David Letterman Late Show 28, 2013 View the original piece 10. "Does anyone know how to drive stick?" 9. "Who wants a Skinnygirl Margarita?" 8. "Overtime Schovertime" 7. "Sorry I'm late -- I was up all night twerking" 6. "Have a Teamster-ific day!" 5. "I get to meet Letterman AND Anderson Cooper? Pinch me" 4. "Hey, boss, mind if I work on Labor Day?" 3. "Where can I meet a nice, burly fellow?" (Woman) 2. "Where can I meet a nice, burly fellow?" (Man)...

Jay Hancock The Washington Post 21, 2013 View the original piece Partly blaming the health law, United Parcel Service is set to remove thousands of spouses from its medical plan because they are eligible for coverage elsewhere. Many analysts downplay the Affordable Care Act's effect on companies such as UPS, noting that the move is part of a long-term trend of shrinking corporate medical benefits. But the shipping giant repeatedly cites the act to explain...

Rip Watson Transport Topics 20, 2013 View the original piece YRC Worldwide Inc.'s regional Reddaway less-than-truckload unit resumed normal operations on Monday after an unauthorized walkout by Teamsters at Southern California terminals in Fontana and Compton, the unit’s president said. "The two terminals are fully operational now," T.J. O'Connor, president of Reddaway, told TT in an e-mail message, following the one-day action on Aug. 16. The action wasn't sanctioned by the Teamsters Union, according to...

Eleanor Laise Kiplinger 19, 2013 View the original piece It's a basic tenet of federal pension law: Plans can't slash the benefits of people who have already retired. But the financial struggles of multiemployer pension plans are igniting a debate over that rule—and threatening to weaken fundamental protections for retirees. Multiemployer pension plans, created by collective bargaining agreements between unions and two or more employers, cover more than ten million workers and retirees in construction,...

Susanne Pagano BNA Daily Labor Report 20, 2013 View the original piece The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has dropped its yearlong campaign to represent 11,000 mechanics and related workers at American Airlines, the union announced Aug. 16. The Teamsters said they ended their bid to represent the mechanics because of the Justice Department's lawsuit seeking to block the proposed merger between US Airways and American Airlines. The union said the DOJ litigation places the workers...

Mark Davis The Kansas City Star 16, 2013 View the original piece A work action surfaced Friday at two California trucking terminals owned by YRC Worldwide Inc. Overland Park-based YRC issued a statement that acknowledged the event at its Reddaway regional trucking operation. The statement cited "an unauthorized, non-sanctioned isolated work action with local Teamsters" at Reddaway's facilities in Fontana and Compton, Calif. Word of a walkout and pickets surfaced on a Teamsters online forum,...

Alana Semuels LA Times 16, 2013 View the original piece The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has dropped its bid to recruit about 12,000 aircraft mechanics and other personnel at American Airlines, marking the end to what had become a bitter fight between unions. Their battle to wrest control from the Transport Workers Union was marred by accusations of forged signatures and misrepresentations on both sides, and the strange distribution of airplane vomit bags to make...

Candice Bernd Truthout 13, 2013 View the original piece A new made-for-television documentary series aims to unpack the history of the labor movement in the United States in five one-hour episodes to combat anti-union propaganda at a time when union power is waning and collective-bargaining rights are under attack across the nation. Legendary folk singer and activist Pete Seeger will help narrate the new series "Strength in Union," which tackles the history of the U.S....

Josh Eidelson Salon 14, 2013 View the original piece Fast food strikers will escalate their campaign within the next week and a half, according to the key union backing their recent walkouts. In a Monday interview in her Washington, D.C., office, Service Employees International Union president Mary Kay Henry told Salon that SEIU members "see the fast food workers as standing up for all of us. Because the conditions are exactly the same." Henry was joined by...

Timothy Williams The New York Times 14, 2013 View the original piece A United Parcel Service cargo plane crashed during its landing approach at the Birmingham, Ala., airport on Wednesday morning, the authorities said. The accident occurred about 6 a.m., as U.P.S. Flight 1354, which was en route from Louisville, Ky., made its descent toward Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, about five miles northeast of downtown Birmingham, said Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration....