Today's Teamster News 09.21.13

<a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/09/strikers-ordered-back-to-work.html" rel="nofollow">Striking railroad Teamsters ordered back to work, no single operators allowed</a>  TeamsterNation   ...An Akron, Ohio, district court judge this afternoon ordered striking locomotive engineers and trainmen at the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway back to work. He also ordered the railroad to refrain from allowing supervisors or management to operate trains...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/warehouse-workers-ikea-vote-join-teamsters" rel="nofollow">Warehouse Workers At IKEA Vote To Join Teamsters</a>  teamster.org   ...Warehouse workers, employed at the IKEA distribution center in Frederickson, Wash., have voted to join Teamsters Local 117. The 64 workers at the facility came together seeking job security, fair and equal treatment, strong representation, and respect...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/trade-good-when-its-fair" rel="nofollow">Hoffa, Brune: Trade Is Good When It's Fair</a>  teamster.org   ...It's been almost 20 years since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and families and communities are still reeling from its consequences...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/teamsters-picket-rochester-wegmans" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Picket Rochester Wegmans</a>  teamster.org   ...Wegmans-picketing Teamsters from Local 118 are calling on their employer to protect good jobs in Rochester and stop retaliating against employees for standing up for their rights under Federal law. Today the union will file an unfair labor practice charge against Wegmans due to the company’s actions against employees...<br /><a href="http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2013/September/19/SC_Teamsters-19Sep13.htm">Sullivan settles five-year contract with Teamsters</a>  Mid-Hudson News   …Ratifying a new contract was a tossup among members Teamsters Local 445 who work for Sullivan County in New York. The union narrowly agreed to the new five-year deal by a 152 to 141 vote...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/teamster-women-get-fired" rel="nofollow">Teamster Women Get Fired Up</a>  teamster.org  ...Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall addressed the Women’s Conference on Friday, the second day of the annual event, in New Orleans. Get the full coverage of the conference <a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/2013-teamsters-women%E2%80%99s-conference-0" rel="nofollow">here</a>... |<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/ruralmetro-files-two-critical-documents%E2%80%94plan-reorganization-and-disclosure-statement" rel="nofollow">Rural/Metro Files Two Critical Documents—Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement</a>  teamster.org   ...Rural Metro filed two critical documents outlining how the company plans to emerge from bankruptcy on Sunday, September 15. Those documents are the Plan of Reorganization and Disclosure Statement...<br /><a href="http://www.teamsters492.org/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&homeID=342876" rel="nofollow">ABF Teamster Wins National Four-Axle Competition Championship</a>  Teamsters Local 492   ...Teamster and Albuquerque ABF Line Driver Ralph Garcia won first place in the four-axle competition at the 2013 National Truck Driving Championships, which was held in Salt Lake City late August...<br /><a href="http://www.tristatehomepage.com/story/labor-leaders-react-to-hotel-latest/d/story/WJG9IszSSU66gZ84OpGL3g" rel="nofollow">Labor Leaders React to Hotel Latest</a>  Tristate   ...The Southwestern Indiana Building and Construction Trades Council said Thursday it stands in full support of the proposed downtown hotel. Chuck Whobrey, president of Teamsters Local 215, wasn't at the meeting, but said the hotel is necessary for downtown redevelopment...<br /><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/10983942" rel="nofollow">Employers cut jobs in 20 US states in August</a>  Associated Press   ...Unemployment rates rose in 18 states, fell in 17 and were unchanged in 15...<br /><a href="http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2013/09/target-to-hire-18000-fewer-seasonal.html" rel="nofollow">Target to Hire 18,000 Fewer Seasonal Workers This Holiday Season; Expect Other Retailers to Do the Same </a> Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis   ..."Target lowered their expectations for the rest of the year, citing a tougher-than-expected spending environment..."<br /><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/20/homeless-recruited-to-buy-iphones/2844979/" rel="nofollow">L.A. homeless hired to buy latest iPhones</a>  USA Today   ...Many driven from Skid Row to Pasadena say they were unpaid and stranded after Apple Store halted scheme...<br /><a href="http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-foodstamps-house-gop-cuts-20130919,0,6891665.story" rel="nofollow">GOP's misguided attack on food stamps</a> (opinion)  Los Angeles Times   ...Unable to push a $20-billion cut in food stamps through the House in June, Republicans are now seeking to cut $40 billion over 10 years by tightening eligibility and cutting off able-bodied adults who don't find or train for jobs. ...But while it may motivate some idle adults to get to work, it would also punish those who simply can't find jobs at a time when there are three applicants for every opening...