Trucking Sector Gains Momentum -- YRC Worldwide and Arkansas Best Looking Strong Marketwatch ..."Our emphasis on core LTL services has resulted in significant increases in on-time service and our customers are responding very favorably," said James Welch, chief executive officer of YRC Worldwide...
Feds Promise Action On Wall Street Speculation Blamed For High Gasoline Prices nasdaq.com ...Bart Chilton, commissioner of the U.S. Commodity Futures and Trading Commission, wrote independent Sen. Bernard Sanders of Vermont that he has drafted regulations to curtail "excessive speculative trading," which would go into effect within 60 days of announcement...
Snyder signs bill to bar U-M union Detroit Free Press ...Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation Tuesday that bars the unionization of graduate assistants at Michigan's public universities, a move prompted by an attempt to form a union by grad assistants at the University of Michigan...
Scott Walker: Economic Failure for Wisconsin United Wisconsin ...Data released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals that Wisconsin lost 12,500 jobs in 2011. This statistic puts Wisconsin dead last in job creation in the country...
'Right to work' battle pitched in Minnesota Minneapolis Star-Tribune ...More than 1,000 sign-wielding union workers and supporters poured into the Capitol on Monday, urging legislators to reject a proposed "right to work" constitutional amendment that is turning Minnesota into the latest Midwestern flashpoint in what has become a grinding clash between powerful unions and groups trying to break their grip on workplaces...
Revamped right-to-work bill returns to NH House among host of collective bargaining bills Associated Press ...The sponsor, Republican Rep. Will Smith, believes new additions repealing public unions' exclusive bargaining rights will bolster support...
Erie, Teamsters trade counterproposals in contract talks Erie Times-News ...Union members voted to grant strike authorization in January...
