Hoffa Praises Wisconsin Demonstrators IBT ...Hoffa saluted the tens of thousands of people streaming into Wisconsin’s capital this week to protest Gov. Scott Walker’s budget proposal...
State Democrats absent for vote as Wisconsin budget protests swell CNN ...Wisconsin state senators are expected to reconvene Friday as lawmakers wrangled over a bill that would strip teachers and other public employees of most of their collective bargaining rights and cut their benefits...
A third day of protests begins against the Walker budget bill for Wisconsin The Daily Page ..."Brothers and sisters! Monday, two thousand T.A.'s from the university came to the Capitol. Tuesday, 20,000 firefighters and teamsters and SEIU members came. Welcome to day three..."
Ohio Residents Also Protesting neon tommy ...The outpouring of anger by Wisconsin residents upset over proposed anti-union legislation spread across the Midwest Thursday as thousands of protestors in Ohio, which faces a similar measure, descended on the statehouse...
Teamsters head opposes Korean trade pact Detroit News ...Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa, in a break from the Obama administration and the United Auto Workers union, opposes the Korea Free Trade Agreement...
Truckers to Speak Out on HOS Proposal Journal of Commerce ...Carriers, drivers expected to oppose shorter hours at FMCSA listening session today...
Coke, NLRB reach union settlement (Local 728) Atlanta Business Chronicle ...The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Wednesday ordered a subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Co., Coca-Cola Refreshments USA Inc., to post a statement in two metro Atlanta bottling facilities, telling employees of their legal right to form a union...
Another female staffer attacked at Monroe prison Associated Press ...“We have been saying for months that there is an urgent need for fundamental changes at the DOC to ensure the safety of Correctional Employees. This incident reinforces that need,” said Tracey A. Thompson, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 117...
