Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Today's Teamster News 01.11.12

Gov. Mitch Daniels gives last State of State speech to empty chairs, boos  Indianapolis Star   ...Gov. Mitch Daniels’ final State of the State address was like none Indiana had ever seen before, with protesters booing in the Statehouse hallways and empty seats which should have held Democrats...
How US Policies Fueled Mexico's Great Migration  truthout   ...“rather than a free-trade agreement, NAFTA can be described as…a mechanism for the provision of cheap labor. Since NAFTA came into force, the migrant factory has exported [millions of] Mexicans to the United States.”...
GOP: Corporate donation ban unconstitutional  Politico   ...The century-old ban on corporate donations to federal political campaigns should be junked as unconstitutional, the Republican National Committee argued in a legal brief filed Tuesday...
Milwaukee County DA Alleges Scott Walker Website Paid For With Embezzled Funds  Addicting Info   ...Unless the DA’s investigator is wrong (and this is why we have court), these sites were paid for with dirty money stolen from our Veterans...
Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Forces Workers To Strike For Unfair Labor Practices  Local 727   ...Rosemont Hotel Still Refusing To Bargain in Good Faith With Teamsters Local 727...
Teamsters union local president threatens first strike at Hunts Point Produce Market in 25 years  New York Daily News   ...Danny Kane , president of Teamsters Union Local 202, vowed Tuesday to lead a walkout of his members on Jan. 17, when the current labor pact expires, unless the market’s owners offer a respectable pay increase...