Teamsters
Exclusive: Bronx heating oil company's drivers to be fired days before Christmas, as new owner Sprague Energy takes over New York Daily News ...Nearly 50 deliverymen and mechanics at Bronx heating oil supplier Castle Oil Corp. will be out in the cold as a publicly traded giant takes over the company’s East River terminal...
Teamster 385 Business Agent Bob Walker: Volusia County 'being stingy' with under-paid deputies Headline Surfer ...Asked how Volusia County's 430-plus deputies and sergeants can live on meager wage increases like the 2 percent given in 2013 with this year's election cycle in mind, Teamsters 385 Business Agent Bob Walker was frank in answering the question: "They can't."...
Trade
Corporate Sovereignty's Chilling Effects tech dirt ...corporate sovereignty -- known more formally as investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) -- has emerged as the most contentious element of the transatlantic trade deal TAFTA/TTIP, currently being negotiated...
State Battles
Political Opposites Unite In Call For Redistricting Reform As Legislative Priority Plunderbund ...“With voter turnout at record low levels, it is clear the dark art of drawing Ohio’s legislative maps in partisan self-interest is turning off voters, and we urge lawmakers to adopt meaningful redistricting reform by June 2015”...
War on Workers
On Black Friday, Americans Confront the Walmart 1 Percent: Pay Employees a Living Wage Huffington Post ...at more than 1,600 of Walmart's 4,000 stores, shoppers will be greeted by Walmart employees handing out leaflets and holding picket signs -- "Walmart: Stop Bullying, Stop Firing, Start Paying" and "We're Drawing a Line at the Poverty Line: $25,000/year" -- protesting the company's abusive labor practices, including poverty-level wages, stingy benefits, and irregular work schedules that make it impossible for their families to make ends meet...
Miscellaneous
The five worst places to drive in the US The Hill ...Los Angeles has the second-worst gridlock of any major city in the U.S., behind only Honolulu, according to the INRIX traffic scorecard that was released in July...
Oil Tanks After OPEC Fails to Cut Production; US Shale Gas Targeted? naked capitalism ...After a testy meeting, OPEC agreed to maintain current production targets. The failure to support oil prices via reducing production led to a sharp fall in prices on Thursday, with West Texas Intermediate crude dropping by over 6% and Brent plunging over 8% before rebounding to finish the day 6.7% lower, at $72.55 a barrel. Many analysts believe that oil could continue its slide to $60 a barrel....
