Teamster News
CCTA strike ends; Service resumes Friday WPTZ.com ...The Chittenden County Transit Authority Board of Commissioners unanimously approved a three-year contract for its bus drivers Thursday afternoon, effectively restoring service...
Trade
Vietnamese Fish are Unsafe for American Consumption, but the WTO Won’t Let Us Protect Ourselves Economy in Crisis ...U.S. production is half of what once was. 60 percent of all catfish in U.S. markets is imported from Vietnam, which has driven half of all American catfish farms out of production. These imported fish are often raised in polluted water and have been found to contain illegal antibiotics and harmful substances such as pesticides and fungicides...
Japan, And The Trans-Pacific Partnership: All In, Or Out? Roll Call ...U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman will give Congressional lawmakers an update on the Obama administration's trade agenda Thursday, including its efforts to close out Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations...
U.S. Trade Deficit Hits $42.3 Billion In February ABC News ...The U.S. trade deficit climbed to the highest level in five months in February as demand for American exports fell while imports increased slightly...
State Battles
House Gives Initial Approval To Paycheck Legislation OzarksFirst ...The Missouri House of Representatives has given initial passage to legislation that is alternately called "paycheck protection" by its supporters and "paycheck deception" by its opponents...
Public Sector Unions Protest Changes To Dues Collection Missourian ...Public employee union members tried to knock out two birds with one stone Wednesday afternoon. The Communication Workers of America and the Service Employees International Union fanned out across the Capitol for their annual public workers' lobby day...
Interfaith Partnership Opposes "Right-To-Work" Legislation St. Louis Review ...The Cabinet of the Interfaith Partnership of Greater St. Louis has issued a statement opposing all proposed right-to-work/freedom-to-work legislation or calls for referendum being considered by the Missouri Legislature...
War on Workers
Ruling’s Breadth Hints That More Campaign Finance Dominoes May Fall New York Times ... there is no reason to think that the march toward deregulating election spending will stop with the ruling in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission...
Do-Nothing Congress Does Something: Gives GE A Big Tax Break Testosterone Pit ...Congress is infamous for doing nothing, as people who have lost their unemployment benefits viscerally know. However, today the Senate Financial Services Committee started the process of enacting the “Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act.”...
Congressional Progressive Caucus Calls For Stronger Action Against Wage Theft Washington Post ...The leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus this week sent a letter to Labor Secretary Thomas Perez urging the Labor Department to step up its enforcement actions against wage theft...
Hamburgled: Nine Out Of Ten Fast Food Workers Have Experienced Wage Theft Think Progress ...A new poll finds that 89 percent of fast food workers nationwide say they experience wage theft. That means 9 out of 10 fast food workers don't get the pay they earned...
Miscellaneous
Northwestern Football Players To Vote On Union April 25 Chicago Tribune ...Northwestern football players are set to vote April 25 on whether they want to be represented by a union...
Rogue alcoholic court reporter kept writing ‘I hate my job’ New York Post ...An alcoholic Manhattan court stenographer went rogue, channeling his inner “Shining” during a high-profile criminal trial and repeatedly typing, “I hate my job, I hate my job” instead of the trial dialogue...
