Today's Teamster News 08.07.13

<a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/keolis-paratransit-workers-choose-teamsters-union" rel="nofollow">Keolis Paratransit Workers Choose Teamsters Union</a>  IBT   ...Paratransit drivers and mechanics with Keolis, a global transportation group in Long Beach, Calif., have voted overwhelmingly, 74-2, in favor of Teamster representation...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/sci-regressively-bargains-striking-funeral-directors-negotiations-continue" rel="nofollow">SCI Regressively Bargains With Striking Funeral Directors As Negotiations Continue</a>  IBT   ...More than a month after Chicagoland funeral directors and drivers were forced to strike over unfair labor practices, Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI) resumed negotiations with Teamsters Local 727 only to regressively bargain...<br /><a href="http://www.wkbn.com/2013/08/06/37439-autosave/" rel="nofollow">Teamster Nurses Voting on New Contract</a>  WKBN News   ...Nurses at Northside Hospital, who are members of Teamsters Local 377 in Youngstown, Ohio, began voting on a new contract Tuesday...<br /><a href="http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2013/8/6/hernando_commissione.html" rel="nofollow">Hernando commissioners, Teamsters set to meet on CBA</a>  Bay News 9   ...A collective bargaining session will be held later this month between Hernando Commissioners (Florida) and Teamsters Local 79...<a href="http://prospect.org/article/la-story-0" rel="nofollow"><br />L.A. Story</a>  The American Prospect   ...The Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy: a new model for American liberalism?<span style="font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;">..</span><br /><a href="http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/08/06/fbi-pressuring-internet-providers-to-allow-government-surveillance-software/" rel="nofollow">FBI Pressuring Internet Providers To Allow Government Surveillance Software</a>  Fire Dog Lake   ...The FBI is pressuring Internet service providers to install software inside their networks to allow real-time government spying on users. The FBI claims real-time collection of information is suddenly necessary for the agency to do its job...<br /><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/08/05/1229150/-TEN-THOUSAND-turn-out-to-protest-GOP-in-Asheville-NC#" rel="nofollow">TEN THOUSAND turn out to protest GOP in Asheville, NC</a>  DailyKos   ...There are plans for future protests in other cities (Charlotte is tentatively August 19) and it appears some smaller satellite protests are happening around the country...<br /><a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/355951" rel="nofollow">Walmart retaliates against striking workers</a> (opinion)  Digital Journal   ...In June, Walmart workers around the country walked off the job in a coordinated strike to protest working conditions at the nation's number one private employer. In a fit of revenge wreaking of a Hollywood sequel, Walmart has begun terminating employees...<br /><a href="http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/08/05/seiu-backs-15-an-hour-minimum-wage/" rel="nofollow">SEIU backs $15 an hour minimum wage</a>  MSNBC   ...“We support the workers demand for $15 an hour and want to hear from the most profitable multinational companies in the world, why not?” said SEIU President Mary Kay Henry...<br /><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/08/the-magical-world-where-mcdonalds-pays-15-an-hour-its-australia/278313/" rel="nofollow">The Magical World Where McDonald's Pays $15 an Hour? It's Australia</a>  The Atlantic   ...Even in countries with a high minimum wage, the golden arches manage to turn a profit. Here's how...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/on-leadership/wp/2013/08/06/what-it-costs-to-replace-a-twenty-something/" rel="nofollow">What it costs to replace a twenty-something</a>  Washington Post   ...Oh, those pesky millennials. They’re been called <a href="http://nation.time.com/2013/05/09/millennials-the-next-greatest-generation/" rel="nofollow">entitled, lazy and over-confident</a>. They seem to put <a href="http://www.nten.org/blog/2013/07/18/mcon13-millennials-and-social-media" rel="nofollow">social media</a> right up there with food, water and shelter. They have–gasp–<a href="http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2010/02/24/millennials-confident-connected-open-to-change/">tattoos and piercings and sleep with their cell phones</a>. Oh my! And now, it turns out, they’re also quite costly to replace on the job...<br /><a href="http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/how-cheap-made-in-china-products-hurt-the-us-economy-in-multiple-ways/articleshow/21618129.cms" rel="nofollow">How cheap 'Made in China' products hurt the US economy in multiple ways</a>  New York Times   ...Here is a symbol of China's assault on the US economy: the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Staten Island. This landmark, which opened in 1964, is North America's longest suspension bridge. It's also in urgent need of renovation. Unfortunately, $34 million in steel production and fabrication work has been outsourced to China...<br /><a href="http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/06/how-predatory-payday-lenders-pop-back-up-even-after-states-crack-down/" rel="nofollow">How predatory payday lenders pop back up even after states crack down</a>  Pro Publica   ...In 2008, payday lenders suffered a major defeat when the Ohio legislature banned high-cost loans. That same year, they lost again when they dumped <a href="http://www.followthemoney.org/press/ReportView.phtml?r=400&ext=1">more than $20 million</a> into an effort to roll back the law: But five years later, hundreds of payday loan stores still operate in Ohio, charging annual rates that can approach 700 percent...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/us-govt-accuses-bank-of-america-of-civil-fraud-in-sale-of-850m-of-mortgage-bonds-in-2008/2013/08/06/0954129e-fed7-11e2-8294-0ee5075b840d_story.html?hpid=z3" rel="nofollow">US gov’t accuses Bank of America of civil fraud in sale of $850M of mortgage bonds in 2008</a>  Associated Press   ...The U.S. government has accused Bank of America Corp. of civil fraud, saying the company failed to disclose risks and misled investors in its sale of $850 million of mortgage bonds during 2008...<br /><a href="http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/stat-of-the-day-us-has-enough-empty-houses-to-hold-all-of-britain.html" rel="nofollow">Stat of the Day: US Has Enough Empty Houses to Hold All of Britain</a>  treehugger   ...According to the latest data, the number of vacant U.S. homes touched 18.7-million in the second quarter...<br /><a href="http://www.thereporter.com/news/ci_23803205/chevron-pay-2-million-refinery-violations" rel="nofollow">Chevron to pay $2 million for refinery violations</a>  Contra Costa Times   ...Chevron Corp. will pay $2 million in fines and restitution after pleading no contest Monday to six misdemeanor criminal charges stemming from a fire at its Richmond refinery last year...<br /><a href="http://www.prwatch.org/news/2013/08/12202/groups-charge-alec-tax-fraud-over-secretive-scholarship-fund-finances-junkets-sta" rel="nofollow">Groups Charge ALEC with Tax Fraud over Secretive "Scholarship" Fund</a>  PRWatch   ...The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is running a secretive, multi-million dollar slush fund that finances lavish trips for state legislators and has misled the Internal Revenue Service about the fund’s activity, two government watchdog groups charged...<br /><a href="http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/08/05/3085468/state-employees-get-some-protections.html" rel="nofollow">State employees get some protections in bill, but grievance procedures shortened</a>  News & Observer   ...North Carolina’s Gov. Pat McCrory is expected to sign a bill that speeds up the employee grievance process for state workers but backs away from earlier efforts to sharply curtail their civil service protections...<br /><a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/186714/judge-strikes-down-city-council-s-prevailing-wage-bill" rel="nofollow">Judge Strikes Down City Council's Prevailing Wage Bill</a>  NY1   ...The mayor had vetoed the legislation that requires businesses which receive at least $1 million from the city to pay workers at a rate higher than the state's minimum wage...

Today's Teamster News 08.07.13

Keolis Paratransit Workers Choose Teamsters Union   IBT   ...Paratransit drivers and mechanics with Keolis, a global transportation group in...

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