Friday, January 7, 2011

Today's Teamster News 1.7.11

Hoffa 'Deeply Disappointed' In Mexican Trucks Proposal  IBT   ...Hoffa today questioned why the Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed a new cross-border trucking program at a time of persistent high U.S. unemployment, budget deficits and unrelenting drug violence in Mexico...
December Retail Sales Are Weaker Than Expected  New York Times   ...Sales at stores open at least a year rose 3.1 percent in December compared with the same month a year ago...
U.N. Data Notes Sharp Rise in World Food Prices  New York Times   ...Prices are expected to remain high this year, prompting concern that the world may be approaching another crisis...
Teamsters stand up for Timmins over Ring of Fire discovery  The Timmins Times   ...Union wants railway workers to benefit from a new rail line to Timmins...
UPS has the highest level of cash in the air freight and logistics industry  Zacks.com
Lawmakers feel heat of Keystone XL opponents  Lincoln Journal Star   ...Opposition along the proposed route farther west through the Nebraska Sandhills and over the Ogallala Aquifer has been more vocal and more organized...
Could ESPN Deal Prevent an NFL Lockout?  Forbes   ...ESPN and the NFL are on the verge of a massive contract extension for Monday Night Football...
Town ratifies Teamsters contract  seacoastonline.com  ...Hampton selectmen ratified a one-year deal with the Teamsters, which ... have been working without a contract for the last six years...
Teamsters Local Union Votes on First Collective Bargaining Agreement  WJHG-TV  ...The police officers ...voting Thursday on their first collective bargaining agreement with the Panama City...
Toledo violated law by forcing sanitation pact, state declares  (Local 20) Toledo Blade  ...The State Employment Relations Board Thursday found probable cause that the city of Toledo violated Ohio's collective bargaining laws by ... by imposing a new contract upon unionized city refuse and sewer plant workers...