Hoffa: Walker Has Gone Too Far IBT ..."Destroying workers' collective bargaining rights won't balance the budget and it won't create a single job..."
Poll: Americans favor union bargaining rights USA Today ...The poll found 61% would oppose a law in their state similar to such a proposal in Wisconsin, compared with 33% who would favor such a law...
Battle for workers' rights hits Lansing; more protests today over taxes, budget Detroit Free Press ..."They've been thinking about this for a long time, the tea party and the far right. This is their dream," Hoffa told the Free Press...
Wis. governor warns of layoff notices ABC12 ...Neither Republicans nor Democrats are budging: Walker says he won't negotiate, and the 14 missing Senate Democrats say they won't return until he does...
Koch brothers quietly open lobbying office in downtown Madison The Cap Times ...The billionaire brothers whose political action committee gave Gov. Scott Walker $43,000 and helped fund a multi-million dollar attack ad campaign against his opponent during the 2010 gubernatorial election have quietly opened a lobbying office in Madison just off the Capitol Square...
State budget clashes spread to Indiana, Ohio Washington Post ...The offensive by Republican governors to tackle the power of public employee unions sparked new clashes Tuesday as protesters descended on Ohio's capitol and Democratic lawmakers in Indiana fled the state to avoid a vote on anti-union legislation...
At Grave Risk (opinion) New York Times ...The great promise of the United States, its primary offering to its citizens and the world, is at grave risk...
UPS takes ocean freight service to 10 Asian ports Associated Press ...United Parcel Service Inc. said Tuesday it plans to expand one of its ocean freight services to 10 additional Asian ports after its rollout in Japan...
Emanuel Triumphs in Chicago Mayoral Race New York Times ...Mr. Emanuel, who will take office in May, won 55 percent of the vote against five other candidates...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Today's Teamster News 02.15.11
Union heads try to get studio chiefs to keep working in Massachusetts Boston Globe ...Boston union chiefs traveled to Hollywood this week to deliver a message to film studio honchos: We’re good guys. Really....
Analysts: ABF doing better, but lowering 2011 expectations The City Wire ...the company “is headed in the right direction in its quest to return to profitability...”
UPS arranges $22.5 million for franchisee lending Associated Press ...The program allows the company to expand its network of stores...
FedEx slashes earning forecast Financial Times ...blaming the move on bad weather and volatile fuel prices that have increased expenses and reduced revenues...
YRC: Zollars' omission from internal memo "not significant" DC Velocity ...Absence from recent YRC communiqués has fueled speculation of CEO's imminent departure...
Minnesota Teamsters Local 320 Public Employees Enter Budget Battle Local 320 ...Teamsters Local 320 launched a statewide print and radio campaign on Sunday ... urging citizens to tell their legislators to stop the proposed 15% slash to public employee rolls...
Workers Question Emanuel's Visit to Secured Airport Warehouse Fox Chicago News ...Emanuel was apparently escorted in by leaders of Teamsters Local 700...
Hacked e-mails reveal plans for dirty-tricks campaign against U.S. Chamber foes The Washington Post ..."While many questions remain in the unfolding ChamberLeaks controversy, what's clear is that this multitude of emails clearly contradicts the Chamber's claim that they were 'not aware of these proposals until HBGary's e-mails leaked,' "...
Workers rally against proposed cuts to state workers Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...A rally of more than 300 people at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee...
Analysts: ABF doing better, but lowering 2011 expectations The City Wire ...the company “is headed in the right direction in its quest to return to profitability...”
UPS arranges $22.5 million for franchisee lending Associated Press ...The program allows the company to expand its network of stores...
FedEx slashes earning forecast Financial Times ...blaming the move on bad weather and volatile fuel prices that have increased expenses and reduced revenues...
YRC: Zollars' omission from internal memo "not significant" DC Velocity ...Absence from recent YRC communiqués has fueled speculation of CEO's imminent departure...
Minnesota Teamsters Local 320 Public Employees Enter Budget Battle Local 320 ...Teamsters Local 320 launched a statewide print and radio campaign on Sunday ... urging citizens to tell their legislators to stop the proposed 15% slash to public employee rolls...
Workers Question Emanuel's Visit to Secured Airport Warehouse Fox Chicago News ...Emanuel was apparently escorted in by leaders of Teamsters Local 700...
Hacked e-mails reveal plans for dirty-tricks campaign against U.S. Chamber foes The Washington Post ..."While many questions remain in the unfolding ChamberLeaks controversy, what's clear is that this multitude of emails clearly contradicts the Chamber's claim that they were 'not aware of these proposals until HBGary's e-mails leaked,' "...
