Today's Teamster News 11.22.13

<a href="http://inlandempire.us/teamsters-joint-council-42-and-local-911-endorse-lee-rogers-for-congress-in-ca-25/" rel="nofollow">Teamsters Joint Council 42 and Local 911 Endorse Lee Rogers for Congress</a>  Inland Empire   ...Dr. Lee Rogers, candidate for Congress in California’s 25th District, announced today that he has picked up the endorsements of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 911 and their umbrella organization, Joint Council 42. Rogers, a podiatrist, is a member of the Teamsters Union...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/use-teamster-made-ingredients-thanksgiving" rel="nofollow">Use Teamster-Made Ingredients for Thanksgiving</a>  teamster.org   ...For your Thanksgiving recipes, use Teamster-made ingredients and support your brothers and sisters at these companies...<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/waste-workers-near-san-diego-ratify-first-teamster-contract" rel="nofollow">Waste Workers Near San Diego Ratify First Teamster Contract</a>  teamster.org   ...Drivers and mechanics at Waste Management in Carlsbad, California, who voted to join Teamsters Local 683 in San Diego, have ratified their first contract...<br /><a href="http://www.thedp.com/article/2013/11/bon-appetit-workers-finish-negotiations" rel="nofollow">New contract gives wage increases for dining workers</a>  The Daily Pennsylvanian   ...Penn dining workers have finished negotiations with Bon Appetit, which will increase their wages and provide a healthcare package. Negotiations began in September, after the workers joined Teamsters Local 929...<br /><a href="http://northcountrynow.com/business/massena-highway-department-union-reach-four-year-deal-0101336" rel="nofollow">Massena, highway department union reach four-year deal</a>  North Country Now   ...The Town Council in Messena, New York, unanimously agreed to a four-year contract with the Teamsters Local 687 to cover the town Highway Department’s eight employees on Wednesday night...<br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-p-hoffa/corporate-america-have-yo_b_4317389.html" rel="nofollow">Hoffa to Corporate America: 'Have You No Sense of Decency?'</a>  Huffington Post   ...the <a href="https://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/09/23?print">average American family pays $6,000 a year</a> to cover government tax breaks for big business....<br /><a href="http://www.teamster.org/content/senator-sounds-alarm-social-security" rel="nofollow">Senator Sounds The Alarm On Social Security</a>   teamster.org   ...The median retirement savings of U.S. workers near retirement age is only $12,000....<br /><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/11/21/2976951/walmart-dallas-strike/" rel="nofollow">Walmart Workers Strike At Seven Stores In Dallas</a>  ThinkProgress   ...Walmart workers called out or walked off the job at seven stores in Dallas, according to OUR Walmart activists, the group that has been organizing strikes and protests against the company...<br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/11/21/wal_mart_labor_group_promises_1500_black_friday_protests_next_week/" rel="nofollow">Wal-Mart labor group promises 1,500 Black Friday protests next week</a>  Salon   ...Amid scrutiny of Wal-Mart taking up employee-to-employee charity, strike wave continues against retail giant...<br /><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/11/18/2961231/middle-class-disappearing-recovery/" rel="nofollow">The Middle Class Is Disappearing Despite The Economic Recovery</a>  ThinkProgress   ...There were nearly 700,000 fewer middle-income households since the began than during the economic crisis, according to new Census Bureau data...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/11/21/the-u-s-ranks-26th-for-life-expectancy-right-behind-slovenia/" rel="nofollow">The U.S. ranks 26th for life expectancy, right behind Slovenia</a>  Washington Post   ...Back in the 1970s, Americans typically lived longer than residents of other countries. Not anymore, according to a new report...<br /><a href="http://www.alternet.org/i-watched-my-patients-die-treatable-diseases-because-they-were-poor" rel="nofollow">‘I Watched My Patients Die of Treatable Diseases Because They Were Poor’</a>  AlterNet   ...A Galveston medical student describes life and death in the non-existent Texas safety net...