Today's Teamster News 05.02.13

<="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-morello-offers-free-union-town-tracks-for-may-day-20130501">Tom Morello Offers Free 'Union Town' Tracks for May Day  Rolling Stone   ...Tom Morello has partnered with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to give away tracks from Union Town, the 2011 album from the guitarist's Nightwatchman project. Fans can simply head to the Teamsters website and submit their email addresses for the tracks...
<="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-22364891">Bangladesh building collapse: Death toll passes 400  BBC News   ...The number of people killed in the collapse of a building in Bangladesh which housed garment factories last week has passed 400, officials say...
<="http://org.credoaction.com/petitions/title-american-corporations-must-ensure-basic-safety-and-human-rights-of-workers-in-bangladesh">Tell Walmart and Other Retailers: Ensure basic safety and human rights for workers in Bangladesh  CREDO Action Alert   ...Urge these companies to take immediate steps to deploy safety improvements in their supplier factories and pay the compensation owed to injured workers and the families of workers killed while sewing their clothing in Bangladesh…
<="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/30/ceo-to-worker-pay-ratio_n_3184623.html">CEO-To-Worker Pay Ratio Ballooned 1,000 Percent Since 1950: Report  Huffington Post   ...We’ve made progress on a lot of things since the 1950s and so have CEOs -- in their quest for more money that is. The ratio of CEO-to-worker pay has increased 1,000 percent since 1950, according to data from Bloomberg...
<="http://blogs.sacbee.com/capitolalertlatest/2013/05/bill-moyers-documentary-examines-united-states-of-alec.html">Bill Moyers documentary examines 'United States of ALEC'  Sacramento Bee   ...Ever wonder how it is that the same bill pops up simultaneously in statehouses across the country? One way is through the work of the American Legislative Exchange Council, a group that promotes business-friendly model legislation for state lawmakers to introduce in their respective Capitols.
<="http://www.freep.com/article/20130501/NEWS06/304300108/Internet-sales-tax-revenue-brick-and-mortar-retail">Michigan bill would make stores online charge 6% sales tax  Detroit Free Press   ...Dan Marshall knows he can comfortably compete with the Internet on the prices of instruments he sells at seven Marshall Music stores across the state. But where the president of the Lansing-based, family-owned business can’t compete is the 6% sales tax he has to charge customers who make purchases in his store.
<="http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/poll-plurality-wants-one-party-to-control-white">Poll: Plurality Wants One Party To Control White House, Congress  Talking Points Memo   ...A national poll from Quinnipiac University released Wednesday suggested that Americans have had their fill of divided government...
<="http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130430/NEWS0108/304300137/GOP-puts-right-work-agenda?nclick_check=1">GOP puts 'right-to-work' on agenda  Cincinnati.com  ...Republicans waded back into choppy political waters Tuesday when two lawmakers – including one from Lebanon – vowed to make Ohio a “right-to-work” state...
<="http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2013/05/secret-free-trade-negotiations-will-gut-regulations-further-enrich-multinationals-and-big-financial-firms.html">Secret “Free Trade” Negotiations Will Gut Regulations, Further Enrich Multinationals and Big Financial Firms  Naked Capitalism   ...It’s a sign of the times that a reputable economist, Dean Baker, can use the word “corruption” in the headline of an article describing two major trade deals under negotiation and no one bats an eye...
<="http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/05/01/why-the-american-working-class-has-little-to-celebrate-this-labor-day/">American job prospects make for dim May Day celebration  MSNBC   ...For working America, the trend over the last few decades has been toward lower wages, fewer workplace rights, and diminished voice in the public sphere...
<="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/harold-meyerson-how-to-ease-economic-anxiety/2013/04/30/c4bc013c-b1c4-11e2-bbf2-a6f9e9d79e19_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions">How to ease economic anxiety (opinion)  Washington Post   ...The American public knows it’s downwardly mobile. What it doesn’t know is what it can do to arrest, much less reverse, that trend...
<="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/us/politics/koch-brothers-plan-more-political-involvement-for-their-conservative-network.html?adxnnl=1&pagewanted=all&adxnnlx=1367438830-fnoCIe0cz6hzibBIfZ3beg">Koch Brothers Plan More Political Involvement for Their Conservative Network  New York Times   ...As the country’s leading conservative donors finished off plates of roast lamb and spaetzle in a Palm Springs, Calif., hotel ballroom on Monday, Charles G. Koch delivered a pep talk...
<="http://articles.mcall.com/2013-04-30/news/mc-pa-senate-liquor-privatization-0428-20130430_1_liquor-privatization-plan-liquor-bill-tom-corbett">Corbett's liquor privatization plan on life support  The Morning Call   ...First came the cops. Then came the drug-and-alcohol counselors. Next up was the moms. And finally, the kids. All of them told a state Senate committee they oppose a plan to privatize wine and spirits sales and make beer more readily available under a House-approved bill supported by Gov. Tom Corbett...
<="http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/30/3373509/state-pension-reform-issue-dies.html">Florida State pension reform issue dies in the Senate  The Miami Herald   ...After months of calling pension reform a top priority in his inaugural year as Florida House speaker, Will Weatherford could do nothing Tuesday as his plan went down to defeat in the Senate...
<="http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/096800fd2ec44d91bf0da2062581bc67/WI--Economic-Development-Audit">Blistering audit faults Wis. job creation agency  The Republic   ...A blistering audit released Wednesday said Republican Gov. Scott Walker's premier job creation agency repeatedly broke state law in its first year of operation, failed to adequately track money it awarded for economic development projects and sometimes gave money to ineligible recipients...