Trade
Critics challenge US plans for the TPP Al Jazeera America ..."I personally, as an American citizen, find it puzzling that the Obama administration is pushing for an economic policy abroad which will increase the cost of health care, reduce access, where at the same time, one of his signature presidential legacies is supposed to be affordable care," Professor Susan Sell at George Washington University told Al Jazeera...
No rush in TPP talks Japan Times ...Top leaders of countries taking part in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade negotiations last Monday in Beijing failed to set a time frame for a final agreement. In doing so they abandoned the earlier goal of completing a broad agreement by year’s end...
State Battles
How Local Governments Are (or Aren’t) Examining Economic Development Dollars Governing ...A new survey provides a detailed portrait of how local governments use business incentives, finding many lack basic accountability measures...
War on Workers
Court orders strip club to pay $10M in back wages to dancers CNN ...More than 2,000 current and former exotic dancers in New York City were awarded $10 million in a class-action lawsuit they brought against their employer, Rick's Cabaret. The federal judge's order came on Friday, four years after the dancers filed their lawsuit alleging the company cheated them out of wages...
This Fed President is Correctly Worried About a 1937-Style Slump Wall Street on Parade ...The reference to 1937 relates to the fact that as the U.S. economy was showing signs of improvement from the conditions of the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Federal government and the Federal Reserve overreacted to inflationary concerns with contractive measures in 1937, sending the economy into a sharp slump in late 1937 and 1938...
Plant where workers died reported recent violations Texas Tribune ...State records show that in the last five years, the plant has been cited at least two-dozen of times by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for violating state law...
Miscellaneous
Democrat-led Senate set to finally vote this week on Keystone, in odd turn of political events FOX News ...The Democrat-controlled Senate is expected to take a long-awaited vote Tuesday on approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline -- in an unexpected and politically-charged turn of events for legislation that has languished in the upper chamber for roughly six years...
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Monday, November 17, 2014
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Today's Teamster News 02.04.14
Teamsters join thousands in action against Fast Track TeamsterNation ...Teamsters, techies and tens of thousands of people took action Friday to oppose a Fast Track bill that would grease the Congressional skids for so-called 'trade deals' like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)...
'Strongest' union head: Put Sanitation plows on the streets, not private plowers Staten Island Advance ...(Teamsters Local 631) Union chief Harry Nespoli called the expense of hiring private contractors and paying them to be on stand-by "foolish" and "a waste taxpayer money."...
New York liquor warehousing law in the works, may cost small dealers big New York Daily News ...George Miranda, president of Teamsters Joint Council 16, said the bill could create up to 1,000 warehouse jobs in the state. “It is just the right thing to do,” Miranda said...
De Blasio’s horse-carriage ban stalls Capital New York ...as the Council holds its second meeting of the new year under the leadership of de Blasio's ally and fellow carriage opponent, Melissa Mark-Viverito, a bill to ban them has yet to appear on the Council's agenda. A spokesman for Mark-Viverito would not say when the bill will be introduced...
YRC announces $300 million debt reduction plan after Teamsters labor agreement CCJ ...YRC Worldwide (No. 3 in CCJ’s Top 250) has closed a deal to attempt to reduce its debt by $300 million, per an announcement from the company Jan. 31, in which it will issue $250 million in new stock and convert $50 million in convertible notes to common stock and use the proceeds to reduce its roughly $1 billion of debt...
CN Rail to meet with union over stalled labor deal Reuters Canada ...Union members have "a lot of mistrust" with Canada's largest railway, Teamsters Canada Rail Conference General Chairman Roland Hackl told Reuters, and will need assurances that CN will respect rest provisions for workers in the current agreement...
V & V Supremo Workers Benefit from Teamsters Local 703 Contract teamster.org ...Represented by the Teamsters since 2001, the workers at V&V Supremo continue to receive annual wage increases, fair and equitable benefits and the protection of the Teamsters’ grievance procedure due to their contract with Local 703...
