Friday, October 14, 2011

Today's Teamster News 10.14.11

Teamsters file wage-and-hour complaint for prison guards  Tallahassee.com  ...Three prison officers and a leader of the Teamsters Union on Thursday accused Florida's prison system of cheating employees out of up to 200 hours of wages per year and asked the U.S. Department of Labor to make the Department of Corrections let the officers clock them in before going through long daily security checks...
First Mexican Trucking Permit Delayed on Safety Concerns  Transport Topics   ...The Department of Transportation is delaying the first permit for a Mexican trucking company to start cross-border operations, citing safety questions raised in public comments...
Teamsters and UK Unions Protest Sotheby's in London  IBT   ...More than 100 Teamster members and representatives from several global labor unions, including Unite the Union, the Trades Union Congress, the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, the Public and Commercial Services Union and the International Transport Workers' Federation, protested outside Sotheby's Contemporary Art Day Auction this evening...
Occupy Wall Street Stays in Park  Wall Street Journal   ...The real-estate company that owns the small park at the center of the Occupy Wall Street movement has postponed a planned cleaning of the site, a New York City deputy mayor announced early Friday morning...
Teamsters Union Sues Erie County over Holding Center  WGRZ   ...The suit alleges that the county has not hired enough staff for the correctional facilities to "provide care, custody, and control for all prisoners and to perform all other necessary facility functions..."
SB5 opponents, proponents argue over TV ad  Wooster Daily Record   ...opponents of Senate Bill 5 lashed out at proponents of the issue over a television advertisement released by the latter in recent days...