Teamster News
D.C. Taxi Drivers To Stage Caravan For Fairness On Wednesday, June 25 teamster.org ... Hundreds of D.C. cab drivers affiliated with the Teamsters Union will take part in a “Fairness NOW!” caravan throughout the city on Wednesday, June 25 to demand an immediate stop to illegal private sedan services until a fair resolution is reached...
Delegates to BMWED/Teamsters Take Historic Action At Convention teamster.org ...Delegates of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division convention have elected the first female member of the union's Executive Board, Stacey Moody Gilbert...
Trade
#SOSJobs: The Story of The Rally On The Iron Range manufacture this ...Less than a month remains until the US Department of Commerce makes its final decision on a trade case that will affect thousands of steelworkers across the United States...
State Battles
Mayoral veto overturned Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette ...City Council members voted along party lines Tuesday to override Mayor Tom Henry’s veto of the new prohibition on collective bargaining for city employees who are not police or firefighters...
Mayors Want Federal Minimum Wage Hike Dallas News ...Mike Rawlings oversaw many minimum-wage workers as top executive at Pizza Hut. Now, as the mayor of Dallas, he’s trying to determine what a living wage is for city residents and city contract workers...
Changes To Wage Theft Prevention Law Approved By New York State Legislature Daily Labor Report ...The new measure would go even further by increasing penalties for violations to $50 to $200 per day from $50 to $200 per week and raising maximum penalties to $5,000 from $2,000. The bill also would establish penalties of $1,000 to $20,000 for repeat violators. Maximum liquidated damages would be increased under the bill to $20,000 from $10,000...
2nd Bridge Inquiry Said To Be Linked To Christie New York Times ...The inquiries into securities law violations focus on a period of 2010 and 2011 when Gov. Chris Christie’s administration pressed the Port Authority to pay for extensive repairs to the Skyway and related road projects, diverting money that was to be used on a new Hudson River rail tunnel that Mr. Christie canceled in October 2010...
Water is a Human Right: Detroit Residents Seek U.N. Intervention as City Shuts Off Taps to Thousands Democracy Now ... Since March, up to 3,000 account holders have had their water cut off every week. The Detroit water authority carries an estimated $5 billion in debt and has been the subject of privatization talks...
War On Workers
After Gap Raised Its Minimum Wage, Job Applications Surged Think Progress ...As of June, the lowest-paid Gap employees are making $9 an hour, and that will increase to $10 in June of next year. The raise will affect 65,000 employees in the United States. One of the reasons originally cited was to be able to “attract and retain great talent,” and Chairman and CEO Glenn Murphy had said, “Our decision to invest in frontline employees will directly support our business, and is one that we expect to deliver a return many times over.”...
Contract Workers Strike: Government Is The Top Low-Wage Employer Of Women Moyers & Company ...Hundreds of women struggling to make ends meet on the low wages paid by federal contractors went on strike in Washington, DC, today....They’re demanding that President Obama sign an executive order allowing them to bargain collectively for better pay, decent health care and paid sick leave...
Fact-Checking Walmart's Fact-Check Of The New York Times Huffington Post ...Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Apple and Wells Fargo paid more in taxes than Walmart...
Miscellaneous
Federal Judge Rules US Citizens Placed on No-Fly List Had Their Due Process Rights Violated firedoglake ...A federal district court in Oregon has ruled that United States citizens who were placed on the No-Fly List had their rights to “procedural due process” violated. The current process is unconstitutional and the government must “provide a new process” that satisfies the “constitutional requirements for due process.”...
Veterangate: VA whistleblower says records of deceased vets were altered RT ...A Veteran Affairs employee has come forward claiming that government officials doctored the medial records of deceased veterans in order to hide the fact that they died waiting for medical care...
Want To Suppress The Vote? Stress People Out Mother Jones ...individuals who have higher baseline levels of the bodily stress hormone cortisol are, as a group, less likely to vote. In other words, individuals who are more sensitive to stress don't appear to vote as often...
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Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Today's Teamster News 11.13.13
D.C.Taxi Drivers File Lawsuit, Demand Apology dclabor.org ...The Teamster-affiliated Washington,
D.C. Taxi Operators Association last week filed a lawsuit demanding that the District stop towing and impounding taxis and issuing fines to drivers who have been unable to install new dome lights or credit card machines...
Global Labour Leaders Vow Action In Richmond Ikea Fight The Tyee ...After listening to a wealth of emotional testimony from embittered IKEA employees during a hearing in Vancouver, international trade union representatives are pledging overseas action on behalf of the Richmond store workers, if the prolonged conflict continues...
Wal-Mart to give employees turkey dinner for working Thanksgiving, but analyst says company can afford to give raises Raw Story ...Wal-Mart is making some of its employees work on Thanksgiving, but the retailer is hoping to make up for intruding on the family holiday by feeding workers a traditional turkey dinner, giving them an extra day’s pay and offering them 25 percent off a future shipping trip...
