Today's Teamster News 10.18.13

<a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/chicago-teamsters-secure-five-year-agreement-nearly-700-workers-0">Chicago Teamsters Secure Five-Year Agreement for Nearly 700 Workers</a>  teamster.org   ...For approximately 700 Chicago area valet drivers, Teamsters Local 727 has secured a new contract that includes union health care coverage for full-time workers at dozens of companies...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/suburban-chicago-printers-choose-teamster-power" rel="nofollow">Suburban Chicago Printers Choose Teamster Power</a>  teamster.org   ...Web press operators and full service print production workers in suburban Chicago overwhelmingly joined the Teamsters Union and ratified their first union contract last month...<br /><span style="color: #333333; display: none; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-hide: all; mso-no-proof: yes;"><img alt="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/std/normal.gif" height="17" src="file:///C:/Users/IBT/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_18" width="15" /><!--[endif]--><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_17" o:spid="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/std/large.gif" style='width:11.25pt;height:12.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\IBT\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image002.gif" o:title="large"/></v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img alt="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/std/large.gif" height="17" src="file:///C:/Users/IBT/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image002.gif" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_17" width="15" /><!--[endif]--><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_16" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/std/largest.gif" style='width:11.25pt;height:12.75pt;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\IBT\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image003.gif" o:title="largest"/></v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img alt="http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/std/largest.gif" height="17" src="file:///C:/Users/IBT/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image003.gif" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_16" width="15" /><!--[endif]--></span><span style="color: #333333; display: none; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-hide: all;">Font Resize</span><a href="http://www.timesheraldonline.com/news/ci_24328242/american-canyon-managers-reach-employee-contract-deal" rel="nofollow">American Canyon, Teamsters reach employee contract deal</a>  Vallejo Times-Herald   ...A long-awaited contract deal with the city's middle managers represented by Teamsters Local 315 has been approved that includes restoration of furlough days and a 1.5 percent raise over the next three years...<br /><a href="http://wabe.org/post/dekalb-county-opens-door-teamsters-representing-sanitation-workers" rel="nofollow">DeKalb County Opens Door to Teamsters Representing Sanitation Workers</a>  WABE News   ...Starting next year, DeKalb County’s 450 sanitation workers will have a new route to air their grievances, and they will have a union with them...<br /><a href="http://www.theolympian.com/2013/10/17/2779473/grocers-unions-talk-prepare-for.html" rel="nofollow">Grocers, unions talk, prepare for possible strike</a>  The Olympian   ...Talks resumed Wednesday between major Puget Sound area grocery chains and unions, including the Teamsters, that represent 21,000 of their workers...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/local-union-communications-social-art-educating-members-be-held-december-3-4" rel="nofollow">Local Union Communications: The Social Art of Educating Members' TLA to be Held December 3-4</a> teamster.org   ...This two-day Teamsters Leadership Academy (TLA), hosted by Local 986 in Los Angeles, will explore effective ways Teamster affiliates can communicate with members through the use of social networking, fliers, newsletters, websites and media...<br /><a href="http://www.joc.com/port-news/longshoreman-labor/international-longshoremen%E2%80%99s-association/ila-strike-continues-baltimore_20131017.html" rel="nofollow">ILA Strike Continues at Baltimore</a>  Journal of Commerce Online   ...A longshoremen’s strike that has idled the Port of Baltimore continued into its second day yesterday. The workers struck on Oct. 16 after rejecting a proposed contract with the Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore. The port’s other ILA locals refused to cross the picket lines...<br /><a href="http://chronicle.northcoastnow.com/2013/10/17/organized-labor-criticizes-county-for-its-union-dealings/" rel="nofollow">Organized labor criticizes county for its union dealings</a>  Chronicle-Telegram   ...Labor leaders criticized Ohio’s Lorain County leaders for how they deal with unions, including paying large sums to a law firm that specializes in union busting to handle the county's contract negotiations and human resource issues…<br /><a href="http://citizen.typepad.com/eyesontrade/2013/10/investors-are-increasingly-challenging-states-constitutional-court-decisions-in-investor-state-tribu.