Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Today's Teamster News 03.20.12

As GOP Primaries Numb Your Brain, Congress is Up to More Tricks  Economic Populist   ...the last thing we need is yet another Wall Street gambling casino scam...
Mahlon Mitchell to run for lieutenant governor  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   ...Firefighter and union leader Mahlon Mitchell said he'll run against Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch in a likely recall election...
Tea Party Stands With Organized Labor On Georgia Anti-Picketing Law  Huffington Post   ...This is not a right or left issue, it is a right or wrong issue. We may not agree with the all of the politics listed in the scenarios above, but we will defend their right to speak and protest, because this is America. If we destroy the First Amendment, we cease to be a free nation...
Romney Admits GOP Education Policy is Intended to Kill Unions  crooks and liars   ...Those federal teachers unions have too much power, in some cases, they overwhelm the states, they overwhelm the local school districts. We have got to put the kids first and put these teacher's unions behind...
Unemployed To Lose Benefits In Several States  Huffington Post   ...The federal Extended Benefits program, which in states with high-unemployment rates grants claimants out of work for a long period of time a final 13 to 20 weeks of benefits, will be phased out on April 7 in Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin, according to an analysis by the National Employment Law Project...
Teamsters Local 2011 Mourns Death of Florida Corrections Officer  Teamsters Local 2011   ...Teamsters Local 2011 is mourning the death of Sgt. Ruben Thomas, who was stabbed to death by an inmate at the Columbia Correctional Institution Annex on Sunday...