TOLL GROUP

Teamsters turn up heat on Toll over driver sackings
By Brad Gardner | November 29, 2011
Victory claimed as Toll rehires sacked truckies
By Brad Gardner | December 1, 2011
OCCUPY LA RALLY AND VISIT
SPECIAL GUEST INCLUDING
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DOLORES HUERTA
COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, CIVIL RIGHTS AND LABOR LEADER
POWER TO THE 99%
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TEAMSTERS SAFETY & HEALTH FACTS
RESTRICTING THE USE OF CELLULAR PHONES
IBT Safety and Health Department
December 2011
CALIFORNIA TEAMSTERS PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL
GOVERNOR'S PENSION REFORM PLAN
November 22, 2011
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF FINAL BALLOT TABULATION RESULTS
IBT INTERNATIONAL OFFICER ELECTION UPDATES
IBT International Officer Election Daily Announcement of FINAL Ballot Tabulation Results 11-18-2011
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Pictures from the "Emergency Demonstration" on
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10th where
26 Port Truck Drivers Were Let Go for Organizing a Union at Toll, a massive Australian-Owned Company! Final Paychecks Bounced! Toll Steals Their Jobs -- And Then Their Pay! Join Us In This Fight For Justice!
TOLL MUST PAY!!!!!!!!!
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SECRETARY TREASURER PATRICK D. KELLY ROUNDTABLE TALK!
Labor Outlook for Ports Roundtable
Port of Long Beach
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26 TOLL DRIVERS FIRED FOR ORGANIZING; PAY STOLEN
November 3, 2011
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UNION BLOCKS TRUCKING COMPANY'S LOADS AT THE PORT OF HUENEME
By Stephanie Hoops
October 31, 2011

Drivers Fired for Organizing; Pay Stolen!
Toll Group, an Australian logistics company with operations at the Port of Los Angeles, fired 26 drivers last week after they came to work wearing Teamster t-shirts to show that they want to be our brothers. And to add insult to injury, when workers went to cash or deposit their final pay checks, they learned that they were drawn on a non-existent account!
In America, workers have the right to join a union. But Toll is trying to intimidate their employees and prevent them from exercising their rights.
Act Now to Support the Toll 26!
Join us to demand that Toll respect workers' rights and reinstate the fired employees. Send an email to the Toll Group today and tell them to stop the campaign of harassment and retaliation against these drivers, reinstate the fired workers and respect their right to organize a union with the Teamsters.
Your message will be sent to Andrew Ethell, General Manager of Group Corporate Affairs, Toll Group.
Join Us to Fight Back!
This won’t be the end of it! We are prepared to take this company on in Los Angeles, in Australia with the support of our sister union there, or wherever they do business—and we’ll need your help as this fight escalates. Please visit http://grimtruthattollgroup.com/ for more information and be ready to help us continue the fight for justice at Toll Group.
To send an e-mail, click here.
Hoffa: Teamsters Strongly Oppose Job-Killing Trade Deals
Official Statement Of Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa
October 3, 2011
In Senate vote, a win for the middle class and a rebuke to China
The news that our trade with China has been bad for the American middle class has finally reached the U.S. Senate.
September 30, 2011

General President James P. Hoffa
Unions vs. Dems? Wants Obama to Fight Harder
August 26, 2011
MSNBC.com/MorningJoe Show
Click here to watch the video

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MEXICAN TRUCK PILOT PROGRAM
"A JOB-KILLING SAFETY HAZARD"

THE ED SHOW
GENERAL PRESIDENT
JAMES P. HOFFA
SPEAKS ON JOBS AGENDA
Click here to view video
August 3, 2011

Violence Hangs Over Colombia Trade Deal
Colombia labor leaders say governments assurances
won't stop the murder of labor organizers
By Dave Jamison - Huffington Post
August 5, 2011
We urge you to contact your elected Officials
and URGE them to OPPOSE FREE TRADE DEALS