Key union strategy goes before U.S. Supreme Court Aljazeera America ...Decision on "€œneutrality agreements" in the Mulhall case could set course for future labor organizing...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Threat to Global Public Health Huffington Post ...Delivering yet another blow to this country's Democratic process, President Obama is expected to buck Congressional authority in order to push through a trade agreement with devastating consequences for millions of people...
EU consumer groups wary of trade deal with us Associated Press ...European consumer groups are worried about the effects of a proposed trade deal with the U.S., fearing a flood of risky or unsafe foodstuffs, medicines and other imports from America...
Workers hurt in Bangladesh protest Associated Press ...Riot police fired tear gas to battle thousands of garment workers who rampaged through two Bangladesh towns during a protest over wages that closed at least 200 factories and left dozens of people injured...
The 40-Year Slump American Prospect ...1974 would mark a fundamental breakpoint in American economic history. In the years since, the tide has continued to rise, but a growing number of boats have been chained to the bottom. Productivity has increased by 80 percent, but median compensation (that’s wages plus benefits) has risen by just 11 percent during that time...
The rise of paid friends: How wealthy New Yorkers are socializing with hired staff over 'real' companions – because they’re easier 'to control' Daily Mail ...‘Once you’ve had paid friends who don’t argue with you, it’s actually quite hard to go back to real friends...’
Central Banks Risk Asset Bubbles in Battle With Deflation Danger Bloomberg ...While declining costs for everything from gasoline to coffee can be good news for consumers, disinflation makes it harder for borrowers to pay off debts and businesses to boost profits...
Elizabeth Warren: 'Too Big To Fail' Is Worse Than Before Financial Crisis Huffington Post ...Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) warned in a speech Tuesday that the problem of banks considered "too big to fail" has only gotten worse since the 2008 financial crisis, potentially sowing the seeds of a future crisis...
Washington just awarded the largest state tax subsidy in U.S. history Washington Post ...With the stroke of a pen, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) on Monday signed into law the largest corporate tax break any state has ever given to a single company...
4 Creeping Ways Capitalism Is Killing Us AlterNet ...The profit motives of this system offer little incentive to feed the hungry, treat the sick, secure us in retirement or provide job opportunities...
Fed Official: Wall Street Still Thinks It Is Above The Law ThinkProgress ...As long as Wall Street banks believe they are above the law, it will be very difficult to prevent the financial industry from blowing up the world economy again, according to Federal Reserve Board of New York head William Dudley...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Collective Bargaining Law New York Times ...The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments on the constitutionality of a 2011 law that all but eliminated collective bargaining for most public employees...
Union rallies to protest right-to-work The News Item ...Taking a stand against a right-to-work law in Pennsylvania, more than 400 labor union representatives marched in Pottsville on Saturday and gave speeches outside the Schuylkill County Courthouse...
Giant and Safeway workers may consider labor contract Wednesday Baltimore Sun ...28,000 workers for Giant Food and Safeway supermarkets in the Baltimore-Washington area could vote on a new labor contract as early as Wednesday...
Global Labour Leaders Vow Action In Richmond Ikea Fight The Tyee ...After listening to a wealth of emotional testimony from embittered IKEA employees during a hearing in Vancouver, international trade union representatives are pledging overseas action on behalf of the Richmond store workers, if the prolonged conflict continues...
Wal-Mart to give employees turkey dinner for working Thanksgiving, but analyst says company can afford to give raises Raw Story ...Wal-Mart is making some of its employees work on Thanksgiving, but the retailer is hoping to make up for intruding on the family holiday by feeding workers a traditional turkey dinner, giving them an extra day’s pay and offering them 25 percent off a future shipping trip...
Key union strategy goes before U.S. Supreme Court Aljazeera America ...Decision on "€œneutrality agreements" in the Mulhall case could set course for future labor organizing...
The Trans-Pacific Partnership: A Threat to Global Public Health Huffington Post ...Delivering yet another blow to this country's Democratic process, President Obama is expected to buck Congressional authority in order to push through a trade agreement with devastating consequences for millions of people...
EU consumer groups wary of trade deal with us Associated Press ...European consumer groups are worried about the effects of a proposed trade deal with the U.S., fearing a flood of risky or unsafe foodstuffs, medicines and other imports from America...
Workers hurt in Bangladesh protest Associated Press ...Riot police fired tear gas to battle thousands of garment workers who rampaged through two Bangladesh towns during a protest over wages that closed at least 200 factories and left dozens of people injured...
The 40-Year Slump American Prospect ...1974 would mark a fundamental breakpoint in American economic history. In the years since, the tide has continued to rise, but a growing number of boats have been chained to the bottom. Productivity has increased by 80 percent, but median compensation (that’s wages plus benefits) has risen by just 11 percent during that time...
The rise of paid friends: How wealthy New Yorkers are socializing with hired staff over 'real' companions – because they’re easier 'to control' Daily Mail ...‘Once you’ve had paid friends who don’t argue with you, it’s actually quite hard to go back to real friends...’
