Rip Watson Transport Topics June 21, 2013 View the original piece DHL Express officially opened the $46 million expansion of its U.S. air hub here in an effort to build market share and sustain double-digit package and express volume growth. “This is a major step forward for us,” said Ian Clough, CEO of DHL Express U.S., speaking on June 13 at DHL’s facility at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. “The U.S. is a significant part of...

The Associated Press June 18, 2013 View the original piece Brad Slawson Jr, who was expelled, along with his father, from the Teamsters Union in Apirl 2013 for embezzling from the members, has now been busted for poaching wildlife. Slawson paid an $18,000 fine for illegally hunting deer for a period of years, according to this news report.

CNN June 18, 2013 View the original piece Click here to see CNN interview with Dan Moldea. Also available: a review of the book "I Hear You Paint Houses" about the life, trials and corruption of Jimmy Hoffa.

Lisa Hammersly Arkansas Democrat-Gazette June 12, 2013 View the original piece Teamsters union leaders are urging more than 7,000 of their members to approve a new, five-year contract with ABF Freight System Inc. in Fort Smith, one of the nation’s largest trucking firms. But as members spend June casting their ballots, they’re also hearing voices critical of the agreement the trucking company says it must have to survive. “I want to ask everybody to endorse this...

WDRB June 11, 2013 View the original piece Union workers at Louisville's largest employer are sending a message that they don't like a new contract on the table -- and they're going against the grain, because the national union thinks it's a good deal.   A few dozen in brown banded together this morning at UPS Bluegrass in Jeffersontown. They were trying to send a message to UPS, and to union members on the national...

WHAS 11 June 11, 2013 View the original piece Some UPS workers claim they're being bullied and harassed by managers to vote yes for a new union contract. They have 12 days left.UPS workers are upset and have alarming words for what they say is taking place at UPS Worldport in Louisville, the largest employer in Kentucky.Stephen Piercey, UPS worker, said: "I've never seen the kind of underhanded, despicable actions they've committed in the last...

Dan Mihalopoulos Chicago Sun-Times June 10, 2013 View the original piece The Teamsters union in Chicago is a family business — the Coli family. Union boss John Coli — one of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's few supporters in organized labor — and his two sons together were paid more than $615,000 last year for their work in leadership roles with the Teamsters, according to public records. Coli, 53, was paid a total of $338,655 in 2012...

WDRB News June 05, 2013 View the original piece     LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville's largest employer could face a standoff with its workers. Teamsters Local 89 is going against its national negotiators and telling UPS workers to vote "no" on a new union contract. As the shift changes at UPS Worldport in Louisville, Dane Smith heads in with one thing in the back of his mind. "Right now, we are very frustrated and...

Lorraine McCarthy BNA Daily Labor Report June 03, 2013 View the original piece A work arrangement in New Jersey's short-distance and parcel delivery trucking industry would be legally presumed to be an employer-employee relationship, under a bill that received final legislative approval in the New Jersey Senate May 30. The Truck Operator Independent Contractor Act (A. 1578), which passed along party lines by votes of 21-17 in the Senate and 43-30 in the Assembly, will...

Making Change at Walmart June 06, 2013 View the original piece Reduced shifts. Worse hours. No raises. Being fired. These are just some of the ways Walmart has retaliated against their workers who have spoken up for their rights. Workers like Vanessa Ferreira, who worked at Walmart for 8 years, until she was fired earlier this month -- having done nothing wrong beside standing up for herself and her coworkers. Or workers like Carlton Smith,...