<br /><a href="http://www.brookings.edu/about/projects/bpea/latest-conference/2013-fall-elsby-labor-share" rel="nofollow">Offshoring Linked to Declining U.S. Labor Share, Likely to Continue</a>  Brookings   ...The decline in the U.S. labor share – now at its lowest level in the post-war period after the Great Recession – has been concentrated in sectors that face increased import competition in the wake of the overall rising role of imports in the U.S. economy, according to a new paper presented today at the Fall 2013 Conference on the<a href="http://www.brookings.edu/about/projects/bpea"> Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA)</a>...<br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-20/linkedin-customers-say-company-hacked-their-e-mail-address-books.html" rel="nofollow">LinkedIn Customers Allege Company Hacked E-Mail Addresses</a>  Bloomberg   ...LinkedIn Corp. (LNKD), owner of the world’s most popular professional-networking website, was sued by customers who claim the company appropriated their identities for marketing purposes by hacking into their external e-mail accounts and downloading contacts’ addresses...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2013/09/19/unions-launch-offensive-against-potential-government-shutdown/" rel="nofollow">Unions launch offensive against potential government shutdown</a>  Washington Post   ...Federal employee unions, having guided their members through government shutdown threats in 2011 and 2012, are arming for another possible shutdown in 11 days if Congress cannot resolve its partisan fiscal battle...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/contractor-which-vetted-snowden-says-it-did-background-check-for-navy-yard-shooter/2013/09/19/7e778cae-2173-11e3-a358-1144dee636dd_story.html" rel="nofollow">Contractor that vetted Snowden says it also ran background check for Navy Yard shooter</a>  Washington Post   ...USIS, the Falls Church, VA government contractor that handled the background check for National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, said Thursday that it also vetted Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis for his ­secret-level clearance in 2007...<br /><a href="http://www.katv.com/story/23481116/arkansans-in-line-with-house-vote-cutting-food-stamps" rel="nofollow">Arkansas lawmakers back cuts to food stamp program</a>  KATV ABC 7   ...Arkansas' four congressmen have voted to cut nearly $4 billion a year from the food stamp program, a 5 percent reduction to the nation's main feeding program used by more than 1 in 7 Americans...<br /><a href="http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20130920/PC05/130929998/1010/ex-halliburton-manager-charged-in-gulf-spill-probe" rel="nofollow">Ex-Halliburton manager charged in Gulf of Mexico spill probe</a>  Associated Press   ...A former Halliburton manager was charged Thursday with destroying evidence following BP’s 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a case that coincides with a guilty plea to a related charge by the Houston-based oilfield services company...<br /><a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2013/09/19/5751375/chase-bank-jpmorgan-chase-to-refund.html" rel="nofollow">Chase Bank, JPMorgan Chase to refund customers $309 million for unfair billing</a>  Sacramento Bee   ...Federal regulators on Thursday ordered Chase Bank and JPMorgan Chase to refund $309 million to more than 2 million customers for illegally billing them for credit-monitoring services they never received...<br /><a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/09/20/federal-reserve-program-is-socialism-for-the-rich/" rel="nofollow">Federal Reserve Program Is Socialism For The Rich</a>  firedoglake   ...Why is there such a gap between the haves and the have-nots? Probably because the Federal Reserve is pumping up assets for the haves to the tune of <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/kitconews/2013/09/18/focusfed-leaves-qe-unchanged-at-85-billion-monthly-gold-rallies-sharply/">$85 billion, a month.</a>..<br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/09/20/elites_strange_plot_to_take_over_the_world/" rel="nofollow">Elites’ strange plot to take over the world </a> Salon   ...Western elites in America and Western Europe after World War II made a serious effort to get rid of nations altogether, and combine all “freedom-loving peoples” into one giant “Atlantic Union,” a federal state built on top of the NATO military alliance...<br /><a href="http://don%27t%20take%20ax%20to%20public%27s%20right%20to%20know/" rel="nofollow">Don't take ax to public's right to know</a> (opinion) The Cap Times   ...If Wisconsinites were looking for a measure of how far out of control things have gotten under Gov. Scott Walker’s hyperpartisan approach to governing, they need look no further than an incident involving a key confidante of the governor and a process server seeking to deliver paperwork related to the state’s open records law...<br /><br />

Today's Teamster News 09.21.13

Striking railroad Teamsters ordered back to work, no single operators allowed  TeamsterNation   ...An Akron, Ohio, district court judge thi...

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