Today's Teamster News 07.18.13

<a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/07/15/2305021/bangladesh-unions/?mobile=nc">Bangladesh Government Allows Workers To Form Unions</a>  ThinkProgress   ...Bangladesh’s government approved a labor law on Monday that would make it easier for workers to form unions. The legislation also included provisions that create a fund to improve workers’ living standards and require companies to deposit 5 percent of profits into employee welfare funds...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/license-plate-cameras-track-millions-of-americans/2013/07/17/40410cd0-ee47-11e2-bed3-b9b6fe264871_story.html?hpid=z4">License plate cameras track millions of Americans</a>  Washington Post   ...The spread of cheap, powerful cameras capable of reading license plates has allowed police to build databases on the movements of millions of Americans over months or even years, according to an <a href="http://www.aclu.org/plates">American Civil Liberties Union report</a> released Wednesday...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/16/eitc-for-childless-workers_n_3606165.html?utm_hp_ref=business">The 1 Move That Could Suddenly Pull 300,000 Workers Out Of Poverty</a>  Huffington Post   ...Legislation introduced in both the <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/s836">Senate</a> and the <a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr2116">House of Representatives</a> could pull hundreds of thousands of the country's working poor out of poverty, according to a <a href="http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3991">new study</a> by the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities...<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jul/17/barclays-us-fine-federal-courts">Barclays fights US electricity price manipulation fine through the courts</a>  Guardian   ...Barclays has pledged to fight a $470m (£300m) penalty for allegedly manipulating electricity prices in California by taking the case through the US judicial system...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/17/jack-lew-dodd-frank_n_3610549.html?utm_hp_ref=business">Jack Lew: Delaying Dodd-Frank Rules Raises Threat Of More Bank Bailouts</a>  Associated Press   ...U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew says delays in writing rules to put the financial overhaul law into effect have raised the prospect that taxpayers might again have to bail out big banks that fail...<br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/17/us-financialcrisis-fraud-probes-idUSBRE96G13620130717?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews">U.S. seeks new tactic in financial crisis prosecutions </a> Reuters   ... U.S. federal prosecutors are considering a new strategy for criminally charging Wall Street bankers who packaged and sold bad mortgage loans at the height of the housing bubble, according to a federal official familiar with the investigation...<br /><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/16/us-usa-tax-irs-furlough-idUSBRE96F1A820130716">IRS cancels one furlough day, cuts costs elsewhere</a>  Reuters   ...The Internal Revenue Service said it was cancelling an agency shutdown that had been scheduled for Monday and required by federal budget cuts...<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/07/16/state-politics-vs-the-federal-government/the-repercussions-of-big-money">Big Money Makes State and Federal Politics Powerful</a> (opinion)  New York Times   ...Art Pope invested heavily in local North Carolina elections, which ultimately resulted in the redistricting of 13 Congressional and 170 legislative districts...<br /><a href="http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130717/EDIT07/307179989/1021/EDIT">Surplus celebrated as poverty grows</a> (opinion)  Fort Wayne Journal Gazette   ...Around the same time state leaders were boasting that Indiana was closing its June books with $1.9 billion in reserves, a report from the Indiana Institute for Working Families was released showing poverty in Indiana is sharply increasing...<br /><a href="http://www.toledoblade.com/DavidKushma/2013/07/07/Statehouse-gang-throws-Ohio-in-reverse.html">Statehouse gan throws Ohio in reverse </a>(opinion)  Toledo Blade   ...The new state budget is equally regressive as economic and social policy...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/16/unions-wage-legal-fight-against-michigans-right-to/">Unions wage legal fight against Michigan’s right-to-work law</a>  Washington Times   ...The legal battle over Michigan’s new right-to-work law shows no signs of flagging. Right-to-work proponents suffered a small setback when Michigan’s Supreme Court declined to weigh in on the legality of the law...<br /><a href="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/gop-lawmaker-in-utah-wants-to-end-compulsory?ref=fpa">GOP Lawmaker In Utah Wants To End Compulsory Education In The State</a>  Talking Points Memo   ...State Sen. Aaron Osmond (R) argued that certain "parents act as if the responsibility to educate, and even care for their child, is primarily the responsibility of the public school system..."<br /><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-07-16/state-dept-dot-approves-nd-to-alberta-gas-pipeline">State Dept. approves ND-to-Alberta gas pipeline</a>  Associated Press   ...The U.S. State Department has approved construction of the North Dakota portion of a gas pipeline from Tioga into the Canadian province of Alberta, Sen. John Hoeven said Tuesday...<br /><a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/07/16/3033938/cca-asks-judge-to-bar-media-from.html">CCA asks judge to bar media from joining lawsuit</a>  Associated Press   ...Private prison company Corrections Corporation of America is asking a federal judge to deny a request from Idaho news organizations to keep documents open in a lawsuit over conditions at a CCA-run prison...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/teamsters-call-quick-approval-administration-nominees">Teamsters Call For Quick Approval Of Administration Nominees</a>  IBT ...Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today congratulated Senate Leader Harry Reid for forging a compromise that allows consideration of nominees for key administration posts...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/port-truck-drivers-new-jersey-reject-company%E2%80%99s-lies-and-vote-yes-form-union">Port Truck Drivers In New Jersey Reject Company’s Lies And Vote YES To Form A Union</a> IBT ...Truck drivers employed by Australia-based Toll Group at the company’s New Jersey division voted overwhelmingly – by a margin of nearly 70 percent – to form a union and affiliate with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 469...<a href="http://www.teamster.org/audio/download/91353/LeslieMarshallInterviewsKevinDrysdale0716.mp3"></a><br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/audio/download/91353/LeslieMarshallInterviewsKevinDrysdale0716.mp3">Buffalo EMTs, Paramedics’ Victory Spotlighted On Leslie Marshall Show</a>  Leslie Marshall Show   ...Kevin Drysdale, president of Teamsters Local 375 in Buffalo spoke with radio show host Leslie Marshall about new, tentative agreement for EMTs and paramedics working for Rural/Metro. Download the audio <a href="http://www.teamster.org/audio/download/91353/LeslieMarshallInterviewsKevinDrysdale0716.mp3">here</a>...<br /><a href="http://shoreline.patch.com/groups/politics-and-elections/p/city-teamster-find-common-ground-with-approval-of-longawaited-collective-bargaining-agreement">City, Teamsters Find Common Ground With Approval of Long-Awaited Collective Bargaining Agreement</a>  Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Patch   ...Lake Forest Park City Council unanimously approved a long-awaited collective bargaining agreement with the Teamsters Local 117 representing maintenance workers at its recent meeting...<br /><a href="http://triblive.com/neighborhoods/yourmonvalley/yourmonvalleymore/4371693-74/plant-donora-company#axzz2ZJIDa2wq">PolyOne plans to close Donora plant</a>  Pittsburgh-Tribune Review   ...On Tuesday, the PolyOne’s plant supervisors announced that the company will close its facility in Donora, Pennsylvania by fall 2014. Teamsters Local 205 represents the roughly 100 employees at the plant...

Today's Teamster News 07.18.13

Bangladesh Government Allows Workers To Form Unions  ThinkProgress   ...Bangladesh’s government approved a labor law on Monday that would m...

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