Workers rally against proposed cuts to state workers Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ...A rally of more than 300 people at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee...
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Today's Teamster News 01.26.11
HOS comments rolling in to FMCSA Fleet Owner ...Trucking stakeholders are not happy with the proposed rulemaking...
Teamster Joint Council 25 Endorses Rahm Emanuel as Chicago Mayor IBT ...Teamsters Joint Council 25 endorsed Rahm Emanuel today for Chicago mayor, citing extensive polling that indicates majority support from union members and city residents...
Teamsters And UPS Reach Tentative Agreement In Aircraft Mechanics Contract Negotiations (Local 2727) IBT ...The agreement comes after four years of negotiations...
TransCanada sues to access pipeline land Argus Leader ....TransCanada has filed more than a dozen lawsuits to condemn land along the route of its Keystone XL oil pipeline in western South Dakota...
Obama calls for clean energy and high-speed rail in state of the union The Guardian ...President Obama dedicated a chunk of his state of the union speech on Tuesday night to greentech and clean energy...
Kansas workers could see 7.5 percent pay cut for the next few months under proposal Kansas City Star ...Lawmakers pushing for the reduction said the state had no choice but to cut payrolls to offset steep revenue declines...
Government workers are the new illegal aliens The Reporter (A spirited defense of public sector workers, despite the offensive headline)
Financial Crisis Was Avoidable, Inquiry Finds New York Times ...The 2008 financial crisis was an “avoidable” disaster caused by widespread failures in government regulation, corporate mismanagement and heedless risk-taking by Wall Street...
E-mails Suggest Bear Stearns Cheated Clients Out of Billions The Atlantic Monthly ...Former Bear Stearns mortgage executives who now run mortgage divisions of Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Ally Financial have been accused of cheating and defrauding investors through the mortgage securities they created and sold while at Bear...
BofA's Countrywide sued, accused of massive fraud Reuters ...Bank of America Corp's Countrywide mortgage unit has been sued by investors claiming they were victimized in a "massive fraud" when they bought mortgage-backed securities...
U.S. Home Prices Slump Again, Hitting New Lows New York Times ...A new slide in housing prices has begun in earnest, with averages in major cities across the country falling to their lowest point in many years...
Teamster Joint Council 25 Endorses Rahm Emanuel as Chicago Mayor IBT ...Teamsters Joint Council 25 endorsed Rahm Emanuel today for Chicago mayor, citing extensive polling that indicates majority support from union members and city residents...
Teamsters And UPS Reach Tentative Agreement In Aircraft Mechanics Contract Negotiations (Local 2727) IBT ...The agreement comes after four years of negotiations...
TransCanada sues to access pipeline land Argus Leader ....TransCanada has filed more than a dozen lawsuits to condemn land along the route of its Keystone XL oil pipeline in western South Dakota...
Obama calls for clean energy and high-speed rail in state of the union The Guardian ...President Obama dedicated a chunk of his state of the union speech on Tuesday night to greentech and clean energy...
Kansas workers could see 7.5 percent pay cut for the next few months under proposal Kansas City Star ...Lawmakers pushing for the reduction said the state had no choice but to cut payrolls to offset steep revenue declines...
Government workers are the new illegal aliens The Reporter (A spirited defense of public sector workers, despite the offensive headline)
Financial Crisis Was Avoidable, Inquiry Finds New York Times ...The 2008 financial crisis was an “avoidable” disaster caused by widespread failures in government regulation, corporate mismanagement and heedless risk-taking by Wall Street...
E-mails Suggest Bear Stearns Cheated Clients Out of Billions The Atlantic Monthly ...Former Bear Stearns mortgage executives who now run mortgage divisions of Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Ally Financial have been accused of cheating and defrauding investors through the mortgage securities they created and sold while at Bear...
BofA's Countrywide sued, accused of massive fraud Reuters ...Bank of America Corp's Countrywide mortgage unit has been sued by investors claiming they were victimized in a "massive fraud" when they bought mortgage-backed securities...
U.S. Home Prices Slump Again, Hitting New Lows New York Times ...A new slide in housing prices has begun in earnest, with averages in major cities across the country falling to their lowest point in many years...
Saturday, January 8, 2011
Today's Teamster News 01.08.11
Rahm Emanuel lead grows in Teamsters/Anzalone Liszt Chicago mayoral poll Chicago Sun-Times ...Rahm Emanuel is in a solid lead in the first public poll for the Chicago mayoral race taken since the field has shrunk to four major contenders...
Unemployment Falls to 9.4 Percent, but 260,000 Leave Labor Force CEPR ...this decline may just be an aberration...