Democrats Pivot From Boeing Battle To Broad Defense Of Unions
By Kevin Bogardus - 07/26/11
House Democrats pivoted off Republican criticism of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Tuesday to mount a full-throated defense of labor unions.
Senior House Democrats, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), rallied union members at a press conference where lawmakers and labor leaders blasted Republicans for attacking the labor board. The House is expected to vote this week on legislation that would limit the NLRB’s authority. TO READ ON CLICK HERE
Verizon Landline Unit at Heart of Strike
August 11, 2011
Republican Extremism, Bad Economics
August 16, 2011
Power to the Corporation!
August 14, 2011
Pawlenty Drops Out of Republican Race
August 14, 2011
Divining New York's Fate Should a Double-Dip Recession Hit
August 15, 2011
Strikers Trade Barbs With Verizon
August 13, 2011
As Investors, Chinese Turn to New York
August 11, 2011
Labor Board Races to Make Rulings
By Melanie Trottman
August 10, 2011
Republicans Hold On to Wisconsin Senate After Recall Vote
By Monica Davey
August 9, 2011
The Downgrading of a Debtor Nation
By Menzie D. Chinn and Jeffry A. Frieden
August 8, 2011
Verizon Strike Turns Nasty
By Greg Bensinger and Spencer E. Ante
August 9, 2011
Why Unions Matter: The Numbers
By Kevin Drum
March 2011
Second Recession in U.S. Could Be Worse Than First
By Catherine Rampell
August 7, 2011
Angels Baseball, Paying the Little Guy Peanuts
By Michael Hiltzik
August 7, 2011
Stocks Slump in First U.S. Trading Since Downgrade
By Christine Hauser and David Jolly
August 7, 2011
Credibility, Chutzpah and Debt
By Paul Krugman
August 7, 2011
S&P Downgrade is Seen as Adding Urgency to Debt-Cutting Panel
By Robert Pear
August 7, 2011
What Happened to Obama?
By Drew Westen
August 6, 2011

On Saturday, July 23rd and Sunday, July 24th Local 952 Business Representatives, Executive Board and Shop Stewards handbilled at the Irvine BMW in support of Working Families. To find out more on what BMW is up to click here



CONGRATULATIONS CESAR HERRERA!
Local 952 Member and Employee of 7-Up Orange. Brother Herrera has been a merchandiser for over 25 years and was terminated without just cause. After going through a lengthy grievance and arbitration process, on December 31, 2010 the arbitrator awarded Cesar reinstatement with seniority, back pay and benefits dating back to October 22, 2009.
On June 29, 2011 Brother Herrera received his check which included wages of $53,171.90, medical backpay of $1,944.54 for a total of $55,116.44. He is also receiving 2,522 hours of pension. Good job Brother!
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May 4, 2011
CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY HEARING
on a measure to protect Port Truck Drivers and Public Safety
Assembly Bill 950 (AB-950),
the Truck Driver Employment and Public Safety Protection Act
will provide the State with a clear solution to address serious public safety problems related to the port trucking industry

Click here to LISTEN LIVE TO THE HEARING
at 1:30 PM
Look for - AB No. 950 - at the 1:30 PM slot
Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the union maid
A little-reported fact of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case is that his accuser is a union member – with rights the IMF opposes
May 24, 2011

Union Effort Turns Its Focus to Target
By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
May 24, 2011
FEDEX FLYING WORKERS OVER TO EUROPE TO BATTLE STRIKES IN PARIS
May 24, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
DECISION - ABF CASE
Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (St. Louis) reversed and remanded a lower court's dismissal of ABF's lawsuit against the International Brotherhodd of Teamsters, YRC, Inc., Trucking Management, Inc. and other related entities.
Click here to read the DECISION
Message from Secretary Treasurer Patrick D. Kelly on
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF TRUCKING AND WAREHOUSE JOBS IN JEOPARDY!

