Today's Teamster News 06.18.13

<="http://abcnews.go.com/US/eleven-stores-operated-modern-day-plantation-system-feds/story?id=19419739#.UcAxZfbF36k">7-Eleven Stores Operated 'Modern Day Plantation System,' Feds Claim  ABC News   ...The owners of 7-Eleven franchises in New York and Virginia created a "modern day plantation system" in which undocumented workers were furnished with stolen identities and forced to work 100 hours a week for a fraction of their wages, according to a federal authorities...
<="http://articles.philly.com/2013-06-17/news/40008232_1_debit-card-minimum-wage-fees">McD's worker sues: Don't pay by debit card  The Times Leader   ...When she received her first paycheck, enclosed was a Chase Bank debit card with instructions on how to use it and the fees attached...
<="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-chief-records-officer-details-federal-e-mail-record-keeping-programs/2013/06/16/a6995e92-d470-11e2-a73e-826d299ff459_singlePage.html">U.S. chief records officer details federal e-mail record-keeping programs  Washington Post   ...Cabinet officials have used (secret) alternative e-mail accounts in addition to government addresses to conduct federal business...
<="http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-tn-apple-nsa-data-request-surveillance-20130617,0,7979116.story">Apple releases information on data requests from NSA, other agencies  Los Angeles Times   ...Apple Inc., said it received 4,000 to 5,000 requests for customer data from U.S. officials during the six months ending in May, as it became the latest high-tech company to provide some details on its involvement in the National Security Agency's Internet surveillance program...
<="http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/06/17/trade-agreements-privacy-and-the-cloud/">Trade Agreements, Privacy, and the Cloud  MacLean’s ...What does privacy have to do with trade agreements? As Canada, the U.S., and nine other countries negotiate a multilateral trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the TPP, U.S. negotiators are pushing to include a provision that would commit members to allowing free-flow of data over their borders...
<="http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ap-exclusive-bangladesh-factory-flaws-highlighted-19388887#.UcA0m_bF36n">More Bangladesh Factories Dangerous  Associated Press   ...A separate inspection, by the garment industry, of 200 risky factories found that 10 percent of them were so dangerous that they were ordered to shut. The textiles minister said a third inspection, conducted by the government, could show that as many as 300 factories were unsafe...
<="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22930703">Turkey unrest: Unions call strike over crackdown  BBC News   ...Turkish unions have called a strike to protest against the police crackdown on demonstrators...
<="http://in.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/brazil-protests-idINDEE95H00U20130618">Biggest protests in 20 years sweep Brazil  Reuters   ...As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption...
<="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/06/17/2166451/bank-of-america-foreclosure-bonuses-lying/?mobile=nc">Bank Of America Paid Foreclosure Bonuses While Lying To Homeowners  Think Progress   ...One of the nation’s largest mortgage servicers intentionally, knowingly, and routinely falsifies paperwork and lies to homeowners in order to boot them from their homes, according to bank insiders...
<="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-strauss/why-let-a-bank-write-us-f_b_3450590.html">Why Let a Bank Write U.S. Financial Reform Legislation? (opinion)  Huffington Post   ...Reasonable people would agree that a bank having a history of involvement with fraud and mismanagement (and a recipient of one of the largest bank bailouts) shouldn't be writing bank legislation. Unless, of course, you are the U.S. Congress doing business as usual...
<="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2013/06/17/supreme-court-arizona-voting-citizenship-states-congress-registration/2166965/">Justices: Arizona voter registration rules go too far  USA Today   ...The Supreme Court ruled handily Monday that Arizona cannot add to federal voter registration requirements by demanding proof of citizenship...
<="http://www.appeal-democrat.com/articles/credits-125857-enterprise-sacramento.html">California Gov. Brown targets enterprise zone tax credits   Appeal Democrat   ...A battle is raging over a California program that grants businesses tax breaks for creating jobs but prevents the public from knowing who got them and why…
<="http://www.freep.com/article/20130616/OPINION05/306160145/Michigan-foreclosure-bills-would-give-banks-upper-hand-Eric-Schertzing">Michigan foreclosure bills would give banks the upper hand (opinion)  Detroit Free Press   ...On Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee passed a package of foreclosure bills that will set Michigan back decades in its efforts to prevent foreclosures and the damage they cause to families, neighborhoods, communities and our still fragile economy...
<="http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/7ccd32f46705401db549f218a779f403/RI--XGR-Paid-Family-Leave">RI could be 3rd US state to OK paid leave for workers caring for children, spouses or parents Associated Press   ...People ... who care for a new child or sick loved one could continue receiving pay for up to eight weeks under a proposal pending in Rhode Island's General Assembly...
<="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/os-scott-signs-local-paid-sick-time-ban-20130614,0,52821.story">Scott blocks paid sick-time vote in Orange, statewide  Sun Sentinel   ...Florida Gov. Rick Scott signed a bill Friday that would block local governments from enacting mandatory paid-sick-time measures. Scott sided with Walt Disney World, Darden Restaurants, the Florida Chamber of Commerce and a broad array of powerful business interests that argued the ban was needed to avoid a patchwork of local employment rules for companies...
<="http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Iowa-cities-bypass-state-to-halt-payday-lenders-4603391.php">Iowa cities bypass state to halt payday lenders  Associated Press   ...Efforts to limit payday lenders in Iowa have repeatedly failed in the Legislature, but more cities are approving zoning changes that make it harder to open the businesses...
<="http://politicker.com/2013/06/christine-quinn-snags-teamsters-unions-endorsement/">Christine Quinn Snags Teamsters Unions’ Endorsement  Politicker   ...City Council Speaker Christine Quinn has snagged the endorsement of the 120,000-member strong Teamsters Joint Council 16 in New York for mayor...
<="http://www.teamsters117.org/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=294428">Seattle Teamsters Support Even Playing Field for Taxis  Teamsters Local 117   ...Ride sharing and other flat rate taxis in Seattle are undercutting unionized taxi drivers...