Monday, October 25, 2010

Today's Teamster News 10/25/10

Safety Chief Warns China on Toys Wall Street Journal ...The CPSC ... in 2009 ... stopped nearly twice as many products at ports as in 2008, and of 1,800 samples collected more than half showed evidence of a safety hazard...

Creditors Back Plan At Tribune Wall Street Journal ...a bankruptcy judge granted Tribune's official committee of unsecured creditors the right to sue some of the parties that helped engineer the ill-fated buyout...

School Bus Drivers Vote To Unionize With Teamsters KAKE ...drivers have no retirement plan options or health insurance benefits. Organizing with the Teamsters Union will give them the opportunity to bargain with the company for contracts that might include those types of things...

Labor officials meet in Wichita to discuss "wage theft" problem Associated Press ...Kansas Labor Secretary Jim Garner told the group that his office collects more than $1 million a year in wages that were wrongfully withheld from workers...

Teamster badass fights off thieves who threatened his life and jobs Teamster Magazine ...When Patrick Johnston, a Local 624 Teamster in Santa Rosa, Calif., saw two thieves coming at him with sticks, he knew he was in for the fight of his life...