Protesters arrested nationwide as Occupy Wall Street rallies rage on CNN ...Police hauled away protesters in various cities early Sunday as Occupy Wall Street rallies raged on for the 30th day...
Occupy Wall Street Live The Guardian ...More than 950 demonstrations against the global financial system and corporate greed are being held in more than 80 countries around the world today...
Alaska pension hearing planned Fairbanks Daily News-Miner ...Senate Bill 121 would give state employees the choice of opting into a defined-benefit program that has guaranteed payouts and benefits upon retirement. The Alaska Legislature did away with the defined-benefit program in 2006 by replacing it with a defined-contribution program, similar to a 401(k), that shifts risk from the state to the employee. The 2006 decision has been met with stiff opposition from employees...
Unions win round over Arizona law Phoenix Business Journal ...The National Labor Relations Board, labor unions and the Obama administration don’t like a measure passed by Arizona voters in 2010 that reaffirms rules saying union organizing can only be done via secret ballot...
CA has new law to stop intimidation of farmworkers Associated Press ...California has a new law that will allow state regulators to automatically certify union elections by farmworkers if they determine growers used threats or intimidation toward workers in the election process...
Corbett School Reform Plan Calls For Vouchers, Charter School Fixes The Morning Call ...Gov. Tom Corbett introduced his long-awaited school reform plan today, calling for vouchers for students in the state’s worst-performing schools, tougher evaluation standards for public school teachers and changes in the way the Pennsylvania regulates charter schools...
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Sunday, October 16, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Today's Teamster News 03.23.11
RSLC hits back in Wis. Senate fight Politico ...The Republican State Leadership Committee is expanding a television ad campaign against Democratic state Sen. Jim Holperin and launching a media blitz against state Sen. Dave Hansen...
Business Owners Rally Against SB5 at Restaurant WKBN ...some are growing concerned about the potential ripple effect the measure might have...
Walkout by Indiana Democrats Reaches 30 Days indystar.com ...Democrats fled the state in an effort to derail proposals they consider an attack on labor unions and public education...
Workers: Most State Pensions Modest TheLedger.com ...They have arrived at the Capitol armed with numbers: More than half of workers in the system earn less than $40,000. The average annual benefit for retirees is $17,465...
Michigan voters sour on Snyder Politcal Wire ...Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has fallen out of favor with his state's residents even more than Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) have lost favor with their state's residents...
Judge rules Gov. Christie's school aid cuts last year deprived children of mandated 'thorough and efficient' education PressofAtlanticCity.com ...The case will go back to the state Supreme Court...
Alaska GOP lawmaker seeks to curb collective bargaining rights CNN ...The bill's sponsor, state Representative Carl Gatto, R-Palmer, said his legislation mimics a measure that was passed by the Wisconsin Legislature earlier this month...
YRC stock climbs after board member says he doubts company will declare bankruptcy Kansas City Star ...Director William Trubeck said it appeared that lenders and Teamsters union employees “are working toward the same goal, which is to pull this thing together” without pushing Overland Park-based YRC into bankruptcy...
Southwest Airlines and Teamsters Union Announce Contract Ratification PR Newswire ...Carrier, Stock Clerks Ratify New, Five-Year Agreement...
Business Owners Rally Against SB5 at Restaurant WKBN ...some are growing concerned about the potential ripple effect the measure might have...
Walkout by Indiana Democrats Reaches 30 Days indystar.com ...Democrats fled the state in an effort to derail proposals they consider an attack on labor unions and public education...
Workers: Most State Pensions Modest TheLedger.com ...They have arrived at the Capitol armed with numbers: More than half of workers in the system earn less than $40,000. The average annual benefit for retirees is $17,465...
Michigan voters sour on Snyder Politcal Wire ...Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has fallen out of favor with his state's residents even more than Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) have lost favor with their state's residents...
Judge rules Gov. Christie's school aid cuts last year deprived children of mandated 'thorough and efficient' education PressofAtlanticCity.com ...The case will go back to the state Supreme Court...
Alaska GOP lawmaker seeks to curb collective bargaining rights CNN ...The bill's sponsor, state Representative Carl Gatto, R-Palmer, said his legislation mimics a measure that was passed by the Wisconsin Legislature earlier this month...
YRC stock climbs after board member says he doubts company will declare bankruptcy Kansas City Star ...Director William Trubeck said it appeared that lenders and Teamsters union employees “are working toward the same goal, which is to pull this thing together” without pushing Overland Park-based YRC into bankruptcy...
Southwest Airlines and Teamsters Union Announce Contract Ratification PR Newswire ...Carrier, Stock Clerks Ratify New, Five-Year Agreement...
Monday, January 10, 2011
Today's Teamster News 01.10.11
Right-to-work laws not seen as employment-maker (Opinion) Joplin Independent ...In fact, the highest current unemployment in the country, Nevada, is 14.3%, and Nevada is what I call a “right-to-work-for-less state”...
Gingrich seeks bill allowing state bankruptcy to avert bailouts Pensions & Investments ...Move afoot to help states escape benefit obligations...
Pentagon Must ‘Buy American,’ Barring Chinese Solar Panels New York Times ... The military appropriations law signed by President Obama on Friday contains a little-noticed “Buy American” provision for the Defense Department purchases of solar panels — a provision that is likely to dismay Chinese officials...
Small Leak Shuts Down Oil Pipeline in Alaska New York Times ... A small oil leak ...could lead to higher oil and gasoline prices in the short term and deliver a new blow to the reputation and fortunes of the British oil giant BP...
Deepening crisis traps America's have-nots (Opinion) The Telegraph ... The US is drifting from a financial crisis to a deeper and more insidious social crisis...
Gingrich seeks bill allowing state bankruptcy to avert bailouts Pensions & Investments ...Move afoot to help states escape benefit obligations...
Pentagon Must ‘Buy American,’ Barring Chinese Solar Panels New York Times ... The military appropriations law signed by President Obama on Friday contains a little-noticed “Buy American” provision for the Defense Department purchases of solar panels — a provision that is likely to dismay Chinese officials...
Small Leak Shuts Down Oil Pipeline in Alaska New York Times ... A small oil leak ...could lead to higher oil and gasoline prices in the short term and deliver a new blow to the reputation and fortunes of the British oil giant BP...
Deepening crisis traps America's have-nots (Opinion) The Telegraph ... The US is drifting from a financial crisis to a deeper and more insidious social crisis...
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