Unemployment claims drop unexpectedly Los Angeles Times ...signs are mounting that employers might at last be starting to hire new workers...
Storm hit NYC on eve of sanitation worker shake-up Associated Press ...Harry Nespoli, president of the Teamster's local that represents sanitation workers including plow drivers, also denied a city councilman's claims that sanitation workers' bosses encouraged a slowdown...
Continental Fleet Service Workers Ratify First Contract IBT ...Agreement provides for multiple job protections, significant sage increases...
Rattner settles pension kickback case for $10 million New York Times ... financier Steven L. Rattner has agreed to pay $10 million to settle civil charges that he engaged in a kickback scheme involving New York state’s pension fund...
NewPage union: 'No' (Local 486) Escanaba Daily News ...Union employees at NewPage overwhelmingly rejected the latest contract offer from the company...
Aspinwall labor talks for 4 come down to wire (Local 249) Valley News Dispactch ...Aspinwall officials are negotiating a new three-year contract with the borough's four full-time public works employees...
Saline employees agree to health-care concessions (Local 214) annarbor.com ...Saline's two police unions, members of Teamsters Local 214 and its nonunion employees recently agreed to concessions...
