October 2011 Archive

Snow Plow
Teamsters Slow Down On Snow Removal in…Cairo?
Of course, the Teamsters are denying it. Nevertheless, it's not everyday you see a news story about snow in Cairo...and a Teamster snow removal slow down to boot. By the way, ...
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Nancy Pelosi Goes ‘Rogue’: Boeing Should Either Close Down South Carolina Plant Or Make it Union
Yeah, the former Democratic Speaker of the House went there...
OccupyJail
#OccupyPathetic: Santa Rosa protesters plan to provoke arrests to get more support
#OccupySantaRosa protesters in Santa Rosa, California are planning  to violate the law on Saturday by erecting tents that they 1) know are illegal and 2) have been told will result ...
OccupyThanksgiving
#OWS Gets New Support From United Federation of Turkeys
 
Revolution Cancelled
#OccupyOakland calls for general strike, unions say ‘Sorry, we have jobs.’
If you're going to call for a revolution, it helps to make sure that everyone's on board with it, right? Apparently, that didn't occur to the #OccupyOakland protesters who called ...
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With No Contract, AFSCME To Strike Connecticut Red Cross Thursday
Red Cross Blood Collection Workers Set To Strike Thursday DAN HAAR | The Hartford Courant October 28, 2011 Two hundred blood collection workers at the Connecticut Blood Services region of the ...
Money-Burning
Billion-Dollar Bust: Long Island Railroad Workers Caught In Massive Disability Fraud
Former Long Island Rail Road workers who lied about being disabled rode a “train of lies’’ to golden retirements in an audacious, $1 billion pension scam, the feds said yesterday. Eleven ...
privacy shredded
Court of Appeals Smacks NLRB Over Postal Employees’ Privacy
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. U.S. POSTAL SERVICE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, Respondent. No. 11-1225. United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit. October 27, 2011.   This case involves ...
Union Bosses Busted!
UFCW Bosses Busted For Racketeering, Extortion, Money Laundering & Witness Tampering
A powerful United Food & Commercial Workers local union (348s) in New York was closed for business on Thursday as police arrested three family members who run the union local. Police ...
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Fire captain suspected of embezzling $63,000 from union
Fire captain suspected of embezzling $63,000 JULIE JOHNSON | THE PRESS DEMOCRAT October 27, 2011 A Rancho Adobe Fire Captain was accused of embezzling more than $63,000 from the fire protection ...

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