Teamsters to Help Stop Protest of Campbell Funeral Medford Patch ...Teamsters Local 25 has encouraged off-duty members to go to Medford Monday morning to prevent the fundamentalist Westboro Baptist Church from picketing the funeral of Krystle Campbell...
Texas Fertilizer Company Didn't Heed Disclosure Rules Before Blast Reuters ...The fertilizer plant that exploded on Wednesday, obliterating part of a small Texas town and killing at least 14 people and injuring 200, had last year been storing 1,350 times the amount of ammonium nitrate that would normally trigger safety oversight by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security...
Victims Leader Assassinated in Colombia Justice for Colombia ...Ana Isabel Gomez Perez, the leader of the Committee of Victims of Violence in Cordoba (COMFAVIC), was killed in a rural region of Cordoba by two men on motorcycles. Her daughter, who was with her at the time of her murder, escaped the April 15th attack unhurt...
Rail Traffic Continues To Trend Lower Business Insider ...Recent rail trends have weakened substantially from very strong levels earlier this year...
Americans Can't Stop Talking About Income Inequality, But No One Is Doing Anything About It Business Insider ...The US has the highest level of income gap of any of the advanced countries, with the top 1% capturing over 90% of the income growth, with the continual “hollowing out of the middle and increasing poverty at the bottom”…
Keeping Jobs in Colorado Trade Reform ...A measure to make sure more Colorado taxpayer dollars stay in Colorado, supporting Colorado businesses and putting Coloradans to work, passed its first legislative test today...
City Report Shows More Were Near Poverty in 2011 New York Times ...The rise in New York City’s poverty rate as a result of the recession has apparently eased, but not before pushing nearly half of the city’s population into the ranks of the poor or near-poor in 2011, according to an analysis by the Bloomberg administration...
Update from the midwest subsidiary of Koch Industries, formerly known as the state of Wisconsin Wisconsin State Journal ...WI Republicans were supposed to turn over state computerized redistricting files to Democrats for review, but thousands of files were deleted before the handover. Democrats are suing...
Florida sues BP, Halliburton over 2010 oil spill CNN ...The state of Florida on Saturday filed a lawsuit against BP and Halliburton over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The suit argues that Florida is entitled to the revenues it lost because of the spill...
Teamsters Participate in Rally to Stop Right-to-Work Legislation in Pennsylvania Chambersburg Public Opinion Online …Members of Teamsters Local 776 in Harrisburg were among the marchers who sang, chanted and displayed their handmade signs at a rally in Chambersburg Saturday to raise awareness for what right-to-work legislation would do (or not) for union and non-union people...
Showing posts with label election fraud. Show all posts
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Monday, April 22, 2013
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Today's Teamster News 01.12.13
Top Senate Dems to White House: If you unilaterally raise debt ceiling, we’ve got your back Washington Post ...In a move that will significantly ratchet up the brinksmanship around the debt ceiling, the four members of the Senate Democratic leadership are privately telling the White House that they will give Obama full support if he opts for a unilateral solution to the debt ceiling crisis...
U.S. China Commission staff report on Balance of Trade with China in 2012 Trade Reform ...The U.S. Balance of Trade with ChinaThe U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the cumulative trade deficit with China through November 2012 was nearly $291 billion, more than $18 billion higher than a year ago...
Private-sector pension coverage fell by half over two decades Economic Policy Institute ...The BLS’ “visual essay” documents the decline in defined benefit pensions, which now cover 18 percent of private-sector workers, down from 35 percent in the early 1990s...
Boomtown charity buys homeless one-way ticket out CNN Money ...Hundreds of job seekers arriving in the oil boomtown of Williston, N.D., are being sent back to where they came from after ending up homeless...
Rise of the zombie title: How thousands of homeowners finding themselves legally liable for houses that were seized by banks but never foreclosed Reuters ...Former homeowners who thought they no longer were responsible for properties now finding they are held financially responsible for often-derelict properties...
Secret Money Lobbyists Fight SEC Disclosure Rule The Nation ...A new rule, sparked by shareholder complaints, would compel publicly traded corporations to disclose much of their political spending to investors...
Manufacturers go to war with oil industry over gas exports The Hill ...The petroleum industry and several big manufacturing companies are warring over whether U.S. regulators should allow a major expansion of liquefied natural-gas exports...
