Today's Teamster News 10.10.13

<a href="http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/story/2013/10/ballots-sent-to-some-abf-teamsters-for-strike-vote.aspx" rel="nofollow">Ballots Sent to Some ABF Teamsters for Strike Vote</a>  truckinginfo   ...Less-than-truckload carrier ABF has been notified by the Teamsters Union that ballots to authorize a strike are being mailed on Tuesday to nearly 1,800 employees covered by the Central Region Local Cartage supplement...<br /><a href="http://suncoastnews.com/su/list/news-pasco/teamsters-again-declare-bargaining-impasse-with-pasco-20131009/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters again declare bargaining impasse with Pasco</a>  Tampa Tribune   ...Three years after Pasco County workers voted to form a union, they still don’t have a contract. The Teamsters Local 79 declared impasse for the second time last Friday, which means both sides will again plead their case to a special magistrate...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/all-family" rel="nofollow">All in the Family</a>  teamster.org   ...Shelley Goodman has witnessed a lot of hardship in her 21 years as a Durham School Services school bus driver and Teamster organizer...<br /><a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131009/OPINION01/310090003/Government-shutdown-financial-crisis-workers" rel="nofollow">Hoffa: Government Shutdown A Financial Crisis for Workers</a>  Detroit News   ...The Republican shutdown of the federal government is being felt not only in Washington, but here in Michigan as well. Workers, military members and even children are the unfortunate victims of the political budget games...<br /><a href="http://www.andersonvalleypost.com/news/2013/oct/09/labor-takes-time-celebrate-locals-100-years/" rel="nofollow">Labor takes time to celebrate Local's 100 years</a>  Anderson Valley Post   ...On October 5, organized labor took some time off to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Teamsters Local 137 at the Shasta District Fairgrounds in Anderson...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-p-hoffa/unions-need-global-solida_b_4065987.html" rel="nofollow">Hoffa: Unions Need Global Solidarity</a>  Huffington Post   ...In a few short decades, our country and our world have changed dramatically. In the last 30 years, America has gone from the world's biggest creditor nation to the one holding the world's largest debt...<br /><a href="http://nypost.com/2013/10/08/newsday-driver-jobs-may-be-cut/" rel="nofollow">Newsday driver jobs may be cut</a>  New York Post   ...Cablevision is hoping to shave $10 million in costs from its money-draining Newsday operating by booting about 35 drivers, who are members of Graphic Communications Conference Local 406...<br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/10/the-kochs-cant-control-the-monster-they-created/280435/" rel="nofollow">The Kochs Can't Control the Monster They Created</a>  The Atlantic   ...The billionaire conservatives join the ranks of business interests trying to rein in the GOP's base, but it has turned into an unstoppable force...<br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/10/09/gallup_gop_approval_at_all_time_low/" rel="nofollow">Gallup: GOP approval at all-time low</a>  Salon   ...A new poll finds the GOP with the lowest party approval rating in Gallup history...<br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/10/09/starting_tomorrow_were_down_90_of_our_nuclear_safety_regulators/" rel="nofollow">Starting tomorrow, we’re down 90 percent of our nuclear safety regulators</a>  Salon   ... efforts to make the reactors safer, such as changes meant to prevent something similar to <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.salon.com/2013/08/23/how_everything_went_so_wrong_at_fukushima/&sa=U&ei=vtdVUreJOcWqqgGY4oHICw&ved=0CBIQFjAE&client=internal-uds-cse&usg=AFQjCNERdjMSynZsB7Dhj2jgy86sRzeIDw">what’s going on at Fukushima</a> from happening here, will be put on hold...<br /><a href="http://www.alternet.org/theres-international-plan-censor-internet-works-lets-stop-it-its-tracks" rel="nofollow">There's an International Plan to Censor the Internet in the Works -- Let's Stop It in Its Tracks</a>  Alternet   ...The lack of general awareness about the TPP is exactly what unelected trade officials and lobbyists hope for; the more covert the negotiations, the easier it is to usher in extreme new Internet censorship rules...