Friday, October 1, 2010

Today's Teamster News 10/01/10

Joe Hansen Takes Helm at Change to Win Wall Street Journal ...Joe Hansen, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers, will head the federation of four labor unions ... (t)he federation also ... elected Teamsters President Jim Hoffa as secretary-treasurer...

Congress leaves with unfinished business Washington Post ...Unable to get support from any Senate Republicans, Democrats couldn't push through a ... provision that Democrats said would limit the outsourcing of jobs abroad...

China's Manufacturing Growing Wall Street Journal ...Chinese growth remains robust...

Road Safety Laws Slow to Take Hold Washington Post ...years can pass before anything is done ...

Holders Reject Proposal By Hertz Wall Street Journal ...Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. shareholders on Thursday threw out an agreed $1.54 billion buyout by Hertz...

Austerity plans cloud global jobs recovery: ILO Agence France-Press ...The UN labour agency said Friday that employment in many countries would only return to pre-crisis levels in 2015 ... as austerity programmes aggravate job losses...