Central Banks Risk Asset Bubbles in Battle With Deflation Danger Bloomberg ...While declining costs for everything from gasoline to coffee can be good news for consumers, disinflation makes it harder for borrowers to pay off debts and businesses to boost profits...
Elizabeth Warren: 'Too Big To Fail' Is Worse Than Before Financial Crisis Huffington Post ...Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) warned in a speech Tuesday that the problem of banks considered "too big to fail" has only gotten worse since the 2008 financial crisis, potentially sowing the seeds of a future crisis...
Washington just awarded the largest state tax subsidy in U.S. history Washington Post ...With the stroke of a pen, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) on Monday signed into law the largest corporate tax break any state has ever given to a single company...
4 Creeping Ways Capitalism Is Killing Us AlterNet ...The profit motives of this system offer little incentive to feed the hungry, treat the sick, secure us in retirement or provide job opportunities...
Fed Official: Wall Street Still Thinks It Is Above The Law ThinkProgress ...As long as Wall Street banks believe they are above the law, it will be very difficult to prevent the financial industry from blowing up the world economy again, according to Federal Reserve Board of New York head William Dudley...
Wisconsin Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Collective Bargaining Law New York Times ...The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments on the constitutionality of a 2011 law that all but eliminated collective bargaining for most public employees...
Union rallies to protest right-to-work The News Item ...Taking a stand against a right-to-work law in Pennsylvania, more than 400 labor union representatives marched in Pottsville on Saturday and gave speeches outside the Schuylkill County Courthouse...
Giant and Safeway workers may consider labor contract Wednesday Baltimore Sun ...28,000 workers for Giant Food and Safeway supermarkets in the Baltimore-Washington area could vote on a new labor contract as early as Wednesday...
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Today's Teamster News 05.17.12
Biden launches Bain attack on Romney in Rust Belt speech MSNBC.com ..."Romney made sure the guys on top got to play by a separate set of rules, he ran massive debts, and the middle class lost," he "And folks, he thinks this experience will help our economy? Where I come from, past is prologue, man. So what do you think he’ll do as president?"...
China continues to be a hot-button issue in Texas race for Senate Manufacture This ...In a Lone Star state battle for the Republican Party's Senate nomination, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is promoting new ads that attack his opponent, state Solicitor General Ted Cruz, for representing a Chinese company that stole American blueprints and copyrights...
U.S. Loses WTO Appeal in Dolphin-Safe Tuna Case Economy In Crisis ... the WTO has ruled that the “dolphin-safe” labels that adorn tuna cans in the United States represent a barrier to trade. The U.S. appealed this ruling, but it should come as no surprise that the WTO has upheld its previous ruling on the case, leaving the United States open to sanctions if it continues to use these labels...
Greek Voters May Put a Dagger Into the Austerity Juggernaut Buzzflash ...Many Greek and European election watchers expect the surging anti-austerity Syriza party to win on June 17 after coming in second in the May 6th balloting that ended without a government being formed...
Uncovering the Other ALECs Truthout ..."Taxpayer-subsidized stealth lobbyists" have upped the ante and skillfully advanced their agendas through bipartisan "trade associations" for state government officials - in particular, the Council of State Governments (CSG) whose multimillion-dollar budget is mostly funded by taxpayers...
Sacramento Unemployed Turn To Trucking For Work CBS Sacramento ...Out of work and out of luck, local white collar employees were not out of ideas....Shifting gears by discovering the “blue jeans, blue collar” world of trucking.
China continues to be a hot-button issue in Texas race for Senate Manufacture This ...In a Lone Star state battle for the Republican Party's Senate nomination, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst is promoting new ads that attack his opponent, state Solicitor General Ted Cruz, for representing a Chinese company that stole American blueprints and copyrights...
U.S. Loses WTO Appeal in Dolphin-Safe Tuna Case Economy In Crisis ... the WTO has ruled that the “dolphin-safe” labels that adorn tuna cans in the United States represent a barrier to trade. The U.S. appealed this ruling, but it should come as no surprise that the WTO has upheld its previous ruling on the case, leaving the United States open to sanctions if it continues to use these labels...
Greek Voters May Put a Dagger Into the Austerity Juggernaut Buzzflash ...Many Greek and European election watchers expect the surging anti-austerity Syriza party to win on June 17 after coming in second in the May 6th balloting that ended without a government being formed...
Uncovering the Other ALECs Truthout ..."Taxpayer-subsidized stealth lobbyists" have upped the ante and skillfully advanced their agendas through bipartisan "trade associations" for state government officials - in particular, the Council of State Governments (CSG) whose multimillion-dollar budget is mostly funded by taxpayers...
Sacramento Unemployed Turn To Trucking For Work CBS Sacramento ...Out of work and out of luck, local white collar employees were not out of ideas....Shifting gears by discovering the “blue jeans, blue collar” world of trucking.
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