Thursday, December 23, 2010

Today's Teamster News 12.23.10

Teamsters Hail Passage of Zadroga 9/11 Bill  IBT   ...Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa commended Congress today for passing the James Zadroga 9/11 bill to monitor and treat workers who got sick because of their work at Ground Zero...
Teamsters Back MP's Bid to Get Double Tractor-Trailers off Ontario Highways  Globe and Mail   ...The Teamsters believe the huge, long trucks can be dangerous and even contribute to road rage...
Alabama Town's Failed Pension is a Warning  New York Times   ...Prichard did something that pension experts say they have never seen before: it stopped sending monthly pension checks to its 150 retired workers, breaking a state law requiring it to pay its promised retirement benefits in full...
In a Sign of Foreclosure Flaws, Suits Claim Break-Ins by Banks  New York Times   ...lawsuits detailing bank break-ins...house keep surfacing....

Bus drivers, monitors vote to strike  Mid-Hudson News   ...School bus drivers and monitors who are members of Teamsters Local 445 headquartered in Newburgh have voted almost unanimously to strike against several area school districts...
Teamsters warn about VWR project in Visalia  Visalia Times-Delta  Doug Bloch, political director of San Francisco-based Teamsters Joint Council No. 7 (said)  "We ask that the city of Visalia find out more about a facility of this size, and how it affects the environment, worker safety and air quality"...
YRC gets break on lending agreements  Kansas City Star
Holiday delivers UPS b usiest day  Associated Press   ...Its 24 million shipments is 9 percent higher than 2009 and 2007...