Thursday, March 8, 2012

Today's Teamster News 03.08.12

Ga. Senate OKs bill banning some mass picketing  Associated Press   ...Senate Bill 469 bans mass picketing at private residences or at the site of labor disputes when such protests are blocking or threatening business entrances or certain public areas. People found guilty could be subject to a fine of $1,000 per day of the violation. Any union or organization assisting such efforts could be subject to a fine of $10,000 per day...
NH House postpones right-to-work vote  Associated Press   ...The House moved the vote on a controversial bill on union membership to next week because of legislative courtesy to missing key opponents...
Mark Wahlberg 'Teamsters' reality pilot coming to A&E  zap2it   ...Hometown hero Mark Wahlberg, star of "The Departed" and "The Fighter," has a new reality pilot in the works for A&E tentatively titled, "Teamsters," reports the network...
March on Capitol set for Saturday, one year after volatile bill was passed  The Cap Times   ...The bill that severely limited collective bargaining rights of public unions passed late in the night on March 9, so the AFL-CIO is ready to "reclaim" Wisconsin with a march and rally on March 10...
Pa. Senate passes voter ID bill  Philadelphia Inquirer   ...The state Senate, along nearly partisan lines, passed a bill Wednesday that would make Pennsylvania the 16th state to require its residents to show photo identification at the polls...
Houston’s County Joins Texas Suit Seeking $10 Billion From MERS, Banks  Bloomberg News   ...The counties accuse MERS, which runs an electronic registry of mortgages, and members of the mortgage banking industry including Bank of America of filing false lien claims in the real property records of Texas counties. The suit also alleges the defendants failed “to record subsequent assignments of mortgage loans and pay the attendant filing fees.”...