April 16, 2007: Reuters: Employees of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., Coca-Cola Co.'s largest bottler, may be forced to stop work if the two companies fail to address worker concerns, a Teamsters Union representative warned on Monday. The Teamsters Union, which represents more than 14,000 Coke and CCE employees in the United States and Canada, has previously protested against restructuring programs that led to job cuts at a Southern California bottling plant. "By refusing to address workers'...

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April 13, 2007: New York Times: If there is a single, logical justification for the wild executive compensation packages that have become standard at large American companies, it is performance. In too many cases, pay has little or nothing to do with results, and some of the most jaw-dropping packages are for executives who have been told to hand over the reins. Click here to read the full story at the New York Times.

April 12, 2007: New York Times: Labor disruptions again hit the Canadian National Railway after workers overwhelmingly rejected a tentative contract leading to pickets in lockouts in some cities. Read the full story from the New York Times.

April 12, 2007: More than 20,000 Teamsters in California have won an $87 million victory versus UPS. On April 9, a California State judge officially approved a settlement of a class action lawsuit filed against UPS for forcing employees to work off the clock. One result is that package car drivers are seeing less forced, excessive overtime. “For me this was never about the money. This is about the change. I wanted UPS to start...

April 11, 2007: Santiago Rafael Cruz, an organizer for the Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC), was found bound and beaten to death yesterday in the group's Monterrey, Mexico, office. FLOC doesn't believe it was a random killing. Click here to read more at the AFL-CIO blog. Click here to read to read more from FLOC.

April 11, 2007: Canadian conductors are back on strike against the Canadian National line after UTU members rejected a tentative agreement by 79 percent, with over 80 percent of members voting. The UTU International has called a rotating strike, starting with CN sites in Oakville, Ontario and Vancouver and Kamloops, British Columbia. The UTU hasn’t said when other CN trainmen will join them on the picket lines. This strike is the second time UTU members...

April 11, 2007: Canadian National Railway Co.'s 2,800 union conductors and yard workers rejected a proposed one- year contract from the country's biggest railroad and voted to strike. Read the full story at Bloomberg.

April 10, 2007: Traffic World—A union vote count that will be released at the close of the business day on April 10 could allow a strike in Canada to quickly flare back up against Canadian National Railway. The United Transportation Union, representing 2,800 CN conductors and yard workers in that country, planned to release the count at 5 p.m. eastern time, amid indications that many union members might reject the tentative one-year contract. The UTU...

April 9, 2007: McDonald's Corp. on Monday said it has agreed to pay an additional penny per pound for Florida tomatoes, ending a two-year campaign for the increase by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Read the full story at Reuter's. Click here to read more at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers website.