Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Today's Teamster News 09/21/10

Congress needs 
to pass FAA bill (opinion) Atlanta Journal-Constitution ...Lobbyists for FedEx ... will use every available obstructionist tactic to block the Senate from voting on the bill...

Is This What a Recovery Feels Like? (opinion) New York Times ...Most Americans probably find it hard to believe that statisticians have deemed the U.S. economy to be out of recession...

Union, ranchers joining forces Bloomberg ...a labor union and farmers and ranchers ... say the world’s largest retailer is using its power to hold down prices in the agriculture industry...

Airline Profits Expected to Soar This Year New York Times ...an industry body Tuesday ... more than triple(d) its profit forecast for the world’s airlines to $8.9 billion this year ...

SAIC of China Weighs Buying Stake in G.M. New York Times ... A Chinese automaker has expressed interest in buying a stake in General Motors ...

GMAC Halts Foreclosures in 23 States for Review New York Times ...GMAC, which has been the recipient of billions of dollars of government aid... is concerned about potential liability in evicting families and selling houses to which it does not have clear title. ..

The Brothers Koch and AB 32 (opinion) New York Times ...a well-financed coalition of right-wing ideologues, out-of-state oil and gas companies and climate-change skeptics is seeking to effectively kill ...(AB 32) with an initiative on the November state ballot...