Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Today's Teamster News 10/12/10

Supermarkets, Teamsters have five-year deal The Press-Enterprise ...Warehouse workers and drivers overwhelmingly ratified a ... contract with Southern California's major grocery chains ... giving workers pay increases and holding the line on their medical costs...

Union attacks Rite-Aid for delaying severance talks Observer-Dispatch ...Rite Aid has repeatedly refused to provide financial documents supporting their decision to close the facility and move some workers to a non-unionized Liverpool distribution center as a cost-saving measure...

Ohio Attorney General Fights Against Wall Street New York Times ...Richard Cordray in two years in office has ... sue(d) early and often, filing lawsuits against global financial houses, rating agencies, subprime lenders and foreclosure scammers...

Wall Street Pay: A Record $144 Billion Wall Street Journal ...Pay on Wall Street is on pace to break a record high for a second consecutive year...

Unemployed find old jobs now require more skills Associated Press ...some of the jobless no longer even qualify for their old positions...