Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Today's Teamster News 07.03.12

Manufacturing In U.S. Unexpectedly Contracted In June  Bloomberg   ...Manufacturing in the U.S. unexpectedly shrank in June for the first time since the economy emerged from the recession three years ago, indicating a mainstay of the expansion may be faltering...
Poor Land in Jail as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation  New York Times   ...it is...about the mushrooming of fines and fees levied by money-starved towns across the country and the for-profit businesses that administer the system. The result is that growing numbers of poor people, like Ms. Ray, are ending up jailed and in debt for minor infractions...
Two years later, many of Dodd-Frank's rules remain unwritten, report finds  The Hill   ...Years after Dodd-Frank was signed into law, it remains a contentious topic both on Capitol Hill and Wall Street. Banks and financial institutions have mounted intense lobbying efforts to sway regulators or delay rules on key provisions of the law...
Allegiant Air could face third union battle in less than two years  Las Vegas Review-Journal   ...Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air's pilots have filed for an election to be represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters...
Teamsters Request End To Mediation for Republic Pilot Negotiations  IBT   ...Today the Airline Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters delivered a letter to the National Mediation Board requesting to be released from mediation in its contract negotiations on behalf of pilots employed by Indianapolis-based Republic Airways Holdings...
Teamsters Ratify Three-Year Contract with Allied Waste Services of Massachusetts  Teamsters Local 25   ...Allied Waste Services today announced that employees represented by Teamsters Local 25 ratified a new three-year agreement covering 85 Boston area professional drivers and mechanics. The previous agreement expired at 11:59 p.m. June 30...
Teamsters on automated toll collectors  WIVB.com   ... it is important to remember that it is tolls, not taxes, that fund the New York State Thruway.  Users, not taxpayers, pay for the maintenance and operation of the Thruway, and many of those users come from outside of New York State...