"If You Want To Win An Election, Just Control The Voting Machines" Common Dreams ...Perhaps it's just a coincidence that the sudden rise of inaccurate exit polls happened around the same time corporate-programmed, computer-controlled, modem-capable voting machines began recording and tabulating ballots...
Can't Miss Work Even if You Have the Flu? You're Not Alone AFL-CIO blog ...While many experts and doctors urge people to stay at home to avoid infecting others, 38% of private-sector workers lack even one paid sick day...
Assembly rule on dissenters goes too far The Cap Times ...Under a new rule advanced by Republican Assembly leaders and passed 59-37 Thursday, a protester who is asked to leave three times would be banished from the galleries for the remainder of the session...
Port of Milwaukee saves on utility bills from wind turbine Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ..."This has proven to be a sensible, sustainable investment in green energy, and city residents are saving money..."
U.S. China Commission staff report on Balance of Trade with China in 2012 Trade Reform ...The U.S. Balance of Trade with ChinaThe U.S. Census Bureau announced today that the cumulative trade deficit with China through November 2012 was nearly $291 billion, more than $18 billion higher than a year ago...
Private-sector pension coverage fell by half over two decades Economic Policy Institute ...The BLS’ “visual essay” documents the decline in defined benefit pensions, which now cover 18 percent of private-sector workers, down from 35 percent in the early 1990s...
Boomtown charity buys homeless one-way ticket out CNN Money ...Hundreds of job seekers arriving in the oil boomtown of Williston, N.D., are being sent back to where they came from after ending up homeless...
Rise of the zombie title: How thousands of homeowners finding themselves legally liable for houses that were seized by banks but never foreclosed Reuters ...Former homeowners who thought they no longer were responsible for properties now finding they are held financially responsible for often-derelict properties...
Secret Money Lobbyists Fight SEC Disclosure Rule The Nation ...A new rule, sparked by shareholder complaints, would compel publicly traded corporations to disclose much of their political spending to investors...
Manufacturers go to war with oil industry over gas exports The Hill ...The petroleum industry and several big manufacturing companies are warring over whether U.S. regulators should allow a major expansion of liquefied natural-gas exports...
"If You Want To Win An Election, Just Control The Voting Machines" Common Dreams ...Perhaps it's just a coincidence that the sudden rise of inaccurate exit polls happened around the same time corporate-programmed, computer-controlled, modem-capable voting machines began recording and tabulating ballots...
Can't Miss Work Even if You Have the Flu? You're Not Alone AFL-CIO blog ...While many experts and doctors urge people to stay at home to avoid infecting others, 38% of private-sector workers lack even one paid sick day...
Assembly rule on dissenters goes too far The Cap Times ...Under a new rule advanced by Republican Assembly leaders and passed 59-37 Thursday, a protester who is asked to leave three times would be banished from the galleries for the remainder of the session...
Port of Milwaukee saves on utility bills from wind turbine Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ..."This has proven to be a sensible, sustainable investment in green energy, and city residents are saving money..."
Monday, October 29, 2012
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Today's Teamster News 08.11.12
National labor rally to focus on middle class Philadelphia Inquirer ..."This is about changing the conversation in America," said Liz McElroy, secretary-treasurer of the Philadelphia AFL-CIO. "It's about making sure politicians of all stripes hear us."...
Hallelujah, It May Be Ryan! The New Republic ...a president handed the opportunity to run against a GOP ticket that's unabashedly in favor of abolishing Medicare--something even the Tea Party opposes--would probably win in November...
Jon Huntsman Sr., longtime Romney backer, calls on him to release tax returns Washington Post ...“Mr. Romney ought to square with the American people and release his taxes like any other candidate,” Huntsman said...
Four GOP House Staffers From Michigan Indicted for Election Fraud Alternet ...Four congressional aides to Michigan Republican U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter have been indicted for falsifying nominating petitions for McCotter's 2012 re-election bid, Michigan’s Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette announced Thursday...
Ohio Limits Early Voting Hours In Democratic Counties, Expands In Republican Counties ThinkProgress ...Early voting stations in Ohio’s heavily Democratic counties will only be open between 8 am and 5 pm, while Republican counties have expanded their hours to allow voting on nights and weekends...
Three Thousand San Francisco Janitors Prepare for a Strike Truthout.org ...The national confrontation between janitors and some of the world's richest property owners has arrived in San Francisco where, on Wednesday, over two thousand building cleaners shut down the city's main artery, Market Street, in a huge march...
