Thursday, April 21, 2011

Today's Teamster News 04.21.11

NH Teamsters Condemn Senate Vote Against the Middle Class  Local 633   ...Right-to-work's sole purpose is to destroy unions...
Wisconsin court race heads for recount  Reuters   ...the challenger in the close race for a seat on the state Supreme Court has asked for a recount...
Rick Scott: Forget the Oil Spill -- Let's Go Fishing!  Broward Palm Beach New Times   ... He's refusing to sue the owner of the Deepwater Horizon rig...
Michigan: SWATing Benton Harbor's Local Government  neon tommy   ...
(The) SWAT team of Emergency Financial Managers ... will be fully prepared to take action: removing elected school board members from office, closing schools, invalidating union contracts, suspending collective bargaining rights, selling public property, privatizing much-needed government services, removing elected local officials from office, and, finally, dissolving elected local governments altogether...
Big Brothers: Thought Control at Koch  The Nation   ... Koch Industries sent an urgent letter to most of its 50,000 employees advising them on whom to vote for and warning them about the dire consequences to their families, their jobs and their country should they choose to vote otherwise...
Labor Board Tells Boeing New Factory Breaks the Law  New York Times   ...Boeing’s decision to transfer a second production line for its new 787 Dreamliner passenger plane to South Carolina was motivated by an unlawful desire to retaliate against union workers for their past strikes in Washington...