Saturday, November 5, 2011

Today's Teamster News 11.05.11

South Jersey workers back Ill. action  Courier Post   ...Warehouse workers and truck drivers at US Foods halted deliveries of food Friday morning in sympathy with striking employees in Illinois. US Foods distributes food and related products to restaurants, military bases and hospitals in the greater Philadelphia and New York areas...
Art of the Protest: Teamsters Target Jackson Lewis's Work for Sotheby's  The American Lawyer   ...The labor and employment specialists at Jackson Lewis have again drawn the ire of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, with union members mustering this week outside Sotheby's locations in New York and Philadelphia to protest the law firm's representation of the famed auction house in an ongoing contract dispute with its art handlers...
MGM workers vote on 4-year deal  Detroit News   ...MGM Grand Detroit workers approved a new four-year contract with the casino Friday night after overwhelmingly rejecting a proposed agreement last week...
First recall effort launched against Walker, triggering unlimited fundraising   Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   ...A Republican campaign contributor officially filed a recall effort Friday against Gov. Scott Walker, triggering a powerful tool for the GOP leader: unlimited campaign fundraising...
Sarah Palin Endorses Ohio Issue 2 As Anti-Union Measure Heads To A Vote  Huffington Post   ...Ohio's Issue 2, a referendum on a controversial law curtailing collective bargaining rights for public employees, picked up the endorsement of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Friday...
Herman Cain: 'I am the Koch brothers' brother from another mother'  New York Daily News   ...Herman Cain heaped praise on the Koch brothers Friday, calling himself the Republican power brokers' "brother from another mother..."