Thursday, October 18, 2012

Today's Teamster News 10.18.12

At Bain Capital-Owned Sensata, Six More Arrests Ahead Of Plant Closure  Huffington Post   ...Six people were arrested Wednesday morning at a north central Illinois plant run by Bain Capital-owned Sensata Technologies, where 170 workers are set to lose their jobs by the end of the year. The closing of the Sensata plant has turned into an unlikely presidential campaign issue, as the lost manufacturing jobs will be relocated to China...
Leaked Audio Captures Romney Asking Employers To Tell Their Employees How To Vote  ThinkProgress   ...I hope you make it very clear to your employees what you believe is in the best interest of your enterprise and therefore their job and their future in the upcoming elections. ..
Mexico’s Labor Law Reform Sparks Massive Protests In These Times   ...A plan to gut labor protections has spurred unrest in Mexico’s streets...
State jobs agency lost track of $8 million in overdue loans  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel   ...The blunder - only the latest in a whole series of problems at the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. - began at nearly the same time as the quasi-public authority championed by Gov. Scott Walker took over for the state's previous jobs agency...
Unionized Hendrickson Trucking employees asked by police to leave company's property during auction Wednesday morning  MLive.com   ...William Bernard, business agent for the Teamsters union, said the employees were not causing any problems and thought they had the right to be at the auction...
Teamsters Local 118 to host clothing and food drive  Gatehouse News Service   ...The Teamsters Local 118 Retiree Chapter will be holding its 16th annual clothing and food drive from Oct. 29 through Nov. 11...