Worker protests swept the globe this week in a massive day of action among low-wage workers, including port drivers, fast food workers and many others who are struggling to get by in the new "McJobs" economy.
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Big San Bernardino County union now Teamsters Local 1932 San Bernardino Sun ...The San Bernardino Public Employees Association, which for more than 75 years has independently represented county, city and state employees across the Inland Empire, is now a chapter affiliate of Teamsters Local 1932. Results of the vote were announced Tuesday by SBPEA General Manager Deidre Rodriguez, with 3,143 members voting for Teamsters affiliation...
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Vote On County Pay Raises In The Offing St. Petersburg Tribune ...The Teamsters has asked for a $15 per hour minimum. Sholtes said the request has nothing to do with a national movement among fast-food workers for a $15 minimum wage. The union used data from the living wage calculator, which sets the minimum hourly wage at $15 to support two adults and $9.63 for one adult...
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'My Horse For A Kingdom:' Mayor de Blasio And The Tyranny Of Denial Huffington Post ...After 10 months of filming New York's Greatest Living Icons, the gentle carriage horses, those who love them... and those who hate them, I can say, without equivocation, there is no abuse, no cruelty of any kind, only love...and lots of carrots...
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Teamsters Strike Averted Pekin Daily Times ...After about five hours of mediation between the city of Pekin and Teamsters Local 627 officials the two sides reached a tentative agreement Tuesday to keep city services operational...
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Exclusive: City, Teamsters Entering Mediation Pekin Daily Times ...The City of Pekin and the Teamsters Local 627 have scheduled a mediation session for May 20 in an effort to settle some sticking points in the labor negotiations...
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Teamsters say Scott Brown lied to their face Manchester Union Leader ...The local Teamsters chapter is accusing Republican U.S. Senate candidate Scott Brown of lying to their face over his support of the Keystone XL pipeline...
