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...Memories among trade folk were scarred for decades by the disastrous Seattle World Trade Organization ministerial in 1999, ringed by protesters from the fearsome (in several ways) Teamsters union....
...O’Brien, a fourth-generation Teamster and longtime leader of its Boston local, had been an outspoken critic of then-president James Hoffa, the son of Jimmy Hoffa, the late legendary Teamsters boss....
...In particular, local chapters of the Teamsters Union are mobilising to challenge incentive deals that they say displace other logistics jobs that pay more....
...The case surrounds Seattle concrete company Glacier Northwest, which sued its local Teamster union after some cement hardened in mixers when drivers went on strike in frustration over the pace of bargaining...
...The case involves a Seattle concrete company which sued its local Teamster union after some cement hardened when workers went on strike....
...That is the claim of the Teamsters union, which has represented transport and logistics workers for more than a century, and which says the spotlight on working conditions across America’s largest ecommerce...
...In 1999, according to a federal indictment, Mr Taylor met in a Boston hotel room with a boss for the local Teamsters union, then suing Cardinal Healthcare for $1m after a labour dispute....
...Mr Korgan, a former warehouse worker, now fights to organise the industry as secretary-treasurer of Teamsters Local 1932, a union in southern California’s Inland Empire, a major logistics hub....
...Angeles, Chicago and Ohio, the Teamsters union and United Auto Workers retirees....
...They’ve created a culture of fear at CP,” said Douglas Finnson, president of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, a labour union....
...Four unions that had opposed the plan — AFSCME Council 31, the Chicago Teachers Union, the Illinois Nurses Association and Teamsters Local 700 — welcomed the ruling....
...“I had union experience,” says Mr Ruffin, who previously dealt with the Teamsters union at his Kansas dairy. “They are tough — oh, God, are they tough....
...Hundreds of freelance drivers in Seattle lobbied for the legislation under the banner of the App-Based Drivers Association, an affiliate of the local Teamsters union....
...Employees at Durham School Services, the group’s US school bus business, have complained that they have been prevented from joining the Teamsters union and say that managers have interrogated staff and sacked...
...“If our local Teamsters Union allows it, I could at least be a loader on a truck,” she says....
...In November, drivers who transport Facebook staff to and from work in California voted to be represented by the Teamsters union....
...“Corporate America loves to tout the growth in trade due to Nafta, but those dollars have largely gone into the pockets of top executives,” said James Hoffa, the president of the Teamsters Union....
...The European Union has won the Nobel Peace Prize this year. Brussels bureaucrats please take a bow. No excuse to march upon each other now....
...“These four electoral votes right here could make the difference,” he told supporters at a Teamsters union hall. “We don’t know how this thing is going to play out.”...
...Gartner research firm. http://on.ft.com/QT455l Boom time for Indonesia’s car industry The city’s main seaport is struggling to cope with a surge in exports as Japanese carmakers build on their strong local...
...The budget] also freezes the Commission’s administrative budget at well below inflation level…The vast majority of people across the EU feel the daily pain of the crisis as their national, regional and local...
...dfec7cf0-501a-11e1-a3ac-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1lZHgv78P Iran softens line on cutting oil to Europe Iran has indicated that its threat to cut oil supplies to European states in order to pre-empt a European Union...
...http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-06/brazil-airport-auction-to-test-investment-climate-as-world-cup-draws-near.html Egypt move on foreign groups puts aid at risk Egypt has referred 40 employees of local...
...Members of other unions attended, including the Teamsters and the Communication Workers of America, which represents some of the 45,000 Verizon workers who went on strike this summer....
...By the end of the day, a visibly glitzier crowd was prepared to push past a noisy Teamsters Union picket line to buy expensive art....
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