<br /><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/tea-party-donors-fec-rules-100208.html" rel="nofollow">Tea party groups can't shield donors, FEC rules</a>  Politico   ...The panel voted 3-2 against a proposal that would have allowed the Tea Party Leadership Fund to shield the names and information of their donors from public scrutiny...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/11/20/what-will-happen-to-truck-drivers-when-self-driving-vehicles-take-over/?wprss=rss_business&_monetaClick=eyJ3aWRnZXRfaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQiOiI5ZTBlZDc0YS1jY2MyLTRjMDctYWY2NS01ZjVjM2U0MzBhNWQiLCJjb250YWluZXJfaWQiOiJyZXZfYWRfNyIsImVsZW1lbnRfcG9zaXRpb24iOiIzIiwibGlua19pZCI6ImFlMzgzMzA0LTUyYzMtMTFlMy1hM2NhLTIyMDAwYTFjODhlOCIsImFkX2lkIjoiYWU1ZGI1MjAtNTJjMy0xMWUzLWEzY2EtMjIwMDBhMWM4OGU4IiwiY2xpY2tfaWQiOiIwZTY2MDBiZi1kNjc3LTRiOTgtOTkyYi1iMzQ1ZTkzYzExMTYiLCJ3YXBvX3Zpc19pZCI6IjA5NmI3OWYwLTRiZTctNDI1Mi1hODMwLTExZDlmYjdkNTU5YSIsIndhcG9fc2Vzc19pZCI6bnVsbCwid2Fwb19sb2dpbl9pZCI6bnVsbCwicHViaWQiOiJ3cCJ9" rel="nofollow">What will happen to truck drivers when self-driving vehicles take over?</a>  Washington Post   ...Google's test vehicles for its self-driving technology are a Lexus and a Prius. That suggests that Google sees self-driving as a technology for passenger cars. But self-driving technology will almost certainly affect industry and commerce first...<br /><a href="http://www.alternet.org/economy/5-signs-rich-have-way-too-much-money" rel="nofollow">5 Signs the Rich Have Way Too Much Money</a>  AlterNet   ...You can get a $5,000 hamburger for lunch. The Fleur de Lys restaurant in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay <a href="http://www.luxist.com/2008/05/14/theres-a-5-000-burger-in-las-vegas/">offers the "Fleurburger 5000"</a> for $5,000...<br /><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/cfpb-fines-payday-lender-cashamerica-for-robo-signing-gauging-military-members/2013/11/20/23d31f54-520e-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_story.html" rel="nofollow">Cash America fined over claims of robo-signing, gouging military families</a>  Washington Post   ...The $19 million settlement is the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s first with a payday lender...<br />UPS increasing rates by 4.9% in 2014  Associated Press   ...The shipping company said that the number is an average of its UPS Ground, Air and International, and Air Freight rate increases for the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico...<br /><a href="http://bigstory.ap.org/article/spanish-court-sentences-robin-hood-mayor" rel="nofollow">Spanish court sentences 'Robin Hood' mayor </a> Associated Press   ...A Spanish court has sentenced a town mayor and four others to seven months in prison for occupying unused military land they wanted to be loaned to farmers hard hit by the economic crisis...<br /><a href="http://wepartypatriots.com/wp/2013/11/20/ny-signs-dol-deal-to-tackle-misclassification-payroll-fraud-protection-act-of-2013-introduced/" rel="nofollow">NY Signs DOL Deal to Tackle Misclassification; Payroll Fraud Protection Act of 2013 Introduced</a>  The We Party   ...The state of New York has signed into an agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division in an attempt to stop the misclassification of employees as independent contractors. New York is the 15th state to sign such an agreement...<br /><a href="http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/targets-seek-stay-of-investigation-into-scott-walker-s-recall/article_d0c14500-da16-5ed0-a9ef-b1d46b52f845.html" rel="nofollow">Targets seek stay of investigation into Scott Walker's recall campaign and other groups</a>  Wisconsin State Journal   ...Three unnamed petitioners are asking that a judge be ordered to temporarily halt a secret investigation into campaign activity by Gov. Scott Walker’s recall campaign and more than two dozen conservative political groups...<br /><a href="http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2013/11/wisconsin_emplo_2.html" rel="nofollow">Wisconsin Employment: October 2013</a>  Econbrowser   ...Two numbers to remember: 84 thousand and 107 thousand. The first number is the amount by which actual October employment lags Governor Walker's promised path; the second is the amount by which the Administration's own forecast for January 2015 lags Walker's promised 250,000 net new jobs figure...<br /><br />

Today's Teamster News 11.22.13

Teamsters Joint Council 42 and Local 911 Endorse Lee Rogers for Congress   Inland Empire   ...Dr. Lee Rogers, candidate for Congress in Cali...

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