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Republic Employees Crossing Picket Lines in Ohio and Memphis

Written on 16 Apr, 2013 at 15:52 in Business, Unions/Labor | viewed 1 views times | 0 Comments

INDIANAPOLIS, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Breaking with union leadership, more than 150 Republic Services Teamsters have already crossed picket lines to report to work in Ohio and Memphis. The number of Republic employees coming back to work is growing... (Continue reading)

Teamsters Strike At Republic Services/Allied Waste In Youngstown, Ohio

Written on 28 Mar, 2013 at 10:19 in Business, Unions/Labor | viewed 14 views times | 0 Comments

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, March 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Sanitation workers employed by Republic Services/Allied Waste [NYSE: RSG] went on strike in Ohio last night to protest the company’s violations of federal labor law. Workers at Republic’s Carbon Limestone landfill outside of... (Continue reading)

AT&T, IBEW Reach Tentative Agreement in Wireline Contract Negotiations

Written on 26 Mar, 2013 at 13:10 in Business, Unions/Labor | viewed 2 views times | 0 Comments

DALLAS, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ –AT&T* today announced that a tentative agreement has been reached by its subsidiaries with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers System Council T-3 in wireline contract negotiations primarily covering Illinois and northwestern Indiana. The four-year... (Continue reading)

Stephen Skvara, Retired Steelworker, Raised a Voice for Justice

Written on 25 Feb, 2013 at 15:48 in Business, Unions/Labor | viewed 1 views times | 0 Comments

GARY, Ind., Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The United Steelworkers (USW) issued the following statement from Jim Robinson, Director, USW District 7, in recognition of the death last week of Stephen Skvara, 65, a retired steelworker activist, President of an... (Continue reading)

New Five-Year Labor Contract between Allison Transmission and UAW Local 933 Ratified by Union Members

Written on 29 Nov, 2012 at 9:02 in Business, Unions/Labor | viewed 1 views times | 0 Comments

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ALSN) announced that members of the International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Workers of America (UAW) Local 933 ratified a new five-year collective bargaining agreement (CBA) which becomes... (Continue reading)

Allison Transmission and UAW Reach Tentative 5-Year Labor Agreement

Written on 16 Nov, 2012 at 16:01 in Business, Unions/Labor | viewed 1 views times | 0 Comments

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ALSN) announced today that it has reached a new five-year tentative labor agreement with United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 933. The new labor contract must still be ratified by... (Continue reading)

Allison Transmission and UAW Extend Labor Agreement

Written on 15 Nov, 2012 at 13:54 in Business, Unions/Labor | viewed 0 views times | 0 Comments

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Allison Transmission Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ALSN) today announced that its labor agreement with United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 933, which was set to expire at midnight on Nov. 14, has been extended until noon... (Continue reading)

FreedomWorks for America to Protest United Auto Workers’ Intimidation Tactics Outside the Final Indiana Senate Debate

Written on 23 Oct, 2012 at 8:00 in Business, Unions/Labor | viewed 1 views times | 0 Comments

NEW ALBANY, Ind., Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — FreedomWorks for America will gather outside the final Indiana Senate debate venue to protest the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) deliberate attempt to intimidate Republican Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, following news that the... (Continue reading)

Hearing Focuses on Challenge To Indiana’s Anti-Union Law

Written on 8 Oct, 2012 at 8:15 in Business, Unions/Labor | viewed 0 views times | 0 Comments

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The United Steelworkers (USW), plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the state over Indiana’s anti-union law passed in February, will take part in hearing on the defendants’ motion to dismiss the case at 1 p.m.... (Continue reading)

On Super Bowl Weekend, NFL Players Association Director Joins UNITE HERE and Hundreds of Others Protesting Hyatt’s Subcontracting Abuses

Written on 3 Feb, 2012 at 10:23 in Business, Football, Management, Sports, Unions/Labor | viewed 5 views times | 0 Comments

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Hundreds of hotel workers and supporters, including DeMaurice Smith, Executive Director of the NFL Players Association, Indianapolis City Council President Maggie A. Lewis, and Majority Leader Vernon Brown, are taking part in a protest... (Continue reading)