Unions Played Major Unsung Role in Obama Victory In These Times ...union members provided a critical margin of victory for Obama. Mitt Romney actually won among non-union voters by 4 percentage points, but Obama won union voters by 32 percent (65 to 33 percent), sealing the president's victory...
Walmart workers threaten to strike on 'Black Friday' Seattle Post-Intelligencer ...Hundreds of Walmart workers walked off the job on Thursday, and the employees are now threatening to strike on one of the biggest shopping days of the year...
BP settles criminal charges for $4 billion in spill; supervisors indicted on manslaughter Washington Post ...The Justice Department also sought to attach faces to the disaster, filing manslaughter charges against two BP rig supervisors and obstruction charges against a BP executive who allegedly lied to Congress. The three are not covered by the BP settlement...
Future of Ohio Turnpike troubles consumer group Youngstown Vindicator ...“We are very wary, because we have seen situations in other states [that have privatized their turnpikes] where it very much was not in the public interest at all,” said Tabitha Woodruff, an advocate for Ohio Public Interest Research Group, or PIRG...
State lost 7,500 jobs in October Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ...Wisconsin lost 7,500 jobs in October ...the state lost an estimated 6,000 private-sector jobs and 1,500 jobs in the government sector, which includes federal, local and state-level employees...
YRC Worldwide Turnaround Gains Momentum Seeking Alpha ...CEO James Welch has targeted being profitable by the end of 2013 but it now looks like they might do that even sooner...
Teamsters: Bakery Workers Should Hold Secret Ballot Vote At Hostess IBT ...Today, the Teamsters Union announced its recommendation to the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) that a vote of its Hostess members by secret ballot should be held to determine if the workers want to continue their strike of the company and force it into liquidation...
Latest round of UPS negotiations wraps up IBT ...The latest round of UPS negotiations wrapped up this week with the National Negotiating Committee pressing for more full-time jobs and addressing 9.5 concerns...
New Milford Finalizes Contract with Teamsters Housatonic Times ...The Town Council has approved a new three-year contract with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 677, which affects union employees in the highway and Parks & Recreation departments and the recycling center...