Teamsters Applaud Green Light for Keystone XL Pipeline teamster.org ...Following the U.S. State Department’s analysis that the Keystone XL pipeline project provides a safe and correct process for the transport of Canadian oil to the U.S. Gulf region, the Teamsters Union is pleased that the project, which will directly create 20,000 good jobs for American workers, is one step closer to reality...
Allegheny County workers to strike Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ...Nearly 50 Allegheny County workers, mainly truck drivers in the Public Works Department, will strike after members of Teamsters Local 249 overwhelmingly voted Sunday to reject the county's proposals for a new contract, their union leader said...
States Are Feeling the Pinch from Lost Unemployment Revenues teamster.org ...Americans who want to work but can’t find a job after months of unemployment are being hit hard by the cut off of long-term unemployment benefits by Republicans in Congress. But their epic policy blunder is hurting everyone, even if they don’t realize it...
New National Poll: Voters Blame Lawmakers for Weak Job Growth Trade Reform ...By an overwhelming margin, voters say job creation should be a top priority, beating out deficit reduction by a 2-1 margin (65% vs. 31%)...
2014 stock market selloff intensifies USA Today ...The financial turbulence that began in emerging markets and engulfed Wall Street intensified Monday, leaving U.S. stock investors bracing for the possibility of the first 10% market drop since 2011...
Wall Street Journal Exposes Entirely New Private Equity Tax Scam naked capitalism ...so-called “monitoring fees” that PE firms levy on the companies they’ve bought should actually be recognized as dividends for corporate tax purposes. This is is significant because fees are a tax deductible expense to the companies while the dividends aren’t, so the effect of this ruse is to shortchange Uncle Sam, and hence ordinary taxpayers to the PE funds’ benefit...
A Rash of Deaths and a Missing Reporter – With Ties to Wall Street Investigations Wall Street On Parade ...In a span of four days last week, two current executives and one recently retired top ranking executive of major financial firms were found dead. Both media and police have been quick to label the deaths as likely suicides. Missing from the reports is the salient fact that all three of the financial firms the executives worked for are under investigation for potentially serious financial fraud...
Businesses gather more information than they need from consumers Los Angeles Times ...Strong rules for collection and use of people's personal data should be enacted...
Edward Snowden speaks: US blackout of interview Jonathan Turley ... the interview appears to have been blocked intentionally by US government authorities. In fact, the media in the US appears to have gone to ‘radio silence’ about it. … He says his “breaking point” was “seeing Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, directly lie under oath to Congress.”...
Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Yahoo release US surveillance requests The Guardian ...Tens of thousands of accounts associated with customers of Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Yahoo have their data turned over to US government authorities every six months as the result of secret court orders, the tech giants disclosed for the first time on Monday....
Newly Wary, Shoppers Trust Cash ...New York Times ...Like dieters vowing to trade cupcakes for carrots, a number of American shoppers are making a new pledge: cash only...
Factory, construction spending data hint at slowing economy Reuters ...U.S. manufacturing activity slowed sharply in January on the back of the biggest drop in new orders in 33 years while construction spending barely rose in December, pointing to some loss of steam in the economy...
Calif. Bill Targets Discrimination Against Caregivers Associated Press ...If you don't get a job because you're a woman, or you get fired because you're black, or you get transferred to the night shift because you're gay, there's a law for that. But if you're punished at work because you need time to take your child to the doctor or talk to your confused elderly mother, you might be out of luck...
Olive Garden offers free babysitting to increase sales Philadelphia Inquirer ...The "Italian dining experience" inspired restaurant chain has worked on revamping its menu, but on Friday is offering something not many other dining establishments offer: free babysitting...
VW Workers to Decide Whether to Join UAW uaw.org From Feb. 12-14, Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., will decide the issue of union representation by the United Auto Workers in a secret ballot election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board...
'Strongest' union head: Put Sanitation plows on the streets, not private plowers Staten Island Advance ...(Teamsters Local 631) Union chief Harry Nespoli called the expense of hiring private contractors and paying them to be on stand-by "foolish" and "a waste taxpayer money."...
