Today's Teamster News 09.08.13

<a href="http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-09-06/story/first-coast-gears-pontiac-muscle-comes-strong-teamsters-show" rel="nofollow">First Coast Gears: Pontiac muscle comes on strong at Teamsters show</a>  Florida Times Union ...Harris and Boito brought their Pontiacs to the annual Labor Day weekend car show at Teamsters Local 512 on Lane Avenue last Saturday...<br /><a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-920971.html" rel="nofollow">Privacy Scandal: NSA Can Spy on Smart Phone Data</a>  Der Spiegel   ...The United States' National Security Agency intelligence-gathering operation is capable of accessing user data from smart phones from all leading manufacturers...<br /><a href="http://taxjustice.blogspot.com/2013/09/naked-tax-protest-in-front-of-german.html" rel="nofollow">Naked tax protest in front of German Chancellor's office</a>  Tax Justice Network   ...a naked tax protest by Attac-Germany, with calls for unitary taxation and country by country reporting...<br /><a href="http://billmoyers.com/2013/09/04/low-wage-employers-have-fought-hard-to-keep-their-workers-poor-now-workers-are-fighting-back/" rel="nofollow">Low-Wage Employers Have Fought Hard to Keep Their Workers Poor — Now Workers are Fighting Back</a>  Moyers & Co.   ...After decades of seeing their incomes shrink, those at the bottom of the economic ladder are starting to band together and fight back — and it’s one of the most important economic stories of our time...<br /><a href="http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/free-markets-are-fraudulent-markets-5360" rel="nofollow">Free Markets are Fraudulent Markets</a> (opinion)  Economic Populist   ...Historically, competitive market economies are a relatively new economic system, and while very productive, they are not self-sustaining, are unstable and require significant state support and regulation to function properly...<br /><a href="http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/18675-the-political-calculations-behind-growing-inequality" rel="nofollow">The Political Calculations behind Growing Inequality</a>  truthout   ...In the 1980s, campaign contributions from the top 0.01 percent roughly equaled the campaign contributions from all of organized labor. In 2012, America’s top 0.01 percent all by themselves outspent labor by more than four-to-one...<br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/09/want-to-move-kids-out-of-poverty-then-protect-the-middle-class/279387/" rel="nofollow">Want to Move Kids Out of Poverty? Then Protect the Middle Class</a>  The Atlantic   ...in parts of the country that are more heavily middle class, there also tends to be more upward mobility for the poor...<br /><a href="http://economyincrisis.org/content/an-american-bridge-made-of-chinese-steel-demonstrates-the-need-for-a-rational-trade-policy" rel="nofollow">An American Bridge Made of Chinese Steel Demonstrates the Need for a Rational Trade Policy</a>  Economy In Crisis   ...The <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324049504578545431938331880.html">prices for Chinese-made steel are about 25% lower than for domestic steel</a>, but this does not represent a victory won on an open and level playing field...<br /><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/labor/318801-detroit-labor-day-and-a-hard-days-night#ixzz2dDhGpssI" rel="nofollow">Detroit, Labor Day and a Hard Day’s Night</a> (opinion)  The Hill   ...A competitive nation needs a strong safety net for its citizens, one that neither depends on fickle global employers nor burdens workers’ democratic institutions with a redistributive role best played by the government.    In addition, the U.S. should take a cue from the European Union and allocate more funds to help hard hit areas transition their economies...<br /><a href="http://bangordailynews.com/slideshow/burlesque-performers-occupiers-protest-possible-sale-of-portland-park/" rel="nofollow">Burlesque performers, occupiers protest possible sale of Portland park</a>  Bangor Daily News   ...Tension over whether a large section of Portland’s Congress Square Park should be sold to private developers escalated late Friday night, as burlesque performers and members of the occupy movement demonstrated at the site, attracting police warnings...<br /><a href="http://www.thenews.coop/blog/occupy-sandy-builds-worker-power-far-rockaway" rel="nofollow">Occupy Sandy builds worker power in Far Rockaway</a>  Co-operative News   ...One of those bigger projects is a worker-run cooperative initiative, organized by Occupy Sandy and supported by the Working World, an organization that specializes in incubating collectively owned businesses...

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First Coast Gears: Pontiac muscle comes on strong at Teamsters show  Florida Times Union ...Harris and Boito brought their Pontiacs to the annual Labor Day weekend car show at Teamsters Local 512 on Lane Avenue last Saturday...Privacy Scandal: NSA Ca…

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