Capitol protests grow as Dems, unions worry GOP plans right-to-work bill Lansing State Journal ...Expectations are high that a right-to-work bill could be introduced in the state Capitol Thursday after more than a week of lawmakers and interest groups battling over the issue that has stirred huge controversy across the state...
WH 'Absolutely' Willing To Go Off 'Fiscal Cliff' ABC News ...President Obama's lead negotiator in the "fiscal cliff" talks said the administration is "absolutely" willing to allow the package of deep automatic spending cuts and across-the-board tax hikes to take effect Jan. 1, unless Republicans drop their opposition to higher income tax rates on the wealthy...
Pelosi: Dems must say No to raising Medicare eligibility age Washington Post ...“I am very much against that, and I think most of my members are,” Pelosi said in an interview with me today. “I don’t see any reason why that should be in any agreement...”
Top GOP Rep Wants ‘More Pain’ For Middle Class, While Preserving Tax Cuts For The Rich ThinkProgress ...Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) argued that raising marginal rates on the very rich would slow-down job creation but insisted that the nation’s debt problem requires the government to allow the payroll tax holiday to expire. Price said that individuals — presumably those who benefit most from the holiday — must feel “more pain” to help set the country on a sound fiscal footing...
Depression Deepens Greek Middle Class Despair With Crime Bloomberg ...For thousands of Greeks like Karagaitanaki, the fabric of middle-class life is unraveling. Teachers, salaries slashed by a third, are stealing electricity. Families in once-stable neighborhoods are afraid to leave their homes because of rising street crime...
Wall Street Bank Cuts 11,000 Jobs After Paying Ousted Executives $14 Million ThinkProgress ...The moves comes one month after Citigroup paid out nearly $14 million to two former executives, CEO Vikram Pandit and Chief Operating Officer John Havens, who were ousted for poor management...
Layoffs at CP Rail: The Teamsters Await Details Northumberland View ...The company has announced its intention to eliminate 4500 jobs, but has yet to meet with the leaders of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) which represents conductors, yardmen, locomotive engineers and railway traffic controllers...
R.I.P. Former NY Teamsters Boss Thomas R. O’Donnell Deadline New York ...Thomas R. O’Donnell, the longtime leader of Teamsters Local 817, which controlled the transportation for every movie, TV and Broadway production in New York, has died of a heart attack at age 83...
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Howard Wallace, founder of Pride at Work, dies at 76
It is with sadness that we share the news that yesterday, on Wednesday, Nov. 14, Pride at Work co-founder Howard Wallace passed away.
Howard, 76, had been struggling with Alzheimer's for several years and was in hospice here in San Francisco, cared for by a number of friends and members of the labor and LGBT communities.
Organizing since the 1960's, Howard was known throughout the movement for his pioneering work bringing together the LGBT community and labor movement, as well as his anti-war organizing. He was a great mentor and friend to many of us.
Howard was particularly known for his work with Harvey Milk and Allan Baird on the Coors Boycott and opposing the Briggs Initiative. In the 1970's, the Teamsters were fighting Coors because of racist and homophobic hiring practices, including firing gay and lesbian employees and demanding that workers take lie detector tests including questions about their sexual orientation. In 1977, nearly 1,500 workers walked off their jobs in protest.
Gay bars across the country pulled Coors from their shelves, and for the first time the LGBT and labor communities openly and substantially collaborated on a big fight. After a 10-year movement-wide struggle, the boycott effort was finally won in 1987.
The "Briggs Initiative" ballot measure (1978) was designed to ban gays and lesbians from working in California public schools, and was defeated in part to a strong labor-LGBT coalition that Howard helped to build.
A memorial is expected in January.
For more on Howard, see the Sand Francisco Bay Guardian obituary.
Howard, 76, had been struggling with Alzheimer's for several years and was in hospice here in San Francisco, cared for by a number of friends and members of the labor and LGBT communities.
Organizing since the 1960's, Howard was known throughout the movement for his pioneering work bringing together the LGBT community and labor movement, as well as his anti-war organizing. He was a great mentor and friend to many of us.
Howard was particularly known for his work with Harvey Milk and Allan Baird on the Coors Boycott and opposing the Briggs Initiative. In the 1970's, the Teamsters were fighting Coors because of racist and homophobic hiring practices, including firing gay and lesbian employees and demanding that workers take lie detector tests including questions about their sexual orientation. In 1977, nearly 1,500 workers walked off their jobs in protest.
Gay bars across the country pulled Coors from their shelves, and for the first time the LGBT and labor communities openly and substantially collaborated on a big fight. After a 10-year movement-wide struggle, the boycott effort was finally won in 1987.
The "Briggs Initiative" ballot measure (1978) was designed to ban gays and lesbians from working in California public schools, and was defeated in part to a strong labor-LGBT coalition that Howard helped to build.
A memorial is expected in January.
For more on Howard, see the Sand Francisco Bay Guardian obituary.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Today's Teamster News 06.06.12
Scott Walker Survives Recall, but Investigations May Zero In on Him Daily Beast ...Walker survives his recall fight, but reports he may be the target of two separate probes into shady dealings could still bring him down...
Factory Orders In U.S. Unexpectedly Dropped In April Bloomberg ...Orders to U.S. factories unexpectedly fell in April for a second month, pointing to a deceleration in manufacturing as the global economy cools...
New economy fallout – ‘wage theft’ from paychecks McClatchy ...The problem reflects a changing economy in which low-wage work has increased, more companies try to cut labor costs to stay afloat in a sour business climate, and fewer workers belong to unions that might protect them. At the same time, budget-cutting state and federal governments do not enforce wage laws as aggressively as they once did...
AIG Chief Sees Retirement Age As High As 80 After Crisis Bloomberg ...American International Group Inc. (AIG) Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche said Europe’s debt crisis shows governments worldwide must accept that people will have to work more years as life expectancies increase...
FedEx Retires 24 Jets To Cut Costs As U.S. Shipments Fall Bloomberg ...FedEx Corp. (FDX) retired 24 jets to cut capacity in the U.S. domestic Express division as a slowing economy saps shipping volumes for the operator of the world’s largest cargo airline...
James F. Woodward, Teamsters official Washington Post ...James F. “Woody” Woodward, 61, the national director of the building material and construction trade division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, died May 29 at Capital Caring’s Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center in Arlington...
Factory Orders In U.S. Unexpectedly Dropped In April Bloomberg ...Orders to U.S. factories unexpectedly fell in April for a second month, pointing to a deceleration in manufacturing as the global economy cools...
New economy fallout – ‘wage theft’ from paychecks McClatchy ...The problem reflects a changing economy in which low-wage work has increased, more companies try to cut labor costs to stay afloat in a sour business climate, and fewer workers belong to unions that might protect them. At the same time, budget-cutting state and federal governments do not enforce wage laws as aggressively as they once did...
AIG Chief Sees Retirement Age As High As 80 After Crisis Bloomberg ...American International Group Inc. (AIG) Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche said Europe’s debt crisis shows governments worldwide must accept that people will have to work more years as life expectancies increase...
FedEx Retires 24 Jets To Cut Costs As U.S. Shipments Fall Bloomberg ...FedEx Corp. (FDX) retired 24 jets to cut capacity in the U.S. domestic Express division as a slowing economy saps shipping volumes for the operator of the world’s largest cargo airline...
James F. Woodward, Teamsters official Washington Post ...James F. “Woody” Woodward, 61, the national director of the building material and construction trade division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, died May 29 at Capital Caring’s Halquist Memorial Inpatient Center in Arlington...
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