Teamster Nation: Workers pay to lose their jobs, companies get rewa...

Teamster Nation: Workers pay to lose their jobs, companies get rewa...: An Enterprise Zone victim speaks out at a hearing. California Teamsters are paying to lose their jobs because of a scheme called the California Twilight Enterprise Zone Program.

The program allows businesses to receive tax breaks of $37,500 for each new employee they hire in one of California's 40 Enterprise Zones. The program encouraged two Teamster employers to dump their union workers, move to an Enterprise Zone, hire cheaper workers and get tax breaks in the bargain.