Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Today's Teamster News 02.08.11

UPS expands express service into Israel, Slovakia  Associated Press   ...The company said the move expands "hubs for high-tech, industrial and automotive companies"...
FedEx suffers nationwide software glitch on mobile package delivery processing  IDG News Service   ...FedEx package-delivery personnel across the United States have been reduced to inputting package information by hand and getting handwritten signatures instead of doing this all electronically due to what’s believed to be a software glitch on their handheld devices...
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action Suit against YRC Worldwide Inc.  TradingMarkets.com   ...The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, defendants failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company's true financial condition, business and prospects...
U.S. Department of Energy Report Supports Keystone XL Study Shows Pipeline Will Reduce Middle East Oil Dependence  TransCanada press release   ...TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada) today pointed to a new report prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that finds the Keystone XL pipeline would help reduce U.S. imports of foreign oil from sources outside of North America...
Distraught residents crowd Hamilton Township meeting  WMGM   ...The township, looking to close a $2.4 million budget gap, passed three resolutions Monday night that will eliminate non-union employees, members of the Teamsters and 13 police officers.
Saginaw's Robinson leads Michigan's 40,000 Teamsters  The Saginaw News   ...Though David Robinson has been a Teamster for nearly 40 years, the newly elected president of the Teamsters Joint Council 43 in Michigan says he isn’t afraid of change... 
State worker retirements jumped 23 percent in 2010  Sacramento Bee   ...Nearly 12,000 state workers drew their first pension checks last year, up 23 percent from 2009, according to the latest retirement application data from CalPERS...
Governors Oppose State Bankruptcy Protection  Governing   ...Even the suggestion that bankruptcy could help states restore fiscal stability "serve(s) only to threaten the fabric of state and local finance," they wrote...