Saturday, October 22, 2011

Today's Teamster News 10.22.11

Mexican long-haul trucks take to U.S. highways today, angers Teamsters  Examiner   ...Despite a protest rally from Teamsters, a speech from Jim Hoffa Jr. and bi-partisan Congressional members, Mexican long-haul trucks will take to U.S. highways today... Investors Ask Sotheby’s to Rethink James Murdoch’s Board Position  artinfo   ...A union-affiliated investor group, CtW Investors, publicly called upon Sotheby’s corporate board and its chairman, Michael I. Sovern, to rethink the implications of keeping James Murdoch (son of Rupert) on as a director...
Cantor Cancels Wharton School Speech Amid Plans for Protest  Bloomberg   ...House Majority Leader Eric Cantor canceled a speech today at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School, where anti-Wall Street protesters had planned to gather outside...
McCormick Place labor deal touted as boost for convention business  Chicago Sun-Times   ...Labor agreements with the Teamsters and carpenters unions will give large conventions the certainty about costs that they need to book shows at McCormick Place, officials said Friday in announcing the agreements...
What Rick Scott doesn't want you to see  Orlando Sentinel   ...Information is power in the framing of politics and policy, and Gov. Rick Scott's administration is working hard to tightly control what comes out...
Forecast predicts Walker won't meet jobs goal  Associated Press   ...An economic forecast by Gov. Scott Walker's own administration predicts that Wisconsin will fall far short of adding the 250,000 new private-sector jobs by 2015 that the governor promised as a key part of his successful election campaign...