TAKE ACTION!
Plan to Open Border to
Unsafe Mexican Trucks is RECKLESS!
TAKE ACTION NOW TO OPPOSE
CROSS-BORDER TRUCKING
THE PUBLIC HAS 30 DAYS to submit comments, concerns or objections
regarding the Pilot Program on NAFTA Long-Haul Trucking provisions
We URGE all members and their families to take action now:
By Fax: (202) 493-2251
By Mail: Docket Management Facility (MiV30)
US Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
West Building, Ground Floor, Room 12-140
Washington, DC 20590-0001
or online:
Click here to submit your comment
Click here to download the summary
from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Reader Rebuttal (WillKempton): Public Employees
By Will Kempton
June 3, 2011
Employment Data May Be the Key to the Presidient's Job
By Binyamin Appelbaum
June 1, 2011
Wal-Mart Is Being Pressed to Disclose How
Global Suppliers Treat Workers
By Stephanie Clifford
May 30, 2011
Stocks Drop Sharply on Disappointing Reports
By Christine Hauser
June 1, 2011
One Person, One Vote? Not Exactly
By David Leonhardt
May 31, 2011
S.E.C. Case Stands Out Because It Stands Alone
By Louise Story and Gretchen Morgenson
May 31, 2011
Surprise Victory in New York Invigorates
Democrates Looking to 2012
By Carl Hulse
May 30, 2011
Easing Out the Gray-Haried. Or Not.
By Nelson D. Schwartz
May 27, 2011
Gil Scott-Heron, Voice of Black Culture, Dies at 62
By Ben Sisario
May 28, 2011
America's Forgotten Liberal
By Rick Perlstein
May 26, 2011
Endangered Ryan-os
By Charles M. Blow
May 27, 2011
Administration Opposes Challenges to Medicaid Cuts
By Robert Pear
May 28, 2011
The Good Banker
By Joe Nocera
May 30, 2011
From Spain, Charges Against 20 in the Killing of 6 Priests in El Salvador in 1989
By Elisabeth Malkin
May 30, 2011
Rep. Ryan's Dubious Sales Pitch
May 29, 2011
Against Learned Helplessness
By Paul Krugman
May 29, 2011
As Physicians' Jobs Change, So Do Their Politics
By Gardiner Harris
May 30, 2011
Debt Limit at Heat of GOP's Impending Civil War
By Robert Reich
May 29, 2011
Medicare Plan for Payments Irks Hospitals
By Robert Pear
May 30, 2011
Under an Arizona Plan, Smokers and the Obese Would Pay Medicaid Fee
By Timothy Williams
May 30, 2011
Making Things in America
By Paul Krugman
May 19, 2011
When Austerity Fails
By Paul Krugman
May 22, 2011
Behind Grass-Roots School Advocacy, Bill Gates
By Sam Dillon
May 21, 2011
The Need for greed
May 16, 2011
Jump in Revenue Helps Halve California Deficit
By Jennifer Medina
May 16, 2011
New York Investigates Banks' Role in Financial Crisis
By Gretchen Morgenson
May 16, 2011
Connecticut Unions Agree to $1.6 Billion in Givebacks
By Peter Applebome
May 13, 2011
Real Estate Remains in Distress as U.S. Home Prices Fall Again
By David Streitfeld
April 26, 2011
Labor Board Plans to Sue 2 States Over Union Rules
By Steven Greenhouse
April 26, 2011
TEAMSTERS JOINT COUNCIL 42
Message from JC42 President Randy Cammack Regarding AB46
As you know, California State Assembly Speaker John Perez (D-45) has made one piece of legislation his "so called" signature legislation and legacy...
April 18, 2011

A LABOR LAW BOSSES WOULD LOVE
By David Bacon
April 19, 2011
LOCAL UNION 952 CONVENTION DELEGATES ELECTION
BALLOT TALLY RESULTS
Friday, March 4 2011
RESULTs

MEXICAN TRUCK DEAL FAILS TO PROTECT
U.S. HIGHWAYS, COMMUNITIES
Plan Threatens Jobs, Highway Safety and Border Security
Statement from
General President James P. Hoffa
Click here to read more...
Secretary-Treasurer
Patrick D. Kelly
Radio Interview with Frank Mottek
KNX Business Hour
Regarding Union March and Rally in Los Angeles
Saturday, March 26, 2011

