Today's Teamster News 08.28.13

<a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/hundreds-rally-justice-la-port" rel="nofollow">Hundreds rally for justice at LA port</a>  teamster.org   ... Port truck drivers at the Port of Los Angeles lead a march back to work to return to their jobs following a 24-hour Unfair Labor Practice strike on Monday against their employer, Green Fleet Systems (GFS)...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/rental-car-workers-seattle-airport-join-teamsters-local-117" rel="nofollow">Rental car workers at Seattle airport join Teamsters</a>  teamster.org   ...On Aug. 26 workers at GCA Services Group joined Teamsters Local 117 in Tukwila, Wash. The employees who voted 91-44 in favor of Teamster representation are shuttle drivers, responsible for shuttling rental cars and other vehicles at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport...<br /><a href="http://www.sunjournal.com/news/oxford-hills-river-valley/2013/08/27/deputies-vote-join-teamsters/1413246" rel="nofollow">Deputies vote to join Teamsters</a>  Sun Journal   ...In a near-unanimous vote, Oxford County Sheriff's Office deputies have chosen to join Teamsters Union Local 340...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/teamsters-air-express-international-approve-one-year-contract-extension" rel="nofollow">Teamsters at Air Express International Approve One-Year Contract Extension</a>  teamster.org   ...Teamsters employed by Air Express International (AEI) have overwhelmingly approved a one-year contract extension that protects health, welfare and pension benefits and provides a $750 bonus...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-p-hoffa/living-wage-now_b_3823563.html?utm_hp_ref=politics" rel="nofollow">Living Wage Now!</a>  Huffington Post   ...workers are looking to organize in an effort to earn a living wage that helps pay for the daily staples like food, housing and clothing for their families...<br /><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/workers-of-america-are-getting-screwed-2013-8" rel="nofollow">Workers Of America Are Getting Screwed</a>  Business Insider   ...most low-wage workers are employed by large corporations that have been enjoying healthy profits. Three-quarters of these employers (the fifty biggest employers of low-wage workers) are raking in higher revenues now than they did before the recession...<br /><a href="http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/08/25" rel="nofollow">Colombia Nationwide Strike Against 'Free Trade,' Privatization, Poverty</a>  Common Dreams   ...Ignored by English-language media, rural uprisings spread across industries as hundreds of thousands protest US-backed govt...<br /><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23859773" rel="nofollow">Martin Luther King's Dream yet to become reality in US</a>  BBC News   ...No-one here doubts that racism is still a reality in the United States...<br /><a href="http://www.news-record.com/news/local_news/article_023c094a-0f6b-11e3-9694-0019bb30f31a.html" rel="nofollow">Moral Monday protests come to Greensboro on Wednesday</a>  News-Record   ...The Moral Monday protests against the Republican-held General Assembly went on for months in Raleigh, leading to more than 900 arrests. Wednesday, they continue in Greensboro as Moral Wednesday...<br /><a href="http://toomuchonline.org/racketeering-then-and-racketeering-now/" rel="nofollow">Racketeering Then and Racketeering Now</a>  Too Much Online   ...deregulation has spawned on Wall Street an entire new generation of fabulously rich racketeers...<br /><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/bank-ceo-buys-condo-with-tarp-money-2013-8" rel="nofollow">Bank CEO Admits To Using Bailout Money To Buy A Luxury Condo In Florida</a>  Business Insider   ...Darryl Layne Woods, the former CEO of a Missouri bank, admitted in court yesterday to using financial crisis...<br /><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/27/jp-morgan-trader-wanted-by-u-s-on-massive-fraud-charges-arrested-in-spain/" rel="nofollow">JP Morgan trader wanted by U.S. on massive fraud charges arrested in Spain</a>  AFP   ...Police in Spain arrested a former trader of banking giant JP Morgan who is wanted by the United States to face criminal charges in a massive fraud case, officials said...<br /><a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10602&updaterx=2013-08-26+09%3A52%3A07" rel="nofollow">How is Privatization Failing America?</a>  Real News   ... ALEC, (is behind the) ... greater and greater push for corporate interests to privatize areas of society that have been under the public sector banner, as well as a continued effort to further deregulate already private sector areas...<br /><a href="http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-08-22/opinions/41435729_1_oversight-nsa-national-security-agency" rel="nofollow">The NSA is losing the benefit of the doubt </a> Washington Post   ...“The court is troubled that the government’s revelations . . . mark the third instance in less than three years in which the government has disclosed a substantial misrepresentation regarding the scope of a major collection program,” Bates wrote in Footnote 14...<br /><a href="http://www.courierpress.com/news/2013/aug/24/study-indiana-personal-income-lags-behind-us/" rel="nofollow">Study: Indiana personal income lags behind US </a> Evansville Courier & Press   ... Indiana's average personal income lags more than a decade behind the income levels enjoyed by the nation as a whole, a new Ball State University study has found...<br /><br /><br /><br />

Today's Teamster News 08.28.13

Hundreds rally for justice at LA port  teamster.org   ... Port truck drivers at the Port of Los Angeles lead a march back to work to return...

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