Teamsters, governor want answers in death of correctional officer MyNorthwest.com ...Tracey Thompson, secretary of Teamsters Local 117, told KIRO Radio's Ross and Burbank Show on Monday, "What I'm hoping we see is that there is an independent investigation."
House OKs bill to head off 'card check' in Va. Bloomberg News ...Virginia's House has passed a bill to preclude efforts to make easier workplaces to unionize...
Union Card-Check Fight Escalates Wall Street Journal ...Attorneys general in four states — Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah — joined together Thursday to say they’ll fight back if the federal government carries out its threat to file lawsuits over the states’ new constitutional amendments that require secret-ballot elections before a company can be unionized...
Santa Barbara MTD wants drivers, mechanics to wait until 65 to receive full retirement health benefits (Local 186) The Daily Sound ...the Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District and the Teamsters are about to enter state mediation...
Sullivan legislators call emergency meeting for Tuesday Times Herald Record ...The county's major unions are fighting a wage freeze...
Regulators, industry at odds on repetitive-motion injuries Washington Post ...the administration has found itself in a pitched battle with industry, which fears that federal involvement in the matter will result in a massive financial and legal burden...
Harry Reid Takes Social Security 'Off the Table' Talking Points Memo ...Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took major Social Security cuts and privatization completely off the legislative table...
UPS Q4 profit up as economy mends Reuters ...The gain might be less than estimated by Wall Street because of unusually harsh winter storms and higher fuel costs...
Memphis-based FedEx rolls out its new streamlined freight operations The Commercial Appeal ...FedEx Freight launched a newly streamlined less-than-truckload offering Monday after shedding about 1,300 jobs and closing about 100 redundant service centers...
Public employees making double their counterparts WLNS ...The governor claims those workers are making double the money of people in the private sector...
Federal Judge Rules That Health Law Violates Constitution New York Times ...A second federal judge ruled on Monday that it was unconstitutional for Congress to enact a health care law that required Americans to obtain commercial insurance...
