Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Today's Teamster News 05.08.10

More Dire Reports Show the American Labor Force is in Huge Trouble  Economic Populist   ...A new study from the International Labor Organization shows Corporate Profits are doing fine and back to pre-recession levels. Yet this is at the expense of American workers and investment in America...
France simmers, Greece boils  Macro Business   ...most concerning is the bottom of the chart. Greece lost 10 per cent of its population to the Nazi’s in World War two, yet a neo-nazi party has managed to gain 21 seats in parliament with approximately 7% of the vote...
Look Who’s Pushing Homeowners Off the Foreclosure Cliff (opinion)  Bloomberg   ...Banks and insurers shouldn’t be allowed to add to the likelihood of default by artificially inflating the cost of insurance...
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett hoping for rematch with Walker in Wisconsin recall election  Associated Press   ...Mayor Tom Barrett hopes for a chance at a rematch against Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker as Democrats vote Tuesday on who will take on the first-term governor in a historic recall election next month...
Indiana voting polls open for Primary Election  Louisville Journal & Courier   ...Remember that you will need to bring a government issued photo identification because it’s required to cast your ballot...
Allied Waste appears on verge of locking out union workers  Evansville Courier & Press   ...Teamsters Local 215 members have been reporting for work as usual at Allied Waste Services of Evansville, even though their employment contract expired April 26. That may soon change — Allied Waste has announced that it will lock out its union employees at 9 p.m. Tuesday if the union does not accept the company's "last, best and final offer" of an employment contract...