Sunday, September 23, 2012

Today's Teamster News 09.23.12

2011 American Community Survey shows continuing hardship throughout the U.S.  Economic Policy Institute   ...Between 2010 and 2011, inflation-adjusted median household income either fell or stayed the same in every state except Vermont...
Public Opinion And “Elite” Opinion Differ Widely On China  TradeReform   ...A poll released in July by the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) found that an overwhelming majority of U.S. voters are greatly concerned by this loss of manufacturing, and they want to see Washington get tough on China...
C.E.O.’s and the Pay-’Em-or-Lose-’Em Myth  New York Times   ... contrary to the prevailing line, ... chief executives can’t readily transfer their skills from one company to another. In other words, the argument that C.E.O.’s will leave if they aren’t compensated well, perhaps even lavishly, is bogus...
Voting Wrongs  New York Review of Books   ...The Republicans’ plan is that if they can’t buy the 2012 election they will steal it... Teamsters Union Reps In Tulsa To Meet With AA Mechanics  Newson6   ...Teamsters are going door to door in Tulsa Saturday to meet with American Airlines mechanics...
Biden rallies union supporters in NH  Associated Press   ...Vice President Joe Biden rallied union workers at a Teamsters union hall Saturday, saying their door-to-door efforts would be an antidote to the millions of dollars spent on advertising by Republican-leaning super PACs...