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Teamsters union seeks to displace union at American Airlines

May 28, 2013 14:16
(Reuters) - The Teamsters union on Tuesday ramped up its effort to displace the unions representing ground workers at American Airlines and US Airways Group <LCC.N>, which plan to merge this year and form the world's biggest airline.

Healthcare workers strike at five California public hospitals

May 21, 2013 21:47
By Ronnie Cohen SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Thousands of healthcare workers walked off the job at the University of California's five medical centers on Tuesday, delaying emergency care, surgeries, diagnostic procedures and other medical treatment throughout the state.

Unions square off: Teamsters seek to replace Machinists' union at US Airways

The Canadian PressMay 8, 2013 04:17
DALLAS - The Teamsters say they have enough support to force an election with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers to see which union will represent mechanics at US Airways. Teamsters union officials said Tuesday that they received support of 2,800 of the roughly 4,500 US Airways workers who would be eligible to vote.

Kaiser workers in California vote again to stay with powerful service employees union

The Canadian PressMay 2, 2013 20:30
WASHINGTON - Thousands of workers at health care giant Kaiser Permanente have voted again to remain with the Service Employees International Union rather than switch to a smaller rival. The National Labor Relations Board says Kaiser workers in California voted 58.4 per cent to 40.6 per cent in favour of the 1.9-million-member SEIU over the National Union of Healthcare Workers. The vote was a replay of an election from nearly three years ago. But the previous result — which SEIU also won — was thrown out after federal officials said SEIU committed violations.

UPS reaches 5-year contract deals with Teamsters covering small-package and freight workers

The Canadian PressApril 29, 2013 08:44
ATLANTA - UPS and the Teamsters union say they have reached tentative deals on five-year contracts covering workers in the company's small-package and freight business units. The union says the contracts cover nearly 250,000 workers at UPS and UPS Freight. The Teamsters union describes the UPS contract as the largest collective bargaining agreement in North America. It says the tentative agreement gives workers in that unit "substantial" pay raises. The union says the UPS Freight deal includes provisions that could lead to more part-time workers to become full-time.

Boeing technical engineers ratify four-year labour deal

March 18, 2013 23:15
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co <BA.N> technical workers voted by a wide margin to ratify a new four-year labour agreement with the company, ending the possibility of a strike that could have cut production at a critical time for the aircraft maker. A strike by just technical workers could have slowed or even halted production of Boeing airplanes, with the workers key to solving engineering issues on the factory floor.

CORRECTED-U.S. federal worker unions negotiate for flexibility on furloughs

March 1, 2013 16:45
(Corrects last word of 19th paragraph quote to "impacted" from "shafted", corrects acronym to NFFE, and corrects spelling of Philip) By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON, March 1 (Reuters) - Labor unions are bargaining with federal government agencies in an attempt to soften the financial blow on federal employees as $85 billion in spending cuts kick in.

United Grain locks out union labor from U.S. PNW grain terminal

February 27, 2013 15:45
* United Grain says union leader sabotaged equipment * Company and union embroiled in contract dispute * Union disputes charge of sabotage By Karl Plume Feb 27 (Reuters) - United Grain Corp (UGC) on Wednesday locked out union workers from its Port of Vancouver grain export terminal in the U.S. Pacific Northwest after an investigation unearthed evidence that a union leader sabotaged equipment there, a spokesman for the grain company said.

U.S. Postal Service looks to new Congress for rescue

January 4, 2013 13:56
* Postal Service says it loses $25 million each day * Outcome for legislation uncertain in new Congress By Elvina Nawaguna WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congress that expired this week might have steered the nation away from the "fiscal cliff" of potentially devastating tax hikes and spending cuts, but it did not do much to save the U.S. Postal Service from its own fast-approaching cliff.
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