Teamsters Warn Of Anti-Trust Obstacles To Sysco-US Foods Merger IBT ...The union hosted today’s call to educate investors, analysts and members of the press about the potential imbalance the merger would create within the food service industry - an imbalance that could have widespread, negative effects on customers, providers and consumers and workers across the country...
Sysco-US Foods Merger Under Fire From Teamsters The Street ...A major union representing workers at Sysco Corp. (SYY_) and US Foods said Thursday the merger partners have underestimated the market share the combined company would have if their $8.2 billion combination is cleared by the Federal Trade Commission...
Uber Drivers Team Up With Teamsters Union LA Weekly ...A group of Los Angeles–area Uber drivers has teamed up with Teamsters Local 986. The affiliation doesn't mean the drivers are unionizing. At this point, they couldn't do so if they wanted to because they are not technically employees. But Joseph DeWolf Sandoval, a member of the California App-Based Drivers’ Association (CADA) leadership counsel, says that could change if future court challenges are successful...
Taylor Farms 'Poster Child' Bill Passes Senate Monterey Herald ...The bill's author, Assemblyman Roger Hernandez, D-West Covina, and the Teamsters union used Taylor Farms repeatedly to gather support. Part of their argument was that temporary workers at the company's Tracy processing facilities are kept in that status for years without benefits or job security...
Groups Vote To Remain With Teamsters Union WTVW ...Two members of Teamsters Local 215 vote to remain members. The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation reports school secretaries and bus drivers voted not to disband from the Teamsters and work on a new contract individually...
Drivers At Carl's Jr. Contractor MBM Corporation Win Teamster Representation Marketwatch ...The National Labor Relations Board recently announced the certification of Teamsters Local 63 as the bargaining representative for 72 drivers at MBM Corporation in Ontario, Calif...
Trade
Imminent Terrorist Attack Warning By Feds on US Border Judicial Watch ...Islamic terrorist groups are operating in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and planning to attack the United States with car bombs or other vehicle born improvised explosive devices (VBIED)...
Supplier For Samsung And Lenovo Accused Of Using Child Labor New York Times ...China Labor Watch said it had found more than 10 children working at the factory of a China-based supplier for the technology giants Samsung Electronics and the Lenovo Group in an investigation in July and August...
State Battles
Disappointing Jobs Report For Wisconsin In The 12-month Period Ending In March Cap Times ..."Wisconsin turned in another subpar job creation report Thursday with news that it gained 28,653 private-sector jobs in the 12 months from March 2013 to March 2014, according to data released late Thursday by the state Department of Workforce Development...
Wisconsin Forecasted to Lag Further Behind Minnesota Econbrowser ...the cumulative growth gap between Minnesota and Wisconsin (relative to 2011M01) is forecasted to grow — rather than shrink — over the next six months...
Legislature Approves New Insurance Requirements For Uber, Lyft, Sidecar San Jose Mercury News ...From the moment a driver turns on the company's smartphone app, the company will have to provide insurance amounting to $50,000 in liability coverage for death or injury to a single person; $100,000 in coverage for all damages in a single accident; and $30,000 for property damage, with excess coverage of $200,000. The company must then provide $1 million in coverage once the driver is matched with a passenger...
Top Official For GOP Governors Praised Their Strong Partnership With Koch Network Huffington Post ...One of the top officials responsible for electing Republican governors this November lauded the partnership between his organization and a leading arm of the Koch brothers' political network during a mid-summer conference...
Confusion Over Voter ID Law In Kansas Continues KWCH ...Gray says confusion over the state's Voter ID Law and problems with the DMV not accepting her paperwork kept her at home during the August primaries...
War On Workers
Public Higher Education: Another Casualty of the Great Recession Washington Monthly ...at some point in the last six years, 41 state legislatures in the United States slashed funding for their public universities and colleges...Only 14 states have re-invested in higher education at levels equal to or above their pre-recession levels. Last year, 20 states actually cut more funding from their public universities and colleges...
Divisions Grow as a Downturn Rocks Europe New York Times ...Six years after being struck by economic crisis, Europe is facing a fresh downturn, with few new ideas on the table for reigniting growth and deepening political divisions over the austerity policies that many blame for worsening the malaise...
Miscellaneous'Google-Like' Search Engine Puts NSA Snooping Back In The Spotlight Fox News ...The National Security Agency’s surveillance machinery is again in the spotlight after a media report claimed that it is secretly providing data to almost two dozen U.S. government agencies via a powerful “Google-like” search engine...
Evidence Grows That Online Social Networks Have Insidious Negative Effects MIT Technology Review ...A study of 50,000 people in Italy concludes that online social networks have a significant negative impact on individual welfare...
