The Obama Administration has concluded consultations allowing Japan to enter negotiations for a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). Said Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) President Scott Paul: "Including Japan in the TPP without ironclad assurances that it will open its markets and stop manipulating its currency is incredibly irresponsible. "Before the...
(North Charleston, S.C.) – On Tuesday, Apr. 16, at 5:45 p.m., school bus drivers from Charleston, Beaufort and Summerville’s Dorchester District 2, will hold a press conference to speak out about serious concerns over school bus safety, service and working conditions at Durham School Services. Immediately...
Teamsters General President Hoffa Calls for Speedy Confirmation of Bipartisan Nominees (WASHINGTON) – Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa praised President Obama’s efforts fill the remaining vacancies on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by naming three nominees today. Democrat Mark Gaston Pearce and Republicans Harry I. Johnson and...
Sanitation Landfill Workers On Unfair Labor Practice Strike Extend Picket Line; Teamsters In Anaheim Refuse To Cross (Anaheim, Calif.) – Sanitation workers employed at Republic Services/Allied Waste’s [NYSE: RSG] Carbon Limestone landfill in Youngstown, Ohio raised a picket line extension at Republic’s Anaheim, Calif. facilities early...
As the U.S. Commerce Department released a report late last month showing corporate profits at a 60-year high, suddenly the big news was about how cheating surely must be rampant in social security disability. Wait, what? Also late last month, a Washington Post investigationshowed that the 30 companies that make up the...
The latest monthly U.S. jobs report shows America's manufacturing sector lost 3,000 jobs in March, 2013, a setback in the path of 21,087 factory jobs that need to be gained each month in order to meet the president's goal. Commented Scott Paul, President of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM): "Manufacturing...
April 8: Free Town Hall in Buffalo (How to spur manufacturing growth in Western New York) FREE DINNER TO BE SERVED. Are you concerned about U.S. manufacturing jobs moving overseas? Do you believe that manufacturing is important for America's future? Please join the Alliance for American Manufacturing...
Ohio Sanitation Landfill Workers On Unfair Labor Practice Strike Extend Picket Line To California On Anniversary of MLK Assassination (FREMONT, Calif.) – Workers on strike at Republic Services/Allied Waste extended picket lines to five Northern California locations today, on the anniversary of the assassination of Martin...
Sanitation Landfill Workers On Unfair Labor Practice Strike Extend Picket Line; Teamsters In Elyria Refuse To Cross (Elyria, Ohio) – Sanitation workers employed at Republic Services/Allied Waste’s [NYSE: RSG] Carbon Limestone landfill traveled from Youngstown, Ohio to raise a picket line extension at Republic’s Elyria, Ohio...
Residents’ and Workers’ Health and Safety Must Be Protected; Cost of Dealing with Effects of Bridgeton Landfill Fire, Radioactive Wastes and Remediation Should Not Fall on Missouri Taxpayers (St. Louis, MO) – Teamsters Joint Council 13 in St. Louis, Missouri Jobs with Justice and Missouri Coalition...