Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Today's Teamster News 01.19.11

FedEx Change Makes Drivers Business Owners  Worcester Business Journal   ...In May, FedEx sent a letter to its drivers requiring that they incorporate their businesses within 180 days. They also have to be registered and in good standing with the states where they operate and treat anyone who works for them as an employee rather than a subcontractor...
CNY unions lead MLK Day food, clothing drive  (Local 317) WSYR-TV   ...For the 10th straight year local labor unions are honoring the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by leading a food and clothing drive...
Doing good on MLKing holiday (Local 317) WSTM-TV ...this year they're also stuffing a bus with school supplies...
North Lawrence Dairy done  (Local 687) Watertown Daily Times   ...100 LOSING JOBS: Contract for Breyers yogurt pulled; plant operated in hamlet for more than a century...
Teamsters Local 320 Narrowly Avoid Strike  Northland's News Center   ... Snow plow drivers in St. Louis County won't strike following a contract vote Tuesday evening... 
Pipeline could be vital to national security interest Grand Island Independent   ...pipelines are a vital link to America’s energy needs with more than 2 million miles of pipelines crisscrossing America, including Nebraska’s Sandhills...
White House's Mexican trucking proposal draws ire of US truckers  The Examiner   ...Mexico-domiciled trucking companies and truck drivers must be required to comply with the same level of safety, security and environmental standards that apply to their U.S.-based companies and drivers...
Study Points to Windfall for Goldman Partners  New York Times   ...Goldman is on track to pay out $17.5 billion in compensation for last year...
Panel Begins to Set Rules to Govern Financial System  New York Times   ...the proposals are among the most concrete steps yet aimed at preventing financial institutions from becoming “too big to fail” ...
China strengthens rare-earth regulation  MarketWatch  ...China has drawn-up national planning regions for rare-earth and iron mines to strengthen government regulation over the development of the metals...