MA Supreme Court Deals Banks a Major Blow on Foreclosure Fraud, in the Ibanez Case firedoglake ...if this ruling gets applied far and wide, you’re basically going to have a situation where most securitized mortgages in the country cannot be foreclosed upon....
UPS Cooperating With Antitrust Probe on Consultants Bloomberg News ...The probe was disclosed in a lawsuit ... that alleges that UPS and Federal Express Corp. conspired to exclude third-party shipping consultants...
NFL lockout would sack Kansas City businesses Kansas City Business Journal ...At stake is an estimated economic effect of $12 million to $40 million a game for each NFL city...
Local Teamsters Union to Continue Negotiations (Local 991) WJHG-TV ...Last night (police) Last officers voted down their first collective bargaining agreement...
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference calls on feds to retain Ontario refinery jobs Progressive Railroading ... the Maintenance of Way Employees Division is calling on the Canadian government to keep “Ring of Fire” refinery jobs in northern Ontario...
Missouri Lawmakers Revisit "Right to Work" Issue Ozarksfirst.com ...New legislation aims to make Missouri a "Right to Work" state...
Unemployment Falls to 9.4 Percent, but 260,000 Leave Labor Force CEPR ...this decline may just be an aberration...
MA Supreme Court Deals Banks a Major Blow on Foreclosure Fraud, in the Ibanez Case firedoglake ...if this ruling gets applied far and wide, you’re basically going to have a situation where most securitized mortgages in the country cannot be foreclosed upon....
UPS Cooperating With Antitrust Probe on Consultants Bloomberg News ...The probe was disclosed in a lawsuit ... that alleges that UPS and Federal Express Corp. conspired to exclude third-party shipping consultants...
NFL lockout would sack Kansas City businesses Kansas City Business Journal ...At stake is an estimated economic effect of $12 million to $40 million a game for each NFL city...
Local Teamsters Union to Continue Negotiations (Local 991) WJHG-TV ...Last night (police) Last officers voted down their first collective bargaining agreement...
Teamsters Canada Rail Conference calls on feds to retain Ontario refinery jobs Progressive Railroading ... the Maintenance of Way Employees Division is calling on the Canadian government to keep “Ring of Fire” refinery jobs in northern Ontario...
Missouri Lawmakers Revisit "Right to Work" Issue Ozarksfirst.com ...New legislation aims to make Missouri a "Right to Work" state...
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Today's Teamster News 10.16.10
Rahm Emanual leading in Teamsters mayoral poll Chicago Sun-Times ...A poll conducted for Chicago Teamsters Joint Council 25 in the upcoming Chicago mayoral race shows former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel far ahead of his rivals...
City Workers Chip In For Holiday Tradition Clickon Detroit ...Teamster members ... pitched in Monday night to bring Christmas back to ... budget-torn ...Romulus, Mich.
Spending Worries Put Jobless Benefits at Risk Wall Street Journal ...Congress is unlikely to agree to extend jobless benefits for two million unemployed workers by the time the program begins to lapse in two weeks...
Sam Zell to Bow Out of Tribune Wall Street Journal ...Zell said Monday that he doesn't see himself having an operating role in the media company after it exits bankruptcy...
As Payouts Rise, New Tactics by the U.S. Pension Insurer New York Times ..Even though the government pension agency made sharply higher payments to retirees of bankrupt companies last year, it is using new legal tools to make hobbled companies carry more of the burden and protect itself...
States Won't be Able to Reroute High-Speed Rail Funding Washington Post ...The Obama administration plans to reallocate money designated for high-speed rail (to other states) if the states granted the funds reject them...
City Workers Chip In For Holiday Tradition Clickon Detroit ...Teamster members ... pitched in Monday night to bring Christmas back to ... budget-torn ...Romulus, Mich.
Spending Worries Put Jobless Benefits at Risk Wall Street Journal ...Congress is unlikely to agree to extend jobless benefits for two million unemployed workers by the time the program begins to lapse in two weeks...
Sam Zell to Bow Out of Tribune Wall Street Journal ...Zell said Monday that he doesn't see himself having an operating role in the media company after it exits bankruptcy...
As Payouts Rise, New Tactics by the U.S. Pension Insurer New York Times ..Even though the government pension agency made sharply higher payments to retirees of bankrupt companies last year, it is using new legal tools to make hobbled companies carry more of the burden and protect itself...
States Won't be Able to Reroute High-Speed Rail Funding Washington Post ...The Obama administration plans to reallocate money designated for high-speed rail (to other states) if the states granted the funds reject them...
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