<br /><a href="http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/how-private-tech-companies-are-collecting-data-you-and-selling-them-feds-huge" rel="nofollow">How Private Tech Companies Are Collecting Data on You and Selling Them to the Feds for Huge Profits</a>  Alternet   ... Inside your mobile phone and hidden behind your web browser are little known software products marketed by contractors to the government that can follow you around anywhere...<br /><a href="http://www.epi.org/blog/epi-economic-indicator-monthly-updates-number/" rel="nofollow">New EPI Economic Indicator: Monthly Updates of the Number of “Missing Workers” and What the Unemployment Rate Would Be If They Were Looking for Work</a>  Economic Policy Institute   ...if the nearly 5 million missing workers were looking for work and thus counted as unemployed, the unemployment rate in August would have been 10.1 percent instead of 7.3 percent...<br /><a href="http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=10846" rel="nofollow">McDonald's Employee Confronts Executive: I Can't Afford Shoes For My Children</a>  The Real News   ...Salgado confronted the president of McDonald’s, Jeff Stratton, about her wages during his speech at the Union League Club of Chicago….She and six other protesters were given tickets for trespassing...<br /><a href="http://portside.org/2013-10-08/thousands-join-teachers-protest-rio-de-janeiro" rel="nofollow">Thousands Join Teachers' Protest in Rio de Janeiro</a>  Portside   ...March draws biggest turnout since wave of protests during Confederations Cup in June, and anarchist groups clash with police...<br /><a href="http://wkar.org/post/michigan-education-association-retains-99-members" rel="nofollow">Michigan Education Association Retains 99% Of Members</a>  WKAR Public Media   ...As we hear from The Michigan Public Radio Network’s Rick Pluta, the president of the Michigan Education Association says 99 percent of its members have opted to stick with the union...<br /><a href="http://www.boston.com/metrodesk/2013/10/09/bus-drivers-report-back-work-boston/SSgj2tUfBoPZK27Y4XVXwO/story.html" rel="nofollow">School buses roll again in Boston; disgruntled drivers meet with bus company officials</a>  Boston Globe   ...Hundreds of Boston school buses ferried students to schools yesterday morning with only a few delays, a day after a surprise strike by the drivers sent thousands of parents scrambling for alternatives...<br /><a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/bank-fines-and-crime" rel="nofollow">When Giant Banks Pay Fines, Where Does the Money Go? Does It Stop Crime?</a>  AlterNet   ...If somebody broke into your home and stole your belongings, you’d expect to see some serious consequences if they got caught. But when banks rob Americans—and even cast them out of their own homes illegally—the worst that usually happens is a fine...<br /><a href="http://host.madison.com/news/local/writers/mike_ivey/under-scott-walker-wisconsin-keeps-increasing-its-long-term-borrowing/article_17c3d58a-2d3a-11e3-90fe-001a4bcf887a.html" rel="nofollow">Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin keeps increasing its long-term borrowing</a>  The Cap Times   ...Gov. Scott Walker has honed his reputation as a fiscal conservative, taking credit for closing a $3.6 billion spending gap left from the Jim Doyle administration...<br /><a href="http://www.nwitimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/rich-james/rich-james-gop-bets-on-economy-haven-t-paid-off/article_ca153bde-2642-5eae-bca0-06a2545ed60c.html" rel="nofollow">GOP bets on economy haven't paid off</a> (opinion)  NWI Times   ...The way Gov. Mitch Daniels and fellow Republicans talked in early 2012, I was ready to set up a toll gate at the state line when the anti-union right-to-work bill was approved...<br /><a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20131009/NEWS06/310090125/Schuette-Michigan-Supreme-Court-right-to-work" rel="nofollow">Bill Schuette to Michigan Supreme Court: Don't waste your time on right-to-work appeal</a>  Detroit Free Press   ...The Michigan Supreme Court shouldn't waste its time taking up an appeal over one of the state's controversial right-to-work laws, Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette wrote in a court filing this week...<br /><br />

Today's Teamster News 10.10.13

Ballots Sent to Some ABF Teamsters for Strike Vote  truckinginfo   ...Less-than-truckload carrier ABF has been notified by the Teamsters Un...

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