Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Today's Teamster News 10.16.10

Rahm Emanual leading in Teamsters mayoral poll  Chicago Sun-Times   ...A poll conducted for Chicago Teamsters Joint Council 25 in the upcoming Chicago mayoral race shows former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel far ahead of his rivals...
City Workers Chip In For Holiday Tradition  Clickon Detroit   ...Teamster members ... pitched in Monday night to bring Christmas back to ... budget-torn ...Romulus, Mich.
Spending Worries Put Jobless Benefits at Risk  Wall Street Journal  ...Congress is unlikely to agree to extend jobless benefits for two million unemployed workers by the time the program begins to lapse in two weeks...
Sam Zell to Bow Out of Tribune  Wall Street Journal   ...Zell said Monday that he doesn't see himself having an operating role in the media company after it exits bankruptcy...
As Payouts Rise, New Tactics by the U.S. Pension Insurer  New York Times   ..Even though the government pension agency made sharply higher payments to retirees of bankrupt companies last year, it is using new legal tools to make hobbled companies carry more of the burden and protect itself...
States Won't be Able to Reroute High-Speed Rail Funding  Washington Post  ...The Obama administration plans to reallocate money designated for high-speed rail (to other states) if the states granted the funds reject them...