denied...
James Murdoch gives up another directorship  The Guardian   ...Rupert Murdoch's youngest son was a Sotheby's director for two years. His move follows demands for Murdoch's resignation from some Sotheby's shareholders in the wake of the phone hacking scandal...
Teamsters Local 580 Issues Intent to Strike Notice  WLNS   ...The American Red Cross Great Lakes Blood Services Region received notices of intent to strike by staff members represented by Teamsters Local 580. This is the fourth time they've received a notification like this in the past two years and it would be the third time Teamsters Local 580 has gone on strike... 
AC Transit Chooses Teamster Employer to Manufacture Buses  Joint Council 7   ...The Alameda-Contra Costa (AC) Transit District Board of Directors has voted to purchase its buses from Gillig, LLC, a local company that employs 450 Teamster members who produce heavy-duty transit buses...