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Rag Picking in America?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Recycling, Teamsters Union, Los Angeles, Port of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Recycling, Teamsters, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles News
Carl Pope

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa takes pride in the fact that his city's recycling rate is the highest in any of America's million plus population cities. But listening to the workers, it is clear that inside the recycling facility, workers are treated more like the garbage they sort than fellow citizens.

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Jason Cherkis

Occupy Atlanta, Unions Fight AT&T Layoffs, Start New Camp

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Layoffs, Atlanta Jobs With Justice, Communications Workers of America, Video, Jobs With Justice, Unemployment, AT&T, Occupy Wall Street, Economy. Southeast, Teamsters Union, Obama, Atlanta, Tim Franzen, Occupy Atlanta, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Occupy Atlanta launched a surprise protest against AT&T Monday, staging a sit-in at the communication giant's Southeast headquarters in ...

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Truck Drivers Left To Hustle If West Coast Ports Shut Down

Turnstyle | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Doug Bloch, Truck Drivers, General Strike, West Coast Port Shutdown, Teamsters Union, Protests, Occupy Wall Street, Teamsters, Occupy Oakland, Port Blockade Assembly, Impact News
Turnstyle

By: Robyn Gee Could a proposed shutdown of all West Coast ports on December 12 hurt truck drivers? West Coast occupiers are coming together in a co...

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Sotheby's $3.4 Billion Record

Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Sotheby's Breaks Record, Strike, Economics, Sothebys Breaks Record, Great Recession, Art Auction Record, Teamsters Union, Sothebys Record, Christie's, Art Market, Bill Ruprecht, Sotheby's, Auction House, China, Arts News

Just weeks after auction house Christie's announced record profits for first half 2011, Sotheby's announced its own record of $3.4 billion in six mont...

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Hollywood Teamsters Strike Averted, Overwhelmingly Approve Contract With Studios

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teamsters Union, Teamsters Strike, Teamsters, Holywood Teamsters Strike, Los Angeles News

BURBANK, Calif. — Teamsters drivers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a proposed contract from Hollywood movie and television studios, avoidin...

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Your Taxpayer Money Creating Clean Energy Jobs in...Japan?

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Wind Power, Sherrod Brown, Renewable Energy, Jobs, U.S. Renewable Energy Group, Spain, Clean Energy, Taxpayers, Denmark, Chuck Shumer, U.S. Congress, Bob Casey, U.S. Department of Energy, Teamsters Union, Chamber of Commerce, Japan, Jon Tester, Pew Charitable Trusts, Wind Turbines, China, Stimulus Money, Business News
James P. Hoffa

The U.S. government is sending $1.8 billion in stimulus money to overseas wind energy companies. It's just wrong to spend U.S. tax dollars on clean energy technology from companies in Japan, Denmark and Germany.

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The Ports Challenge

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, James Galbraith, Port of Long Beach, Port of Seattle, Pollution, Environmental Groups, Teamsters Union, Port of Los Angeles, Southern California, Low Wages, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Workers Compensation, Greenhouse Gases, Port of Newark, Port of Oakland, Medicare, American Trucking Associations, Los Angeles News
James P. Hoffa

I hate to think we've become a country that has lost the concept of public purpose, a country that allows corporations to poison the people who live nearby. But apparently they're too much for the trucking industry.

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Guvernator Wants Budget Fix on Backs of Drivers -- Happy New Year!

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teamsters Union, California Highway Patrol, Southern California, California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Los Angeles News
Steve Parker

California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has come up with a novel way to help the state's dismal budget. He wants to let cities install speed sensors in red-light cameras to ticket drivers.

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Should Mexican Trucks Be Allowed Throughout U.S.?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Inspector General, Congress, San Ysidro, Nafta, Mexican Trucks, Tariffs, Teamsters Union, Laredo, Cars, James Hoffa, Mexico, Calexico, Department of Transportation, Business News
Steve Parker

The recent release of a Transportation Departments inspector general's office government audit has brought to a head, once again, an issue which ignites deep feelings and loyalties in the best people.

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John McCain: No Friend of the American Worker

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Economy, John McCain, Social Security, Workers, Writers Guild of America Strike, Unfair Trade, Housing Crisis, Financial Crises, Whining, Teamsters Union, Minimum Wage, Middle-Class, Jay Leno, Phil Gramm, James Hoffa, Unemployment Benefits, Overtime, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

This is the same John McCain who's been kicking the crap out of American workers for the last 26 years. He voted to cut overtime. He voted against extending unemployment benefits.

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When It's Illegal And The President Does It, It's Still Illegal

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Mary Peters, Richard Nixon, Nafta, Mexican Trucks, George W. Bush, Teamsters Union, David Frost, Department of Transportation, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

Last week, the Bush administration extended the illegal and reckless plan allowing unsafe trucks from Mexico on our highways for another two years. Those plans are nothing short of illegal.

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Obama Seeks To End Federal Oversight Of Teamsters

Wall Street Journal | BRODY MULLINS and KRIS MAHER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teamsters Endorse Obama, Obama Teamsters Endorsement, Obama Teamsters, Teamsters Obama Endorsements, Teamsters Union, Obama Teamsters Oversight, Barack Obama Endorsement, Obama Endorsement, Politics News

Sen. Barack Obama won the endorsement of the Teamsters earlier this year after privately telling the union he supported ending the strict federal over...

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Teamsters Union Plans To Endorse Obama

The Atlantic | Marc Ambinder | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teamsters Endorse Obama, Teamsters Obama Endorsements, Barack Obama, Obama Endorsements, Political Endorsements, Obama 2008, Teamsters Union, 2008 Campaign, 2008 Elections, Politics News

The 1.4 million-member Teamsters union will endorse Sen. Barack Obama's presidential candidacy today, Democrats briefed on the decision said. A Teams...

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