October 27, 2009: The Department of Transportation has agreed to abandon its defense of longer working hour standards for truck drivers issued in 2003. This could possibly lead to a return to the ten-hour daily driving limit, though there is no guarantee of that outcome.
Click here to read the press release from Public Citizen.
Batesville Products workers in Lawrenceburg, Indiana are done waiting on union-busting stall tactics. Now they've gone on strike to demand that their company recognizes their union.
UPS Teamsters are already reeling from layoffs and building closures under Carol Tomé and “Better, Not Bigger.” Now, Amazon is escalating its attack on union package delivery jobs. On May 4, Amazon announced it is launching Amazon Supply Chain Services to compete directly with UPS for business-to-business deliveries.
