Today's Teamster News 07.04.13

<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/new-threat-to-us-eu-trade-talks/2013/07/03/b014a68a-e3d8-11e2-bffd-37a36ddab820_story.html">Privacy issue hinders U.S-E.U. trade talks</a>  Washington Post   ...European leaders tell citizens not to patronize U.S. companies due to concerns over privacy...<br /><a href="http://www.economicpopulist.org/content/new-study-wealthy-are-more-unethical">New Study: The Wealthy are more Unethical</a>  Economic Populist   ...Seven studies using experimental and naturalistic methods, reveal that upper-class individuals behave more unethically than lower-class individuals...<br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/04/us/monitoring-of-snail-mail.html?_r=0">U.S. Postal Service Logging All Mail for Law Enforcement </a> New York Times   ...postal mail is subject to the same kind of scrutiny that the National Security Agency has given to telephone calls and e-mail...<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-fire-safety-20130702,0,3044653.story">Arizona firefighters lacked a proper escape route</a>  Los Angeles Times   ...The 19 wildland firefighters killed in Arizona appeared not to have established an escape route to a safe site large enough for the entire group, a forestry official said. Safety protocols require crews to have a place to go in case fire overtakes them. That did not happen in the Yarnell Hill fire...<br /><span style="color: #0000ee;"><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324251504578581580052470760.html" style="text-decoration: underline;">Truckers Are Losing Sleep Over 70-Hour Work Limit</a>  </span>Wall Street Journal   ...The changes—the most significant overhaul of rules governing truck-driver hours in a decade—shorten the workweek, restrict how many nights truckers can be on the road and require rest breaks during the day...<br /><a href="http://www.boston.com/business/news/2013/07/02/critics-sue-block-american-airways-merger/CHmKlRI7a14qCr5197uK9J/story.html">Critics sue to block American-US Airways merger</a>  Associated Press   ...Opponents of the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block the deal, claiming it would hurt consumers by driving up airfares...<br /><a href="http://www.deadline.com/2013/07/supreme-court-rejects-cablevision-request-block-nlrb-trial/">Supreme Court Rejects Cablevision Request To Block NLRB Trial In Union Dispute</a>  Deadline New York   ...The National Labor Relations Board can go ahead with its administrative trial this month on charges that <a href="http://deadline.com/tag/cablevision">Cablevision</a> resorted to intimidation, bribery and harassment to stop some of its workers in the Bronx from joining the Communications Workers of America (CWA)...<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jul/03/eurozone-crisis-portugal-stock-markets-tumbling">Eurozone crisis: Portugal sends stock markets tumbling</a>  The Guardian   ...Stock markets were spooked by Portugal's descent into political chaos on Wednesday as the threat of a government collapse sent the country's borrowing costs into critical territory and threatened a new phase in the eurozone crisis...<br /><a href="http://www.morganmessenger.com/news/2013-07-03/News/West_Virginias_food_sales_tax_eliminated_this_week.html">West Virginia’s food sales tax eliminated this week</a>  Morgan Messenger   ...The West Virginia sales tax on food was completely eliminated Monday, July 1, in the final step of a food tax reduction plan that went into effect in 2005...<br /><a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/rhode-island-become-third-state-paid-family-leave">Rhode Island to Become Third State With Paid Family Leave</a>  Opposing Views   ...The Rhode Island House voted on Tuesday to provide paid time off to care for a new child or sick family member, a bill activists believe will be signed by Gov. Lincoln Chafee and make Rhode Island the <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2013-07-03/ri-house-oks-paid-family-leave">third state to provide paid family leave</a>...<br /><a href="http://weary-commuters-face-3rd-day-of-transit-strike/">Progress made in SF Bay Area transit talks</a>  Associated Press   ...Negotiators for Bay Area Rapid Transit and its striking train workers made progress during overnight contract talks, officials said Wednesday, raising hope that a deal might be struck when talks resume later in the day...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/teamsters-file-challenge-against-state">Teamsters File Challenge Against State of Florida</a>  IBT   ...Teamsters Local 2011, which represents 17,000 officers of the Florida Department of Corrections (FDOC), <a href="http://www.teamster.org/sites/teamster.org/files/7313FLFinalBasisofChargeforULPAgainsttheState.pdf">filed a formal complaint</a> against the state with the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC), alleging that the state committed an unfair labor practice by trying to force illegal working conditions on corrections officers – taking away officers’ earned, paid time off...<br /><a href="http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/480ca017646749f3be66b0be87b91f2c/NH-XGR--Corrections-Contract">Corrections workers ratify collective bargaining contract with New Hampshire</a>  Associated Press   ...Teamsters Local 633, which represents more than 300 Department of Corrections' employees, has ratified a new two-year contract that provides workers with their first pay increase in five years...<br /><a href="http://www.wfmj.com/story/22754037/teamsters">Strike ends at Austintown beverage distributor</a>  WFMJ News   ...Union members vote to end their strike of beverage distributor R.L. Lipton. The members of Teamsters Local 377 accepted a modified wage agreement during voting yesterday afternoon. They'll return to work on Monday...

Today's Teamster News 07.04.13

Privacy issue hinders U.S-E.U. trade talks   Washington Post   ...European leaders tell citizens not to patronize U.S. companies due to conc...

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