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Organizers line up big names to push for maglev line linking D.C. to N.Y.
(Source: Washington Post, November 2, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The privately owned Washington company that last year began lobbying to build a high-speed rail line between Washington and New York has lined up some prominent names to press its ambitious plan to improve...
Berkshire Hathaway’s profit jumps 29 percent
(Source: Lincoln Journal Star, November 2, 2013) LINCOLN, Neb. — Berkshire Hathaway Inc., the company run by Warren Buffett, said third-quarter profit climbed 29 percent on investments and on gains at BNSF Railway. Net income rose to $5.05 billion, or $3,074 a share,...
The coming food stamp cut will hit 900,000 veterans
(Source: Think Progress, October 29, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), otherwise known as food stamps, will automatically drop come Friday thanks to the loss of additional funds from the 2009 stimulus bill....
Families brace as billions in food stamp cuts set in
(Source: CNBC, November 1, 2013) NEW YORK — Benefit cuts to food stamp recipients kick in Friday, a move by Congress that will siphon $5 billion off a program that helps one in seven Americans put breakfast, lunch and dinner on the table. Full story: NBC News
In Amish country, on the train to Paradise
(Source: New York Times, October 31, 2013) NEW YORK — The double hoot of a steam train jolted me awake. I peeked out the window above my bed. A wispy gray tuft billowed behind a massive coal-burning locomotive as it chuffed across fields of Amish farmland toward...
Shareholders to SEC: Expose corporate ‘dark money’ in politics
(Source: Teamster Nation, October 31, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wouldn't it be nice to know how much of your money is being spent to elect anti-worker politicians to office? If you have any retirement savings, you probably own stock in a public corporation. And the...
Rich people think the economy is doing just fine. Here’s why that matters
(Source: Washington Post, October 30, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The economy, most Americans agree, is pretty miserable. In a Washington Post-ABC News poll, for example, 75 percent of Americans rated the state of the economy as "negative" or "poor," versus 24 percent...
Social Security benefits to go up by 1.5 percent in 2014; increase among lowest in years
(Source: Associated Press, October 30, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Social Security benefits will rise 1.5 percent in January, giving millions of retired and disabled workers an average raise of $19 a month to keep up with the cost of living. The increase is among the...
Teamsters call on Darigold to return to the bargaining table
(Source: Teamsters Local 117 press release, October 30, 2013) TUKWILA, Wash. — Teamster production workers and lab technicians, employed by Darigold, met throughout the day today to discuss the company’s last contract proposal. The Union challenged the notion that the...
1,000 D.C. taxi drivers join Teamsters
(Source: Teamster Nation, October 31, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A thousand Washington, D.C., taxi drivers, angry about expensive and unfair regulation, are banding together with Teamsters Local 922 in a new way of organizing workers. For their first formal meeting, the...
