Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Today's Teamster News 12.29.10

Job Market Booming Overseas For Many American Companies  Huffington Post   ...UPS is also hiring at a faster clip overseas...
U.S. home prices frop 1.3 percent from September to October  Washington Post   ...in six regions - Atlanta; Charlotte; Miami; Portland, Ore.; Seattle and Tampa - prices fell in October to their lowest levels since their housing markets began deteriorating in 2006...
China cuts rare earth export quotas  Los Angeles Times   ...further shrinking supplies of metals needed to make a range of high-tech products...
Passenger Outrage Rises as Winter Storm Snarls U.S. Travel  Bloomberg   ...As many as 1.2 million airline customers may have been affected by almost 8,000 flight cancellations...
UPS Snowed In  Stockbriefings.com   ...United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) has cancelled various services in response to an East Coast blizzard...
Sullivan 911 proposal draws ire from union  (Local 445) Times Herald-Record   ...Sullivan County is considering ... (having) its dispatchers field the sheriff's dispatch calls and have the Sheriff's Office assume control...
Historic Teamster trucks could soon be homeless  Edmonton Journal  ...the trucks and memorabilia may be homeless by year's end...