Corruption and Reform in the Teamsters Union (Working Class in American History)
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Canadian National Railway Co. and the Teamsters union reached a deal on Wednesday to end a strike by locomotive engineers, avoiding a potential blow to the fragile economic recovery.
News Unfiltered (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
The Teamsters Union today urged the House of Representatives to swiftly pass legislation tightening safety requirements for the transportation of hazardous materials. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a hazardous materials safety bill last week. It requires lithium batteries on cargo airplanes to be stowed where the crew can reach them. Lithium cells and...
CityNews: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
The union representing striking CN Rail locomotive engineers is offering to submit wage issues to binding arbitration. The Teamsters union says that would be conditional if all other outstanding issues are resolved at the bargaining table. The union says that this morning management declined a union offer to return to the bargaining table. It says the company was...
Market Watch (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) -- Canadian National Railway Co., the Montréal railroad operator, said late on Monday that after the company and the Teamsters union were unable to reach an agreement, it would raise wages and change the mileage caps for its union-represented locomotive engineers in Canada. Collective bargaining with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference ended...
The Young Professional Blogs Aggregator (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Helen Green, president and business agent of the Las Vegas Teamsters union office, filed a lawsuit against Teamsters Local 995, Teamsters Joint Council 42 and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters for being “subjected to sexual discrimination, sexual harassment and retaliation during her employment both as President and as a business agent.” Green...
American Conservative Daily (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The powerful Teamsters union on Thursday broke with President Obama over Senate Democrat's health care bill that would slap an excise tax on insurance companies for so-called "Cadillac" health plans, the high-priced and benefit-rich coverage that unions have fought hard to win for their members. International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Jim Hoffa said the...
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
The powerful Teamsters union on Thursday broke with President Obama over Senate Democrats' health care bill that would slap an excise tax on insurance companies for so-called "Cadillac" health plans, the high-priced and benefit-rich coverage that unions have fought hard to win for their members. International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Jim Hoffa said the...
ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Questions abound whether big labor will urge bank workers to form new unions.
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A former Teamsters union official says then-Sen. Joseph Bruno told him in 1994 that Wright Investors Service wanted to manage his local's pension fund and didn't disclose he was being paid by Wright. Howard Bennett, a fund trustee for Local 294, says he knew Bruno for years personally and as a lawmaker with a good record on labor issues. He contacted Bruno sometimes about union...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Call On Italian Government to Hold Company Responsible for Actions
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
See more news releases in: , , Teamsters Take Carhaul Jobs Fight to Skies Over Chrysler's MeetingFlyover Is Part of Campaign Protesting Attempts By Chrysler To Destroy Good Jobs AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two airplanes will be flying over the Chrysler Technology Centre from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. today to protest the company's attempt to destroy the jobs of experienced,...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Members of the Teamsters Union today demonstrated their opposition to the Chamber's extreme positions on climate change, health care reform, financial re-regulation, and workers' rights. They joined members of other unions and progressive groups at a rally outside the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's convention in Philadelphia.
Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Canadian National Railway Co. (TSX:CNR) and the Teamsters union have reached a deal to end a strike by locomotive engineers which began Saturday.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
CN Rail and the Teamsters union have reached deal to end a strike by locomotive engineers which began Saturday.
lloydslist.com (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
About 1,700 engineers represented by the Teamsters’ union walked off their jobs early Saturday.
