Sunday, October 14, 2012

Today's Teamster News 10.14.12

JPMorgan Chase's Debt Collection Agency's Sleazy Tactics to Squeeze Student Loans Debtors of Their Last Cash  Alternet   ...First, the big banks create debt. Then they get paid to collect it...
Questions From a Bailout Eyewitness  New York Times   ...“The balance of power has shifted too far in favor of large financial interests in Washington,” she said in the interview. “The bailouts, and the quantitative easing that continues, have overwhelmingly benefited the upper classes. Workers, homeowners, small businesses have by and large been left to fend for themselves...”
William Koch, Billionaire Koch Brother, Accused Of Imprisoning Executive  Huffington Post   ...Billionaire William Koch is facing a lawsuit in federal court from a former top-level employee who claims the energy mogul lured him to a secluded property, where he was imprisoned and interrogated for a period of time, according to a report in Courthouse News...
Soda Industry Sues to Stop Bloomberg's Sales Limits  New York Times   ...The American soft-drink industry, joined by several New York restaurant and business groups, filed a lawsuit on Friday that aims to overturn restrictions, proposed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and approved by the Board of Health, on sales of large sugary drinks at many dining locations in the city...
Vote to join Teamsters throws off Hamiltonban contract renewal  The Evening Sun   ...The Hamiltonban Township Board of Supervisors doesn't plan to renew its police department contract at the end of this year because the department's lone officer has decided to join the Teamsters union, board chairman Robert Gordon said...
Hoffa Rocks Cleveland At GOTV Rally  IBT   ...Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa called on hundreds of members of the Teamsters to get out the vote on Nov. 6 and do their part to protect the middle class during a rally today at Teamsters Local 436 in Valley View, Ohio...