New York liquor warehousing law in the works, may cost small dealers big New York Daily News ...George Miranda, president of Teamsters Joint Council 16, said the bill could create up to 1,000 warehouse jobs in the state. “It is just the right thing to do,” Miranda said...
De Blasio’s horse-carriage ban stalls Capital New York ...as the Council holds its second meeting of the new year under the leadership of de Blasio's ally and fellow carriage opponent, Melissa Mark-Viverito, a bill to ban them has yet to appear on the Council's agenda. A spokesman for Mark-Viverito would not say when the bill will be introduced...
YRC announces $300 million debt reduction plan after Teamsters labor agreement CCJ ...YRC Worldwide (No. 3 in CCJ’s Top 250) has closed a deal to attempt to reduce its debt by $300 million, per an announcement from the company Jan. 31, in which it will issue $250 million in new stock and convert $50 million in convertible notes to common stock and use the proceeds to reduce its roughly $1 billion of debt...
CN Rail to meet with union over stalled labor deal Reuters Canada ...Union members have "a lot of mistrust" with Canada's largest railway, Teamsters Canada Rail Conference General Chairman Roland Hackl told Reuters, and will need assurances that CN will respect rest provisions for workers in the current agreement...
V & V Supremo Workers Benefit from Teamsters Local 703 Contract teamster.org ...Represented by the Teamsters since 2001, the workers at V&V Supremo continue to receive annual wage increases, fair and equitable benefits and the protection of the Teamsters’ grievance procedure due to their contract with Local 703...
Teamsters Applaud Green Light for Keystone XL Pipeline teamster.org ...Following the U.S. State Department’s analysis that the Keystone XL pipeline project provides a safe and correct process for the transport of Canadian oil to the U.S. Gulf region, the Teamsters Union is pleased that the project, which will directly create 20,000 good jobs for American workers, is one step closer to reality...
Allegheny County workers to strike Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ...Nearly 50 Allegheny County workers, mainly truck drivers in the Public Works Department, will strike after members of Teamsters Local 249 overwhelmingly voted Sunday to reject the county's proposals for a new contract, their union leader said...
States Are Feeling the Pinch from Lost Unemployment Revenues teamster.org ...Americans who want to work but can’t find a job after months of unemployment are being hit hard by the cut off of long-term unemployment benefits by Republicans in Congress. But their epic policy blunder is hurting everyone, even if they don’t realize it...
New National Poll: Voters Blame Lawmakers for Weak Job Growth Trade Reform ...By an overwhelming margin, voters say job creation should be a top priority, beating out deficit reduction by a 2-1 margin (65% vs. 31%)...
2014 stock market selloff intensifies USA Today ...The financial turbulence that began in emerging markets and engulfed Wall Street intensified Monday, leaving U.S. stock investors bracing for the possibility of the first 10% market drop since 2011...
Wall Street Journal Exposes Entirely New Private Equity Tax Scam naked capitalism ...so-called “monitoring fees” that PE firms levy on the companies they’ve bought should actually be recognized as dividends for corporate tax purposes. This is is significant because fees are a tax deductible expense to the companies while the dividends aren’t, so the effect of this ruse is to shortchange Uncle Sam, and hence ordinary taxpayers to the PE funds’ benefit...
A Rash of Deaths and a Missing Reporter – With Ties to Wall Street Investigations Wall Street On Parade ...In a span of four days last week, two current executives and one recently retired top ranking executive of major financial firms were found dead. Both media and police have been quick to label the deaths as likely suicides. Missing from the reports is the salient fact that all three of the financial firms the executives worked for are under investigation for potentially serious financial fraud...
Businesses gather more information than they need from consumers Los Angeles Times ...Strong rules for collection and use of people's personal data should be enacted...
Edward Snowden speaks: US blackout of interview Jonathan Turley ... the interview appears to have been blocked intentionally by US government authorities. In fact, the media in the US appears to have gone to ‘radio silence’ about it. … He says his “breaking point” was “seeing Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, directly lie under oath to Congress.”...
Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Yahoo release US surveillance requests The Guardian ...Tens of thousands of accounts associated with customers of Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Yahoo have their data turned over to US government authorities every six months as the result of secret court orders, the tech giants disclosed for the first time on Monday....
Newly Wary, Shoppers Trust Cash ...New York Times ...Like dieters vowing to trade cupcakes for carrots, a number of American shoppers are making a new pledge: cash only...
Factory, construction spending data hint at slowing economy Reuters ...U.S. manufacturing activity slowed sharply in January on the back of the biggest drop in new orders in 33 years while construction spending barely rose in December, pointing to some loss of steam in the economy...
Calif. Bill Targets Discrimination Against Caregivers Associated Press ...If you don't get a job because you're a woman, or you get fired because you're black, or you get transferred to the night shift because you're gay, there's a law for that. But if you're punished at work because you need time to take your child to the doctor or talk to your confused elderly mother, you might be out of luck...
Olive Garden offers free babysitting to increase sales Philadelphia Inquirer ...The "Italian dining experience" inspired restaurant chain has worked on revamping its menu, but on Friday is offering something not many other dining establishments offer: free babysitting...
VW Workers to Decide Whether to Join UAW uaw.org From Feb. 12-14, Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., will decide the issue of union representation by the United Auto Workers in a secret ballot election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board...
Friday, March 29, 2013
Today's Teamster News 03.29.13
Something is rotten in the state of Walmart Corrente ...Wal-Mart Stores Inc is considering a radical plan to have store customers deliver packages to online buyers, a new twist on speedier delivery services that the company hopes will enable it to better compete with Amazon.com Inc...
The Same-Old, Same-Old Labor Market Atlanta Fed macroblog ...the monthly average of 17,000 state, local, and federal government jobs lost since March 2010 has been nearly matched by average monthly increases of better than 14,000 jobs in manufacturing...
Lanny Breuer Cashes in After Not Prosecuting Wall Street Execs, Will Receive Approximate Salary of 4 Million Dollars (opinion) Buzzflash ...Breuer was building his value in the marketplace at the DOJ, while Wall Street executives who nearly destroyed the American economy went unprosecuted...
Russia Is Next In Line To Restrict Cash Transactions zero hedge ...Russia may ban cash payments for purchases of more than 300,000 rubles (around $10,000) starting in 2015 - starting with a higher ($19,500) restriction in 2014...
Train hauling Canadian oil derails in Minnesota Reuters ...A mile-long train hauling oil from Canada derailed and leaked 30,000 gallons of crude in western Minnesota on Wednesday...
Protest greets Snyder as he promotes right-to-work at Pancakes and Politics Detroit Free Press ...David Hecker, president of the American Federation of Teachers in Michigan, said the start of the new law represented a terrible day for Michigan...
Wisconsin's jobless rate rises again in February Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...February's somber employment news came on the same day that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a separate report showing that Wisconsin ranked 44th out of the 50 states in private-sector job creation...
Arrests at Chicago schools protest The Guardian ...More than 100 demonstrators taking part in mass civil disobedience were arrested in Chicago on Wednesday as several thousand people marched against the largest proposed round of school closings in recent memory...
Teamsters Strike at Republic Services/Allied Waste in Youngstown, Ohio IBT ...Sanitation workers employed by Republic Services/Allied Waste [NYSE: RSG] went on strike in Ohio last night to protest the company’s violations of federal labor law...
The Same-Old, Same-Old Labor Market Atlanta Fed macroblog ...the monthly average of 17,000 state, local, and federal government jobs lost since March 2010 has been nearly matched by average monthly increases of better than 14,000 jobs in manufacturing...
Lanny Breuer Cashes in After Not Prosecuting Wall Street Execs, Will Receive Approximate Salary of 4 Million Dollars (opinion) Buzzflash ...Breuer was building his value in the marketplace at the DOJ, while Wall Street executives who nearly destroyed the American economy went unprosecuted...
