Trade
Suspicious Nonsense on Trade Agreements (opinion) New York Times ...what really gets me is the Chamber’s supposed agenda for growth. Topping the list — the number one priority — is completing those trade agreements. This is absurd, and disturbing...
War on Workers
Meet The 80 People Who Are As Rich As Half The World Five Thirty Eight …since 2009, the wealth of those 80 richest has doubled in nominal terms — while the wealth of the poorest 50 percent of the world’s population has fallen...
Worker dies when Ohio overpass collapses Associated Press ...The Cincinnati police chief urged morning commuters to plan ahead Tuesday after an interstate overpass undergoing demolition collapsed, killing one person and injuring another...
How the 1% fly to Davos CNN Money …Billionaires and world leaders from across the globe are flying en masse to the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland -- and they insist on traveling in style. Roughly 1,700 private flights are expected over the course of the week...
IMF downgrades global growth forecast BBC News …The downgrade to the forecasts comes despite one major boost for the global economy - the sharp fall in oil prices, which is positive for most countries. The IMF expects that to be more than offset by negative factors, notably weaker investment…
Miscellaneous
Martin Luther King, Jr.: All Labor Has Dignity truthout ...there is another great need, and that is to unite beyond class lines...
Crushing The U.S. Energy Export Dream (opinion) naked capitalism ...Exporting crude oil and natural gas from the United States is among the dumbest energy ideas of all time. Exporting gas is dumb. Exporting oil is dumber...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015
Friday, November 28, 2014
Today's Teamster News 11.28.14
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....
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....
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