Today's Teamster News 03.18.13

<="http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/17/politics/perez-labor/?hpt=hp_t3">Obama to announce Perez as labor secretary nominee  CNN   ...President Barack Obama on Monday will announce Thomas E. Perez, U.S. assistant attorney general heading the Justice Department's civil rights division, as his nominee for the next secretary of the Department of Labor...
<="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/20130318_Authorities__Mexican_drug_cartels_are_a_Pennsylvania_presence.html">Authorities: Mexican drug cartels are a Pennsylvania presence  Philadelphia Inquirer   ...federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities agreed Mexican cartels are the top wholesale suppliers of cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine to the Philadelphia region...
<="http://www.necn.com/03/18/13/Unions-split-on-plans-for-Keystone-XL-pi/landing_nation.html?&apID=81e2d4922f9c4d9ca53330f31bdadaf6">Unions split on plans for Keystone XL pipeline  Associated Press   ...Many unions such as the Laborers International Union, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, the Teamsters, the Building and Construction Trades Department of the AFL-CIO and others strongly back construction of Keystone, calling it a way to create jobs. But the Amalgamated Transit Union and the Transport Workers Union oppose the Keystone XL due to environmental concerns about the oil sands and potential pipeline spills...
<="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-17/europe-braces-for-renewed-turmoil-as-cyprus-deposit-levy-at-risk.html">Cypriot Outrage Over Tax Could Derail Euro-Area Bailout  Bloomberg News   ...Europe braced for renewed turmoil as outrage in Cyprus over an unprecedented levy on bank deposits threatened to derail the nation’s bailout. European shares and the euro tumbled...
<="http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2013/03/15/new-reality-generational-wealth-on-decline/?intcmp=obinsite">New Reality: Generational Wealth on the Decline  Fox Business   ...People in their 30s and younger currently  have a net worth half of what their parent’s had during the same age...
<="http://the%20largest%20u.s.%20banks%20are%20%22practitioners%20of%20crony%20capitalism%2C%22%20need%20to%20be%20broken%20up%20to%20ensure%20they%20are%20no%20longer%20considered%20too%20big%20to%20fail%2C%20and%20continue%20to%20threaten%20financial%20stability%2C%20a%20top%20federal%20reserve%20official%20said%20on%20saturday./">Richard Fisher Says Too-Big-To-Fail Banks Need To Be Broken Up  Reuters   ...The largest U.S. banks are "practitioners of crony capitalism," need to be broken up to ensure they are no longer considered too big to fail, and continue to threaten financial stability, a top Federal Reserve official said on Saturday...
<="http://www.wlns.com/story/21663986/bills-seek-end-to-farm-animal-abuse-videos">Bills seek end to farm animal abuse videos  Associated Press   ...in a pushback led by the meat and poultry industries, state legislators across the country are introducing laws making it harder for animal welfare advocates to investigate cruelty and food safety cases...
<="http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/17/detroit-protesters-vow-civil-disobedience-in-opposition-to-citys-emergency-manager/">Detroit protesters vow ‘civil disobedience’ in opposition to city’s emergency manager  Daily Caller   ...Hundreds of well-organized demonstrators vowing “civil disobedience” will greet Michigan Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s visit to Cobo Hall in Detroit Monday for an economic summit in order to protest Snyder’s selection of a powerful “emergency manager” to save the city of Detroit from bankruptcy...
<="http://citizensvoice.com/news/liquor-privatization-faces-key-vote-1.1459756">Liquor privatization faces key vote  citizensvoice.com   ...One of the first major votes of this legislative session is scheduled for today, when a House committee considers Gov. Tom Corbett's proposal to privatize the state-owned liquor system...
<="http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/connecticut/Unions-business-face-off-over-Conn-wages-bill">Unions, business face off over Conn. wages bill  Associated Press   ...Companies receiving state economic development aid would have to pay benefits and wages higher than the minimum to janitors, security guards and other service workers in legislation being considered by lawmakers...