Russia Is Next In Line To Restrict Cash Transactions zero hedge ...Russia may ban cash payments for purchases of more than 300,000 rubles (around $10,000) starting in 2015 - starting with a higher ($19,500) restriction in 2014...
Train hauling Canadian oil derails in Minnesota Reuters ...A mile-long train hauling oil from Canada derailed and leaked 30,000 gallons of crude in western Minnesota on Wednesday...
Protest greets Snyder as he promotes right-to-work at Pancakes and Politics Detroit Free Press ...David Hecker, president of the American Federation of Teachers in Michigan, said the start of the new law represented a terrible day for Michigan...
Wisconsin's jobless rate rises again in February Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...February's somber employment news came on the same day that the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released a separate report showing that Wisconsin ranked 44th out of the 50 states in private-sector job creation...
Arrests at Chicago schools protest The Guardian ...More than 100 demonstrators taking part in mass civil disobedience were arrested in Chicago on Wednesday as several thousand people marched against the largest proposed round of school closings in recent memory...
Teamsters Strike at Republic Services/Allied Waste in Youngstown, Ohio IBT ...Sanitation workers employed by Republic Services/Allied Waste [NYSE: RSG] went on strike in Ohio last night to protest the company’s violations of federal labor law...
Teamsters, ABF extend contract deadline The Press-Enterprise ...The two sides announced Thursday that the current labor deal would be extended until the end of April while talks continue...
Construction Division Holds Meeting for Stewards, Union
Officers IBT ...Stewards from local unions across the country recently met with
representatives from the IBT’s Building Material and Construction Trades
Division for training on grievance procedures, jurisdiction and future work
under the National Pipeline Agreement....
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Today's Teamster News 01.27.11
Lebanon employees seek to unionize (Local 340) Journal Tribune ...Town hall employees are considering joining Teamsters Union 340 after cutbacks in hours and a staff layoff last year...
Firefighters OK pact that saves Appleton money (Local 662) Post Crescent ...Fourteen other contracts must still come before the council...Teamsters Local 662 represents 264 workers in 10 different units...
N.J. toll collectors prepared to offer millions in concessions to avoid privatization (Local 97) The Record ...Turnpike toll collectors may ...make as much as $14 million or more in concessions – including $2.4 million in salary rollbacks...
Railroads trim payrolls in December Journal of Commerce ...The seven largest freight railroads trimmed 642 positions from their combined U.S. workforce in December, for the first reduction since August...
Railroads Post Big Profit Increases, Resume Hiring Wall Street Journal ...The largest North American railroads hauled more of most everything in the fourth quarter, spurring new hiring...
Montana Files Lawsuit Over Video Late Fees Associated Press ...People who didn't return movies to Hollywood Video and Movie Gallery before they closed their doors for good last year may run into credit trouble when looking to take out a mortgage or finance a car...
Illinois Plan for Pensions Questioned New York Times ...The Securities and Exchange Commission has said it has a special team devoted to investigating public pensions, and last year it brought its first case ever against a state, accusing New Jersey of securities fraud for claiming to have pension assets that did not really exist...
UPS to close billing center in Des Moines Des Moines Register ...The shutdowns are part of a UPS plan ... to reduce U.S. billing centers from 10 to eight...
Keystone link to Gulf finds enough producers The Globe and Mail ...TransCanada Corp. has signed up enough customers to proceed with its 150,000 barrel-per-day pipeline from Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast...
Illinois manufacturers have high hopes after Obama promises access to high-speed rail, infrastructure repair The Medill Report ...With a goal of putting 35 million people within a three-hour trip to Chicago, the Midwest High Speed Rail Association advocates building four bullet train routes...
Senate GOP proposing NH public pension reforms Associated Press ...Republicans are proposing raising the retirement age for public safety workers...
A Reservist in a New War, Against Foreclosure New York Times ...In violation of a law intended to protect active military personnel from creditors, agents of Deutsche Bank foreclosed on his small Michigan house, forcing Sergeant Hurley’s wife, Brandie, and her two young children to move out...