(Click onto above logo to listen to audio interview)
Friday March 25, 2011

Laguna Beach Independent
Unlikely Labor Leader Behind the Wheel
 
'The union is our hope, the only hope we have'
Monday, March 28, 2011

Sister Gina Beck, Durham School Bus Service Employee
Wisconsin Update
Statement from General President James P. Hoffa
Then They Came for the Trade Unionists
DURHAM SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS AND AIDES VOTE "YES" TO TEAMSTERS LOCAL 952

YES-221
NO-54
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California School Bus Workers Overwhelmingly Choose Teamsters
Durham Drivers And Aides Unite For Improved Working Conditions
March 8, 2011
For More Information on the School Bus Campaigns Click Here
International Brotherhood of Teamsters

YRCW FREIGHT UPDATE
Teamsters Approve Agreement with YRCW
That Paves the Way to Save 25,000 Jobs
Summary of Key Terms and Conditions
for the Non-Binding Restructuring Plan
Letter to YRCW Members from General President Jim Hoffa and
National Freight Division Director Tyson Johnson

Contract Challenges
Pension shortfalls, ailing companies likely to challenge labor and management during negotiations this year
Jan 31, 2011 12:00 PM, By JON SPRINGER
Supermarket News Online
NOTICE OF ELECTION
LOCAL UNION 952
English and Spanish Version
RESULTS OF THE NOMINATIONS FOR DELEGATES AND ALTERNATE DELEGATES TO THE JUNE 2011 IBT CONVENTION
English and Spanish Version
Dean Foods Settles Antitrust Suit
By Thomas Catan
March 30, 2011
Triangle Fire: Clinging to Scraps of Memories
By Joseph Berger
March 25, 2011
Where the Bailout Went Wrong
By Neil M. Barofsky
March 29, 2011
New Dispute in Wisconsin: Is Workers' Law in Effect?
By Emma G. Fitzsimmons
March 25, 2011
Wisconsin's Radical Break
By William Cronon
March 21, 2011
Housing Gloom Doesn't Extend to Rentals
By Kelly Evans
March 21, 2011
The War on Warren
By Paul Krugman
March 20, 2011
Trade Unions in City Confront a Rise in Nonunion Projects
By Charles V. Bagli
March 18, 2011
In a Tragedy, a Mission to Remember
By Steven Greenhouse
March 19, 2011
Foreclosure Aid Fell Short, and Is Fading
By Michael Powell and Andrew Martin
March 29, 2011
As Economy Sputters, a Timid Fed
By David Leonhardt
March 29, 2011
Fired for the Crime of Working
By David Bacon
March 23, 2011
Supreme Court to Weigh Sociology Issue in Wal-Mart Discrimination Case
By Adam Liptak
March 27, 2011
In a Tragedy, a Mission to Remember
By Steven Greenhouse
March 19, 2011
Prefabricated Tower May Rise at Brooklyn's Atlantic Yards
By Charles V. Bagli
March 16, 2011
How Flaws Undid Obama's Hope for High-Speed Rail in Florida
By Michael Cooper
March 11, 2011
Democrats See Wisconsin loss as Galvanizing
By Kate Zernike and Monica Davey
March 11, 2011
In Wisconsin Battle on Unions, State Democrats See a Gift
By Monica Davey and A.G. Sulzberger
March 10, 2011
The Burden of Pensions on States
By Mary Williams Walsh
March 10, 2011
Wisconsin Assembly Set to Approve Limits on Unions
By Monica Davey
March 10, 2011
Wisconsin Dispute Could Mobilize Democraatic Base
By Nate Silver
March 10, 2011
For Lawmaker Examining Terror, a Pro-I.R.A. Past
By Scott Shane
March 8, 2011
Organized Labor Hopes Attacks by Some States Help Nurture Comeback
By Steven Greenhouse
March 5, 2011
Why Employee Pensions Aren't Bankrupting States
March 6, 2011
How To Kill a Recovery
By Paul Krugman
March 3, 2011
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