Today's Teamster News 07.08.13

<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/06/canada-lac-megantic-train-oil-fire">Freight train derailment causes huge fire and evacuations in Canada</a>  Guardian   ...Train of 73 fuel-carrying rail cars was driverless when it derailed at 1am local time Saturday in Lac-Magéntic, in Quebec...<br /><a href="http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130707/EDIT05/307079983/1147/EDIT07">Deaths in the workplace are no accident</a>  Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette   ...The deaths of two workers in grain bins last month at the Union Mills Co-op and in Veedersburg are even more tragic because they could have been prevented...<br /><a href="http://thecontributor.com/daily-ceo-pay-now-exceeds-us-workers-annual-salary">Daily CEO Pay Now Exceeds the Average Worker's Annual Salary</a>  The Contributor   ...These “golden parachute” arrangements have had a negative impact on corporate performance, say experts...<br /><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/business/jobless-about-take-big-hit-sequester-6C10553987">Jobless about to take big hit from sequester</a>  NBC News   ...As of July 1, the average weekly benefit of $289 will fall by $43 a week, adding pressure at a time when the labor market is trying to find its bearings but has yet to generate the kind of employment that would indicate a strong recovery...<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-credit-union-taxes-20130706,0,4104761,full.story">Banks pushing for repeal of credit unions' federal tax exemption</a>  Los Angeles Times   ...Credit unions have been snatching customers from banks amid consumer frustration over rising fees and outrage over Wall Street's role in the financial crisis. Now banks are fighting back by trying to take away something vital to credit unions — their federal tax exemption...<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2013/jul/07/jaguar-land-rover-dhl-strike">Jaguar Land Rover production faces shutdown after DHL strike vote</a>  Guardian   ...DHL workers serving Jaguar's Midlands plants at Castle Bromwich and Solihull vote for industrial action over pay...<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23216926">Greeks close to getting latest bailout payout</a>  BBC News   ...Eurozone finance ministers meet on Monday to decide whether to release the next instalment of rescue funds worth 6.3bn euros ($8.1bn; £5.4bn)...Talks have centred around 4,000 civil service jobs that are due to be cut...<br /><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2013/07/07/5549696/female-inmates-sterilized-in-california.html">Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval</a>  Center for Investigative Reporting   ...At least 148 women received tubal ligations in violation of prison rules during those five years – and there are perhaps 100 more dating back to the late 1990s, according to state documents and interviews...<br /><a href="http://thecontributor.com/labor/feed-me-ny-ag-investigate-use-payroll-cards-depress-already-low-take-home-pay">Fee'd Me: NY AG to Investigate Use of 'Payroll Cards' that Depress Already Low Take-Home Pay</a>  The Contributor   ...Devonte Yates, 21, who earns $7.25 an hour working a drive-through station at a McDonald’s in Milwaukee, says he spends $40 to $50 a month on fees associated with his JPMorgan Chase payroll card. “It’s pretty bad,” he said. “There’s a fee for literally everything you do...”<br /><a href="http://www.thenation.com/blog/175129/americas-most-dynamic-yet-under-covered-movement-overturning-citizens-united#axzz2YPhplIZI">America's Most Dynamic (Yet Under-Covered) Movement: Overturning 'Citizens United'</a>  The Nation   ...On the eve of the nation’s Fourth of July celebrations, Oregon became the sixteenth state to formally call for an amendment. With bipartisan support, the state House and Senate requested that Congress take necessary steps to re-establish the basic American premise that “money is property and not speech, and [that] the Congress of the United States, state legislatures and local legislative bodies should have the authority to regulate political contributions and expenditures…”<br /><a href="http://www.wickedlocal.com/waltham/news/x853684756/Waltham-student-wins-Teamsters-scholarship#axzz2YSRzhRgx">Waltham student wins Teamsters scholarship</a>  Wicked Local   ...Rion Hallaran of Waltham was recently awarded a $2,000 Teamsters Local 25 scholarship...

Today's Teamster News 07.08.13

Freight train derailment causes huge fire and evacuations in Canada  Guardian   ...Train of 73 fuel-carrying rail cars was driverless when ...

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