Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Today's Teamster News 10/06/10

Foreclosure Furor Rises; Many Call for a Freeze New York Times ...The uproar over bad conduct by mortgage lenders intensified Tuesday, as lawmakers in Washington requested a federal investigation...

Dim Outlook for Holiday Jobs New York Times ...As the economy sputters, prospects are dimming for unemployed workers who were banking on a seasonal retail job...

Southern California Grocery Teamsters Overwhelmingly Ratify Agreements IBT ...Teamsters at seven southern California Teamster Locals have overwhelmingly ratified agreements with grocers Ralphs, Food 4 Less, Vons and Albertsons...

Teamsters Local 71 Organizing Machine Rolls On With American Red Cross Victory IBT ...American Red Cross workers in Charlotte have voted to join Teamsters Local 71...

Government workers' pensions no longer sacred Washington Post ...Public employees are facing a backlash that has intensified with the nation's economic woes...

Audit faults Missouri labor agency St. Louis Post-Dispatch ... the labor department has failed to hold companies doing business in the state accountable for the number of "misclassified workers" on private payrolls...

Most 9/11 responders OK settlement resolving suit Associated Press ...A lawyer representing 10,000 ground zero workers suing New York City over their exposure to World Trade Center dust said Tuesday that 75 percent have signed a settlement...