Monday, August 6, 2012

Today's Teamster News 08.06.12

Capital One To Pay Millions After Being Charged With Improper Military Foreclosures  Huffington Post   ...Capital One has agreed to pay $12 million to resolve allegations the bank violated special consumer protections in federal law for members of the military...
Independent Foreclosure Review Process Flawed  Huffington Post   ...the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has announced that there are flaws in the Independent Foreclosure Review (IFR) process that could negatively impact the success of the program, which could affect more than four million foreclosed homeowners...
How Mitt Romney Got Rich Destroying American Jobs and Promoting Sweatshop Capitalism  Alternet   ...Right now, a man whose predatory career has claimed the jobs of countless Americans is trying to wrap himself in the flag and call himself a “job creator” and “wealth creator.” Does he mean miserable jobs in Chinese factories? Wealth for the 1 percent? Apparently that’s exactly what he means...
Top GOP Strategist Pushes Romney To Release More Tax Returns: ‘Two Years Is Not Enough, Obviously’  ThinkProgress   ...Longtime Republican strategist Ed Rollins today joined 20 other Republicans by saying Mitt Romney should “absolutely” release more years of tax returns...
Romney camp, RNC announce $101.3M July fundraising total  The Hill   ...The fundraising haul, from joint efforts between Team Romney and the Republican National Committee (RNC), marks the second straight month that they have passed the $100 million mark and is likely to intensify concerns among President Obama’s reelection team that they will be outpaced by the GOP’s fundraising push...
Zambian miners kill Chinese supervisor over wage dispute  SABC News  ...Miners at Collum are paid a minimum salary of around $ 80 dollars, way below the new minimum wage recommended by the government...