Let the Post Office fight off predatory lenders
One of the biggest unionized workforces in the United States, Post Office employees, may be able to help lift families out of poverty.
Today's Teamster News 02.08.13
US citizens braced for austerity impact Financial Times ...The Pentagon has said that 800,000 civilian employees would see their hours cut by 20 per cent for the rest of the year and 46,000 temporary workers would be laid off. Other agencies would also see deep cuts in staff. There are estimates of a 25 per cent drop in border patrol agents, 600 fewer food safety inspectors at slaughterhouses and meat processing plants, and 1,200 fewer air traffic control operators...
Today's Teamster News 02.07.13
401Ks are a disaster (opinion) USA Today ...Recent and near-retirees, the first major cohort of the 401(k) era, do not have nearly enough in retirement savings to even come close to maintaining their current lifestyles...
Today's Teamster News 05.16.12
Wells Fargo Has Blood on Its Hands: Desperate Man Commits Suicide After Shocking Foreclosure Mistreatment Alternet ...right at the start the Rousseaus came up with proof that the bank had received the payment and had cashed the check.
Today's Teamster News 01.24.11
VISION: Can a New High-Speed Rail System Save the American Dream? Alternet ...America is looking for answers and solutions, and it may have found a good one in the form of an ambitious national high-speed rail network...
