Thursday, March 17, 2011

Today's Teamster News 03.17.11

Allied Systems workers expected to strike today  Winston-Salem Journal   ...The Teamsters National Automobile Transporters Industry Negotiating Committee served a 72-hour strike notice on Allied Systems and Transport Support Inc. March 10 after Allied said it had retroactively cut teamster members' pay by 20 percent...
Thousands of union members storm Lansing to rally  UpNorthLive.com   ...They say it's a direct assault against the middle class...
Large, dynamic solidarity protest in DC outside Wisconsin GOP fundraiser  Daily Kos   ...this protest was a dynamic, almost unpredictable event that far exceeded expectations...
In Ohio, Labor Rallies for Referendum Against Anti-Union Bill  Atlantic Monthly   ...Ohio, where the political climate is far chillier and more conservative, may prove itself to be the central theater for the showdown between Republicans and labor later this fall...
Labor's Herculean Moment  Indy Star   ...A national assault on unionism has turned Democrats in Indiana and elsewhere into marchers and brought throngs of angry supporters to capitols, where kindergarten teachers and laborers have found common cause...
The bogus case of the $160,000-per-year bus driver  Washington Post   ...He was able to (work a huge number of house) this because of previous rules, negotiated by Teamsters local 695, that allowed drivers with most seniority — and the highest salaries — to rack up large amounts of overtime...
Dane County DA says budget panel violated open meetings law  Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel   ...Ismael Ozanne filed a civil complaint Wednesday alleging legislative leaders violated the state's open meetings law last week when a special committee adopted a bill curbing collective bargaining for most public workers...
Giant Food plant might be set to close  Washington Post   ...Teamsters Local 730 Union president Ritchie Brooks said that Tuesday, officials from Jessup Logistics informed him that the plant would shutter...
Hoffa Commits Full Resources of Union to Win Continental-United Campaign  IBT   ...The Teamsters are organizing about 7,000 ramp workers at United, who are currently represented by the Machinist's Union...