Firefighters OK pact that saves Appleton money (Local 662) Post Crescent ...Fourteen other contracts must still come before the council...Teamsters Local 662 represents 264 workers in 10 different units...
N.J. toll collectors prepared to offer millions in concessions to avoid privatization (Local 97) The Record ...Turnpike toll collectors may ...make as much as $14 million or more in concessions – including $2.4 million in salary rollbacks...
Railroads trim payrolls in December Journal of Commerce ...The seven largest freight railroads trimmed 642 positions from their combined U.S. workforce in December, for the first reduction since August...
Railroads Post Big Profit Increases, Resume Hiring Wall Street Journal ...The largest North American railroads hauled more of most everything in the fourth quarter, spurring new hiring...
Montana Files Lawsuit Over Video Late Fees Associated Press ...People who didn't return movies to Hollywood Video and Movie Gallery before they closed their doors for good last year may run into credit trouble when looking to take out a mortgage or finance a car...
Illinois Plan for Pensions Questioned New York Times ...The Securities and Exchange Commission has said it has a special team devoted to investigating public pensions, and last year it brought its first case ever against a state, accusing New Jersey of securities fraud for claiming to have pension assets that did not really exist...
UPS to close billing center in Des Moines Des Moines Register ...The shutdowns are part of a UPS plan ... to reduce U.S. billing centers from 10 to eight...
Keystone link to Gulf finds enough producers The Globe and Mail ...TransCanada Corp. has signed up enough customers to proceed with its 150,000 barrel-per-day pipeline from Oklahoma to the Gulf Coast...
Illinois manufacturers have high hopes after Obama promises access to high-speed rail, infrastructure repair The Medill Report ...With a goal of putting 35 million people within a three-hour trip to Chicago, the Midwest High Speed Rail Association advocates building four bullet train routes...
Senate GOP proposing NH public pension reforms Associated Press ...Republicans are proposing raising the retirement age for public safety workers...
A Reservist in a New War, Against Foreclosure New York Times ...In violation of a law intended to protect active military personnel from creditors, agents of Deutsche Bank foreclosed on his small Michigan house, forcing Sergeant Hurley’s wife, Brandie, and her two young children to move out...
Friday, January 14, 2011
Today's Teamster News 01.14.11
Severance details for Rite Aid workers (Local 182) RomeSentinel.com ...Teamsters Union Local 182 negotiated a severance package for the employees laid off in Rome...
Toledo City Council elects 12th member Toledo Blade ...Teamsters Local 20 has objected to the elimination of the solid-waste work force while it has a collective bargaining agreement in force...
Franklin County probation officers in line for raises (Local 992) ...publicopiniononline.com ...Franklin County probation officers will see annual raises of about 3 percent in an arbitrated contract with the county...
Teamsters union files grievance with Scranton Parking Authority (Local 229) The Times-Tribune
The Foreclosure Dump Realty Check ...The foreclosure glut is coming...
UPS expands green shipping option Orlando Business Journal ...its carbon neutral shipping is now available to customers in Europe, Asia and the Americas...
Two YRC Worldwide Drivers Named to America's Road Team PRNewswire ... Alphonso Lewis and Randy Briggs have been selected to serve as America's Road Team Captains...
State denies requestfor info on TransCanada connection Mother Jones ...Clinton raised ire among environmental groups and some senators when she indicated last October that the pipeline would likely be approved...
S.E.C. Looking Into Deals With Sovereign Funds New York Times ...The Securities and Exchange Commission has begun examining whether American financial firms may have violated bribery laws in their dealings with sovereign wealth funds...
Toledo City Council elects 12th member Toledo Blade ...Teamsters Local 20 has objected to the elimination of the solid-waste work force while it has a collective bargaining agreement in force...
Franklin County probation officers in line for raises (Local 992) ...publicopiniononline.com ...Franklin County probation officers will see annual raises of about 3 percent in an arbitrated contract with the county...
