No, American Corporations Aren’t Paying The World’s Highest Tax Rate ThinkProgress ...even as profits for American corporations hit a 60-year high in 2011, their effective tax rate hit a 40-year low, and the U.S. collects less in taxes as a percent of the total economy than every industrialized country in the world save Iceland...
Judge Questions Fairness Of Citigroup's $590 Million Settlement Reuters ...A Manhattan federal judge on Monday signaled he will not rubber-stamp Citigroup Inc's proposed $590 million settlement of a shareholder lawsuit accusing it of hiding tens of billions of dollars of toxic mortgage assets...
Factory Orders Rise 3%, Biggest Increase in Five Months Transport Topics ...The trucking industry relies on factory orders and shipments for much of its business....
Wal-Mart Customers Complain Bare Shelves Are Widespread Bloomberg ...More than 1,000 e-mailed complaints signal that Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s (WMT) restocking challenges are more widespread than the world’s largest retailer has said...
Eurozone joblessness stays at record high FT ...Unemployment in the eurozone remained at a record high in February, highlighting the human cost of the debt crisis and adding pressure on the European Central Bank to cut interest rates to stimulate growth across the 17-country bloc...
SB 213 may hurt Indiana Workers kokomoperspective.com ...Senate Bill 213 bans cities, towns, counties, and townships in Indiana from requiring employers within their jurisdictions to provide terms and conditions of employment or worker benefits that exceed the minimums established by federal or state law...
The Truth About the Mackinac Center Michigan Education Association ...One of its primary goals is to dismantle public education in Michigan, replacing traditional public schools with profit-making institutions...
Victory! The Stopping of Owlcatraz The Nation ...In a victory for social justice, human decency and those who stand against the private prison industry and its nihilistic agenda of mass incarceration, GEO Group will no longer hold naming rights of the football stadium at Florida Atlantic University.
GOP senators on proposed budget deficit: No way! The Cap Times ...the nonpartisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau released a memo projecting a $664 million structural deficit resulting from Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal...
Teamsters weigh unfair labor charge The Times Herald ...Teamsters Local 214 (in Michigan) is on the verge of filing an unfair labor practices complaint against St. Clair County regarding contract negotiations for the juvenile detention officers...
Safety Study for all Commercial Drivers IBT ...Attention IBT members: Give your thoughts on distracted driving and enter to win an iPAD...
Upcoming Pipeline Trainings In April IBT ...The National Pipeline Training Fund has scheduled two CSA/Driver Safety Presentations for Teamster Pipeliners...
Teamsters Local 777 Overwhelmingly Ratifies Contract at RTS Packaging Teamsters Joint Council 25 News ...By an overwhelming margin of 5-to-1,Teamsters Local 777 members with RTS Packaging voted to ratify a new four-year contract on
Saturday, March 23...
Outrage Over National Express John’s Labour Blog ...Pension fund overseers are concerned with National Express’s anti-worker behavior at its U.S. subsidiary, Durham School Services...
