Saturday, August 18, 2012

Today's Teamster News 08.18.12

US election: Mitt Romney may have breached ethics laws through company linked to Paul Ryan's brother  Telegraph   ...Mitt Romney may have breached state ethics laws as Governor of Massachusetts by holding a stake in a company that did lucrative work for his administration and was linked to the family of Paul Ryan, a Daily Telegraph investigation has found...
Analysis: Paul Ryan Voted to Add $6.8 Trillion to the Federal Debt  ThinkProgress   ...Ryan’s votes in Congress show that he is as guilty as anyone of running up the nation’s debt...
Why the prolonged economic slump? One word: Housing.  Bubble Meter   ...There is no easy way to replace the massive loss in demand associated with the collapse of the housing sector...
Long-Term Jobless Regroup to Fight the Odds  New York Times   ...With a state unemployment rate of 10.7 percent, California officials struggle to find ways to get people back to work. In the sprawling suburbs east of Los Angeles that make up the Inland Empire, the job market seems more upbeat than it has been for months, but unemployment remains at 12.6 percent...
Teamsters: Rejecting Hostess contract could end jobs  Kennebec Journal   ...The Teamsters said it cannot endorse the "final" contract proposal from bankrupt Hostess Brands, but warned members that rejecting it would likely result in the loss of their jobs...
Teamsters National Black Caucus Holds Annual Conference In Charlotte  IBT   ...More than 400 members of the Teamsters National Black Caucus (TNBC) are meeting this week in Charlotte for the group's 37th annual education conference. The theme of this year's event is "Mobilizing the Movement and Making a Difference."...