News Clips for Nov. 5, 2009

Labor/Workplace News:

L&M nurses, technicians vote to authorize strike - New London Day
New London – Lawrence & Memorial Hospital nurses and technicians voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to go on strike at 10:45 p.m. Nov. 16 unless key issues regarding sick time can be worked out and a new contract signed by then.

Battered Company Says 'No' To Job Cuts - Nat. Public Radio
The Hypertherm factory sits hidden in the woods not far from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.

State/Local News:

Rell Still Mum On Re-Election Plans - CT News Junkie
On the same day Ned Lamont announced that he would join a handful of other Democratic candidates in exploring a run for governor in 2010, Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell remained mum on her re-election plans. 

Lamont joins crowded field for governor - New London Day
Hartford - Ned Lamont, the Greenwich cable executive who rose to national prominence when he knocked off Sen. Joe Lieberman in a 2006 primary campaign, has set his sights on the governor's office.

State Officials Look To End Electric Deregulation - WFSB TV 3
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut pays the highest electricity rates in the continental United States.

National News:

Dem Health bill to get AARP backing - AP 
WASHINGTON — In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Congress set to pass economic package helping jobless, homebuyers - Associated Press 
WASHINGTON — Congress is one vote away from sending the president legislation that continues aid to more than a million jobless people and extends tax breaks to hundreds of thousands of prospective homebuyers and struggling businesses.

On election anniversary, Obama dismisses polls snub - AFP
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama Wednesday brushed aside a sharp polls rebuke as he marked the first anniversary of his historic election saying his administration had saved the nation from economic ruin.

Opinion:

We are creating a new aristocracy to our own peril - By Randy Dinter/Stamford Advocate
...The concern over "brain drain" on Wall Street and in banking and investment institutions is outrageous. Where were these folks and what were they doing to head off the calamity that overcame our economy?

Lieberman twists knife for insurance companies - By Robert Scheer/New Haven Register
IS there a more hypocritical figure in American politics than Joe Lieberman?  

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