Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Today's Teamster News 08.14.12

Paul Ryan: Bankrolled by the Banksters, the Privatizers, and the Kochs  PR Watch   ...FIRE (finance, insurance and real estate) poured $2.8 million into his races over the years so he could go mano-a-mano with the likes of John Heckenlively, an unemployed reporter who spent exactly $0 in his 2010 run against Ryan...
Two Dark Money Groups Outspending All Super PACs Combined  Pro Publica   ...Two conservative nonprofits, Crossroads GPS and Americans for Prosperity, have poured almost $60 million into TV ads to influence the presidential race so far, outgunning all super PACs put together, new spending estimates show...
Nuclear ruse: Posing as toymaker, Chinese merchant allegedly sought U.S. technology for Iran  Washington Post   ...Last month, the Justice Department announced indictments against two people, one Chinese and the other Iranian, for conspiring to acquire maraging steel and other restricted American technology. U.S. officials say the case is part of a broader effort by Iran to dramatically expand its capacity to enrich uranium — with Chinese firms serving as willing accomplices...
State ordered to reverse itself on some unemployment claims  Atlanta Journal Constitution   ...Thousands of Georgia bus drivers, cafeteria workers and private school teachers, who this year were denied usual summertime unemployment checks, may get that money after all, according to the U.S. Department of Labor...
Infamous Waukesha, WI Election Clerk Threatens to 'Destroy' Historic Walker Recall Ballots Amid Statewide Public Hand Count Effort  The BRAD BLOG   ...they have been allowed to examine ballots in 10 other counties across the state ... In a number of those counties, the group has explained to The BRAD BLOG, hand-counted tallies "have differed, sometimes significantly, from the recorded numbers," tallied on Election Night by the computer tabulation systems...
Striking Teamsters return to beer distributorship jobs  The Press-Enterprise   ...Union workers in Riverside vote to accept Anheuser-Busch’s offer. Leaders call it probably the best deal they could get...