Thursday, September 16, 2010

Today's Teamster News 09/16/10

Elizabeth Warren To Be Appointed to Help Create Consumer Finance Protection Bureau ABC News ...Warren ... proposed ... "a new regulatory body to protect consumers who use credit cards, home mortgages, car loans, and a host of other products..."

Wayne County Fights Fear of Unions Detroit Free Press ...Bill Black, executive director of Teamsters Joint Council No. 43, (was) ... part of the team selling Wayne County as a swell place to do business.

States cutting benefits for public-sector retirees Bloomberg News ...Since 2008, New Jersey and at least 19 other states from Wyoming to Rhode Island have rolled back pension benefits or seriously considered doing do...

UC workers protest plan to shore up pension funds Associated Press ...University of California workers (represented by the Teamsters) are protesting a plan to increase the share of their paychecks set aside for their pensions...

Concern about Personal Financial Situation Highest in Five Years Business Wire ...Seventy-five percent of workers and 61 percent of retirees are very concerned about their long-term financial future...

FedEx Profit Doubles, But It's Laying Off 1,700 Workers Associated Press ...FedEx Corp. ... strength in international shipments are driving profits, but said it will cut 1,700 jobs in an attempt to fix its money-losing U.S. trucking business.

Dozens of 9/11 responders make plea in Washington D.C. to push for Zadroga Act with Mayor Bloomberg Daily News ...Ex-paramedic Freddy Noboa traveled 1,100 miles with his 41 medications to Washington Wednesday, hoping to get Congress to finally pass a 9/11 health bill.