Change to Win's Strategic Organizing Center 12, 2012 View the original piece A letter from Change to Win's Strategic Organizing Center: Dear Friends, Warehouse workers in Southern California went on strike this morning, following months of high tension, high temperatures and extreme pressure in a major Walmart-contracted warehouse. These courageous workers walked off the job to protest retaliation by their warehouse employers. Will you stand with us and tell Walmart to take responsibility for its...

David Twiddy Kansas City Business Journal 07, 2012 View the original piece YRC Worldwide Inc. has shrunk its corporate headquarters staff from around 2,000 to less than 400 as the company tries to streamline its operations. CEO James Welch told analysts at the Deutsche Bank 2012 Aviation and Transportation Conference on Thursday that most of the holding company's employees are in accounts receivable after he shifted sales, information technology and other back-office responsibilities to YRC’s...

Daniel Beekman NY Daily News 06, 2012 View the original piece More than 350 Bronx factory workers are on strike against one of the largest pharmaceutical manufacturers in the world. The union workers—who manufacture and package medical ointments and creams at a Perrigo factory on Bathgate Ave.—were locked out Tuesday morning when they returned to work after Labor Day, they said Wednesday. "I came here ready to work and, all of a sudden, I'm out...

The City Wire 31, 2012 View the original piece Fort Smith-based ABF Freight System will again appeal to the U.S. Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals (St. Louis) a dismissal of its $750 million lawsuit against the Teamsters and other parties. The appeal marks the second attempt by ABF Freight — the largest subsidiary of transportation holding company Arkansas Best Corp. — to seek another chance at a day in federal court. ABF employs around 10,000,...

Barry B. Burr Pensions & Investments 27, 2012 View the original piece United Parcel Service Inc., Atlanta, expects to pay $1.2 billion in withdrawal liability from the $2.6 billion New England Teamsters & Trucking Industry Pension Fund, according to a UPS statement. UPS and pension fund officials also agreed to create a new structure for future benefit accruals for the multiemployer pension fund in which all employers will be liable for only their own employees'...

Stephanie Bodoni Bloomberg 17, 2012 View the original piece European Union regulators suspended their review of United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS)’s bid for TNT Express NV (TNTE) to seek more information from the parties on the deal. The European Commission in Brussels suspended its deadline for analyzing the transaction, it said on its website. The decision comes less than a month after the EU regulator had extended the initial deadline to Dec. 12. “It doesn’t...

Logistics Management 16, 2012 View the original piece Every one of UPS' millions of shippers should be aware of the time line of the talks, and the potential economic impact the settlement will have on their shipping costs. Already, the foreshadowing has begun—even though the current contract does not expire until 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 1, 2013. Formal talks are set to open on Sept. 27 in Washington, D.C. The exact site has yet to...

Gothamist 14, 2012 View the original piece Hostess, the beloved but bankrupt sweets company, may not have to be liquidated after all. The Post reports that the company, which has been going through bankruptcy proceedings since January, is this close to coming to a deal with its Teamsters. Which might allow them to keep their creditors happy. Nothing has been signed yet and T's still need to be crossed and I's dotted, but "there are...

Eric Lee Labour Start 13, 2012 View the original piece DHL is the world's largest courier company and one of the largest employers, with well over 470,000 workers.  It's owned by Deutsche Post, the privatized former German postal service.  As you can imagine, the company in Germany recognizes trade unions and bargains with them.  Many would consider them to be a good employer and DHL is very proud of its "corporate responsibility" record.  On their...

John Herzfeld BNA Daily Labor Report 13, 2012 View the original piece The former general counsel of an International Brotherhood of Teamsters local for employees of the New York State Thruway Authority has been sentenced to two-and-two-thirds to eight years in prison for stealing funds from the union by falsifying expenses for professional education and legal reference materials, prosecutors announced Aug. 9 (People v. Clor, N.Y. Sup. Ct., No. 5866-11, sentencing 8/8/12). Kevin Clor, was...