Showing posts with label Teamsters health plans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teamsters health plans. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Today's Teamster News 04.25.12

TARP: Billions in Loans in Doubt  Wall Street Journal   ...Hundreds of small banks can't afford to repay federal bailout loans, a top watchdog will warn Wednesday in a report that challenges the government's upbeat assessment of its financial-system rescue...
Jon Corzine Is the Original George Zimmerman  Rolling Stone   ...For almost anyone who isn’t Jon Corzine, it’s no joke to get caught stealing in America. But these people stole over a billion dollars, right out in the open, and nobody is doing anything about it...
The Biggest Student Uprising You’ve Never Heard Of  Chronicle of Higher Education   ...On an unseasonably warm day in late March, a quarter of a million postsecondary students and their supporters gathered in the streets of Montreal to protest against the Liberal government’s plan to raise tuition fees by 75% over five years...
ALEC Says It Plans To Craft Legislation To Take Down State Renewable Energy Targets  ThinkProgress   ...The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) — a “stealth business lobbyist” that works with corporate interests to help them write and implement “model” legislation — says it may soon start crafting laws designed to kill or weaken state targets for renewable electricity, heating and fuels...
Maddow unveils ALEC’s replacement: The National Center for Public Policy  Raw Story   ... the National Center for Public Policy was expected to take over the role of the embattled American Legislative Exchange Council...
Teamsters Applaud Support for NLRB's Reform of Election Process  IBT   ...Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today said he is pleased a majority of U.S. senators voted to uphold National Labor Relations Board reforms that make union representation elections more efficient...
City to pay $50,000 to settle teamsters suit  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette   ...Legislation introduced last Tuesday in Pittsburgh City Council would pay $50,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging that the city incorrectly managed health benefits for 12 employees eligible for coverage through the Western Pennsylvania Teamsters and Employers Health and Welfare Fund...

Saturday, January 15, 2011

Today's Teamster News 01.15.11

U.S. Plans to Sue 4 States Over Laws Requiring Secret Ballots for Unionizing  New York Times   ...The (NLRB)...(plans) to sue Arizona, South Carolina, South Dakota and Utah...
Older Workers Are Keeping a Tighter Grip on Jobs  New York Times   ...28.2 million people over 55 years of age had jobs, an increase of 7.6 percent from three years earlier...
As Banks Raise Fees, You Have Options  New York Times   ...What companies don’t want to do is raise fees so much that they attract the attention of regulators...
Union: Reopen New York City OTB  (Local 858)  The Saratogian   ...efforts are ongoing with legislators and Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office to resolve issues needed for OTB’s reopening...
Canadian rail workers OK strike authority  Journal of Commerce   ...Four union groups at two railroads vote to walk out if negotiations fail...
Labor board takes Daycon to court over strike  (Local 639)   The Gazette   ...Upper Marlboro cleaning company won't reinstate workers...
FedEx plans big new Atlanta distribution center  Atlanta Business Chronicle   ...FedEx Ground...has initial plans for a nearly 215,000-square-foot distribution center...
Dansville town to keep paying all health insurance premiums  The Evening Tribune   ...the Dansville town board ...(authorized) ...the town to pay the full premium on the New York State Teamsters Council Health and Hospital Fund...
Chinese High Speed Rail Delegation in Fresno  KFSN   ...California's 800 mile high speed rail system will run right through Fresno, and China wants a piece of it...
More banks walking away from homes, adding to housing crisis  Chicago Tribune   ...1,896 red flag homes in Chicago appear to have been abandoned during foreclosure process...