Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Today's Teamster News 12.03.13

Iron Mountain Drivers Choose Teamster Representation  teamstersjc25.com   ...Approximately 85 drivers and mobile document shredders with Iron Mountain recently voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 731...
Massachusetts Highway Workers Choose Teamsters  teamster.org   ...The six staff with the Newbury Highway Department in Newbury, Mass., have joined Teamsters Local 170 in Worcester, Mass., through card-check...
Hazleton city layoffs postponed  Citizens Voice   ...The mayor of Hazleton, Pennsylvania announced that the layoffs of unionized City Hall employees that were to begin Monday have been postponed...
Unemployment benefits will soon expire for 1.3 million workers. Where will they go?  Washington Post   ...Our story so far: Some 1.3 million out-of-work Americans will lose their unemployment insurance unless Congress extends an emergency aid program that's set to expire Dec. 28...
Mass. Senator urges caution on drone deliveries  Associated Press   ...Online retailer Amazon.com’s idea for super-fast delivery of packages by unmanned aerial drone has brought a ‘‘not so fast’’ response from one U.S. senator...
Justices won't hear appeal of NY internet taxation  Associated Press   ...On perhaps the busiest online shopping day of the year, the Supreme Court refused on Monday to wade into a dispute over New York state's taxes on purchases on websites like Amazon.com...
Record crowds shop over holiday weekend, but spending declines  Associated Press   ...Target, Macy’s and other retailers offered holiday discounts in early November and opened stores on Thanksgiving Day in an effort to attract shoppers before Black Friday. But did the retailers shoot themselves in the foot?..
Worker Wage Inequality Myth Exposed  Economic Populist   ...In America today there is a crisis. That crisis is economic inequality. The U.S. workforce has been blamed and dismissed for the growing gap between rich and poor...
Major Corporations Employ Former U.S. Intelligence Agents As Spies  The Real News   ...New report details spying and infiltration carried out by corporations against nonprofits and activists...
Enron’s revenge: Forget about retirement  Frying Pan News  ...A Texas billionaire and an ambitious California mayor are teaming up to undermine pensions...
ALEC's right to work for less bill filed in Missouri today  TeamsterNation   ...Missouri state lawmakers who belong to the anti-worker, corporate-empowerment group ALEC pre-filed a right-to-work-for-less bill in the Legislature today...
Scott Walker: Forget toys for the kids and give money to me  Wisconsin Gazette   ...Gov. Scott Walker's campaign emailed a gift suggestion to his supporters: Skip the long holiday shopping lines and send your money to his reelection campaign...
State school board member from Akron represents nonunion contractors who opened charter school  Akron Beacon-Journal   ...A nonunion building contractors association that charges tuition for adult apprenticeship classes has found a way to give teenagers a jump-start on skilled construction trades at taxpayer expense: A publicly funded charter school...