Today's Teamster News 01.09.11

Gabrielle Giffords remains in critical condition after Arizona shooting  The Guardian
Slow Job Growth Dims Expectation of Early Revival  New York Times   ...The so-called real unemployment rate, which includes those workers who are discouraged or have given up looking for work, stands at 16.7 percent...
Debate on pipeline continues  The Lukfin Daily News   ...Phase 3 of the project will run the pipeline from Cushing, Okla., to Gulf Coast and through East Texas, including small portion of Angelina County...

Facing Scrutiny, Banks Slow Pace of Foreclosures  New York Times   ...foreclosure activity fell 21 percent in November from October...

Time for a Bailout for the American Workforce   Economic Populist   ...output per worker in the U.S was $105,000 a year in 2008, while the "median net compensation" per year is just $26,000 a year...

Gene Sperling Thinks Asset Bubbles Are Cool  Beat the Press   ...Sperling has a horrible track record of supporting policies that were bad for the country and good for Wall Street...

Pray for Gabrielle Giffords, champion of Social Security

The Arizona congresswoman and 17 others were shot during a meet-and-greet at a Safeway store in Tucson. Six have died. The latest news reports say Giffords is undergoing surgery at Tucson Medical Center and fighting for her life.

This is horrible. Our prayers are with Rep. Giffords, with those killed and wounded in this tragedy and with all their loved ones.



The Teamsters strongly supported Gabrielle Giffords' fight against cutting Social Security. Last year, she sponsored a resolution in the House of Representatives opposing any increase in the retirement age, and Teamsters wrote to their elected representatives urging they cosponsor her resolution.