Hallelujah, It May Be Ryan! The New Republic ...a president handed the opportunity to run against a GOP ticket that's unabashedly in favor of abolishing Medicare--something even the Tea Party opposes--would probably win in November...
Jon Huntsman Sr., longtime Romney backer, calls on him to release tax returns Washington Post ...“Mr. Romney ought to square with the American people and release his taxes like any other candidate,” Huntsman said...
Four GOP House Staffers From Michigan Indicted for Election Fraud Alternet ...Four congressional aides to Michigan Republican U.S. Rep. Thaddeus McCotter have been indicted for falsifying nominating petitions for McCotter's 2012 re-election bid, Michigan’s Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette announced Thursday...
Ohio Limits Early Voting Hours In Democratic Counties, Expands In Republican Counties ThinkProgress ...Early voting stations in Ohio’s heavily Democratic counties will only be open between 8 am and 5 pm, while Republican counties have expanded their hours to allow voting on nights and weekends...
Three Thousand San Francisco Janitors Prepare for a Strike Truthout.org ...The national confrontation between janitors and some of the world's richest property owners has arrived in San Francisco where, on Wednesday, over two thousand building cleaners shut down the city's main artery, Market Street, in a huge march...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Today's Teamster News 06.19.12
China's Indigenous Innovation Policy Bigger Threat to the U.S.. Economy Than Offshore Outsourcing Economic Populist ...We see U.S. corporations, either alone or in joint enterprises with Chinese corporations, building plants in China that enhance both that country’s’ productive abilities and its technical know how. We have seen the goods imported from these enterprises contribute largely to the enormous imbalance of trade since these imports are not balanced by a sufficient counter-flow of exports from this country...
Does the Judge in Your Foreclosure Case Own Stock in the Bank Foreclosing on You? Deadly Clear ...Michael J. Fuchs has been living through a Hawaii court process that turned into a reality show nightmare. The Judge in his case owns a lot of stock in the foreclosing bank!...
Spain pleads for ECB rescue as bond markets slam shut The Telegraph ...Europe's leaders have vowed to mobilise all possible means to counter the region's escalating crisis after Spain's borrowing costs threatened to spiral out of control...
Wisconsin: None dare call it vote rigging Bob Fitrakis for Congress ...A couple of private companies, count our votes with secret proprietary hardware and software, the most notable being ES&S. Every standard of election transparency is routinely violated in the U.S. electronic version of faith-based voting...
Teamsters Punish Lockout With Rolling Sympathy Strikes In These Times ...Teamsters in five cities refused work in solidarity with locked-out sanitation workers in Evansville, Indiana. The Evansville labor dispute is the second in three months to feature sympathy strikes against Republic Services. This rare tactic represents a major escalation in the Teamsters' struggle with the company, and it's poised to intensify this week...
Red Cross, Teamsters reach agreement The News-Herald ...he American Red Cross has reached a contract agreement with Teamsters Local 507, ending a months-long standoff...
Does the Judge in Your Foreclosure Case Own Stock in the Bank Foreclosing on You? Deadly Clear ...Michael J. Fuchs has been living through a Hawaii court process that turned into a reality show nightmare. The Judge in his case owns a lot of stock in the foreclosing bank!...
Spain pleads for ECB rescue as bond markets slam shut The Telegraph ...Europe's leaders have vowed to mobilise all possible means to counter the region's escalating crisis after Spain's borrowing costs threatened to spiral out of control...
Wisconsin: None dare call it vote rigging Bob Fitrakis for Congress ...A couple of private companies, count our votes with secret proprietary hardware and software, the most notable being ES&S. Every standard of election transparency is routinely violated in the U.S. electronic version of faith-based voting...
Teamsters Punish Lockout With Rolling Sympathy Strikes In These Times ...Teamsters in five cities refused work in solidarity with locked-out sanitation workers in Evansville, Indiana. The Evansville labor dispute is the second in three months to feature sympathy strikes against Republic Services. This rare tactic represents a major escalation in the Teamsters' struggle with the company, and it's poised to intensify this week...
Red Cross, Teamsters reach agreement The News-Herald ...he American Red Cross has reached a contract agreement with Teamsters Local 507, ending a months-long standoff...
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