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+eyesontrade+%28Eyes+on+Trade%29" rel="nofollow">Corporations Now Using Foreign Tribunals to Attack Domestic Court Rulings</a>  Public Citizen   ...This dangerous trend of private three-person tribunals assuming the authority to contravene domestic court decisions at the behest of multinational corporations should raise the ire of those who support the independence of courts, the sovereignty of nations, the rule of law, or even the core democratic notion that a system of legal decision-making should be accountable to those who will live with the decisions...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-reich/republican-shutdown-goal_b_4063703.html" rel="nofollow">Reich: Their Real Goal: To Make Us All So Cynical About Government, We Give Up (opinion)</a>  Huffington Post   ...Then they're free to take over everything...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/elizabeth-warren-government-shutdown_n_4114818.html" rel="nofollow">Why Elizabeth Warren Is 'NOT Celebrating' The End Of The Government Shutdown</a>  Huffington Post   ...Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) emailed supporters late Wednesday to say how glad she is that the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16/government-shutdown-debt-ceiling_n_4111483.html?utm_hp_ref=politics" rel="nofollow">government shutdown ended</a> and the U.S. didn't default. But she made it clear she isn't celebrating...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/16/middle-class-neighborhoods-dying_n_4109084.html?utm_hp_ref=business" rel="nofollow">Dying Middle-Class Neighborhoods Being Replaced By A Segregated Society</a>  Huffington Post   ...The divide between rich and poor isn’t just growing in America’s bank accounts. It’s also splitting apart its neighborhoods, cutting the country in two, according to a new study...<br /><a href="http://muscatinejournal.com/business/washington-budget-fight-hurts-auto-sales/article_6baffae8-56d2-5e77-8d73-968851a08448.html" rel="nofollow">Washington budget fight hurts auto sales</a>  Muscatine Journal   ...Auto sales tailed off last week, and some dealers and experts are pointing the finger at bickering politicians in Washington. Collected data shows that sales fell in the second week of October as the partial shutdown of the government and the debate over the nation's borrowing dragged on...<br /><a href="http://www.sj-r.com/thedome/x450310736/Illinois-Supreme-Court-to-hear-lawsuit-on-lawmaker-pay" rel="nofollow">Illinois Supreme Court to hear lawsuit on lawmaker pay</a>  Associated Press   ...The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear Gov. Pat Quinn's appeal of a ruling that his veto of money for lawmaker pay was unconstitutional. Quinn said the lawmakers didn't deserve to get paid until they address Illinois' nearly $100 billion pension crisis...<br /><a href="http://www.hollandsentinel.com/newsnow/x529840701/Michigan-to-withhold-payment-to-Xerox-over-Bridge-Card-outage" rel="nofollow">Michigan to withhold payment to Xerox over Bridge Card outage</a>  Associated Press   ...Michigan will withhold money from Xerox Corp. because a technical problem crashed the state’s debit card-style food stamps program. People in 17 states from Alabama to California were unable to use their food stamp cards on Saturday morning…<br /><a href="http://www.bendbulletin.com/article/20131017/NEWS0107/310170356/" rel="nofollow">Mortgage settlements helped few</a>  New York Times   ...The $25 billion national mortgage settlement has fallen far short of the original predictions, and more people gave up their homes in short sales than received debt reduction that would have allowed them to stay in their homes...<br /><a href="http://www.sbsun.com/business/20131016/walmart-contracted-warehouse-fined-for-unsafe-working-conditions" rel="nofollow">Walmart-contracted warehouse fined for unsafe working conditions</a>  San Bernardino County Sun   ...A warehouse contracted by Walmart to move suitcases has been fined by California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health for a number of unsafe and illegal working conditions...<br /><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/16/news/uk-regulators-currency/" rel="nofollow">U.K. joins currency manipulation probe</a>  CNNMoney   ...A global crackdown into foreign exchange trading is gathering pace as U.K. regulators investigate possible misconduct by a number of firms in the $5.3 trillion foreign currency market...

Today's Teamster News 10.18.13

Chicago Teamsters Secure Five-Year Agreement for Nearly 700 Workers   teamster.org   ...For approximately 700 Chicago area valet drivers, Te...

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