Teamsters union files grievance with Scranton Parking Authority (Local 229) The Times-Tribune
The Foreclosure Dump Realty Check ...The foreclosure glut is coming...
UPS expands green shipping option Orlando Business Journal ...its carbon neutral shipping is now available to customers in Europe, Asia and the Americas...
Two YRC Worldwide Drivers Named to America's Road Team PRNewswire ... Alphonso Lewis and Randy Briggs have been selected to serve as America's Road Team Captains...
State denies requestfor info on TransCanada connection Mother Jones ...Clinton raised ire among environmental groups and some senators when she indicated last October that the pipeline would likely be approved...
S.E.C. Looking Into Deals With Sovereign Funds New York Times ...The Securities and Exchange Commission has begun examining whether American financial firms may have violated bribery laws in their dealings with sovereign wealth funds...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Today's Teamster News 01.12.11
YRC's top spot isn't easy to fill Kansas City Star ...some are wondering why it’s taking YRC’s board of directors so long to find Zollars’ successor...
House OKs bill to limit unionization of some state workers State Journal-Register ...The Illinois House pushed through a bill on Monday that would limit certain state workers’ rights to join a collective bargaining unit...
No-confidence vote against corrections director fails (Local 760) Yakima Herald-Republic ...Unhappy Yakima County corrections officers took a no-confidence vote in Director Ed Campbell on Friday, a sign of frustration over layoffs and other looming cutbacks needed to fill an unexpected $3 million budget gap...
Labor Dept. Data Highlights Trucking Contraction Journal of Commerce ...The number of trucking operations tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics dropped 7.5 percent from 2007 through early 2010...
Trade Rep says cross-border trucking could happen in 6 months truckinginfo.com
Teamsters Local 97 makes concessions to save Toms River $200,000 Asbury Park Press ...For the third time in two years, members of Teamsters Local 97 have voluntarily made concessions to their contracts to prevent layoffs...
Rising Chinese Inflation to Show Up in U.S. Imports New York Times ...the overall impact on United States inflation may be minimal...
TransCanada Takes Oil Sands Heat In Stride Reuters ...TransCanada's first big advertising program drums up support for planned Keystone XL oil sands pipeline...
State official: Taxpayers won't be on hook for high-speed rail The Tampa Tribune ...The private consortium that wins the right to design, build, operate and maintain the Tampa-Orlando route would be required to assume financial responsibility through its contract with the state, Florida Rail Enterprise executive director Kevin Thibault told a state Senate committee Tuesday...
House OKs bill to limit unionization of some state workers State Journal-Register ...The Illinois House pushed through a bill on Monday that would limit certain state workers’ rights to join a collective bargaining unit...
No-confidence vote against corrections director fails (Local 760) Yakima Herald-Republic ...Unhappy Yakima County corrections officers took a no-confidence vote in Director Ed Campbell on Friday, a sign of frustration over layoffs and other looming cutbacks needed to fill an unexpected $3 million budget gap...
Labor Dept. Data Highlights Trucking Contraction Journal of Commerce ...The number of trucking operations tracked by the Bureau of Labor Statistics dropped 7.5 percent from 2007 through early 2010...
Trade Rep says cross-border trucking could happen in 6 months truckinginfo.com
Teamsters Local 97 makes concessions to save Toms River $200,000 Asbury Park Press ...For the third time in two years, members of Teamsters Local 97 have voluntarily made concessions to their contracts to prevent layoffs...
Rising Chinese Inflation to Show Up in U.S. Imports New York Times ...the overall impact on United States inflation may be minimal...
TransCanada Takes Oil Sands Heat In Stride Reuters ...TransCanada's first big advertising program drums up support for planned Keystone XL oil sands pipeline...
State official: Taxpayers won't be on hook for high-speed rail The Tampa Tribune ...The private consortium that wins the right to design, build, operate and maintain the Tampa-Orlando route would be required to assume financial responsibility through its contract with the state, Florida Rail Enterprise executive director Kevin Thibault told a state Senate committee Tuesday...
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