Sunday, May 8, 2011

Today's Teamster News 05.08.11

Big Bank Backlash: From Coast to Coast People are Moving their Money Common Dreams.org ...From San Francisco to Wall Street people are taking to the streets reminding governors and their friends on Wall Street and that they remember very well who tanked the global economy putting more than 8 million Americans out of work and creating a revenue crisis for many states...
Scott Walker rescinds layoff notices for assistant DAs The State Journal ...David Lasee, vice president of the Association of State Prosecutors, a union that represents ADAs, said he does not know what changed Walker's mind...
Wisconsin Republicans rush agenda before recalls Associated Press ...Republicans...plan to legalize concealed weapons, deregulate the telephone industry, require voters to show photo identification at the polls, expand school vouchers and ... may also act again on Walker's controversial plan stripping public employee unions of their collective bargaining rights...
Republicans losing the PR war World Net Daily ... latest Ohio polling shows that Republicans, while well-intentioned in their efforts to balance the state budget, are losing the public-relations battle and may end up losing much more...
Protesters greet Mich. governor UPI ...Opponents of a new state law that gives greater power to the appointed emergency managers of financially troubled municipalities held a rally before the parade started...
Business community won big in Florida Legislature — many others lost Orlando Sentinel ...Regulations, programs and entire state agencies built up over decades were demolished, disarmed or defunded...public employees took it on the chin...
NH public employees rush to retirement Boston Globe ...Public employees in New Hampshire are rushing to retire as lawmakers debate changes in the state pension system...
The DeVos Family: Meet the Super-Wealthy Right-Wingers Working With the Religious Right to Kill Public Education Alternet ...their goals include privatizing social security, reducing government regulations, thwarting environmental policy, dismantling unions -- and eliminating public schools...