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Tribune sticking with Alden offer for now
Apr. 14, 2021 | The special committee of Tribune Publishing’s board of directors continues to recommend shareholders approve a buyout of the company by Alden Global Capital even as it considers a higher offer from Stewart Bainum Jr. and his business partner, Hansjörg Wyss. In an updated filing Wednesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the newspaper group cited a number of factors in the reasoning to endorse Alden’s deal, valued at about $630 million, over a tentative $680 million offer by Bainum and Wyss… Baltimore Sun
Harris, Rosen applaud Teamsters’ role in vaccine rollout
Apr. 13, 2021 | The Teamsters understand what is at stake when it comes to combatting the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Teamsters have been working on the front lines during the pandemic, keeping our communities safe and our economy moving. The union is doing all it can to not only deliver the COVID-19 vaccine but to create opportunities for members to be vaccinated as well. And those efforts are not lost on elected officials, who are noticing and giving thanks to the union… Continue reading at TeamstersTeamsters statement on Amazon election results in Alabama
Apr. 9, 2021 | “The Teamsters commend the efforts of Amazon workers in Bessemer who came together to fight for respect and to provide a better life for themselves and their families,” said Randy Korgan, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters National Director for Amazon. “Despite going up against one of the world’s richest men in a country with weak labor laws, the workers in Bessemer brought national attention to issues that many non-union workers face in this industry. This fight is not over, and the Teamsters will always support workers who want to build power by standing together and demanding dignity, a safe workplace, and a fair return on their work.”Elsewhere in the News Weekly News Wrap-Up: 4/16/2021 • California port truck drivers strike
• Labor after Bessemer
• The long struggle against giving up
• 1,300 steelworkers strike in five states
• A year in the life of Safeway 1048
• The shifting composition of unions
• Public opinion on unions has remained high for decades
• OSHA preparing emergency rules to protect workers from Covid
• New cross-border trucking rule will protect Teamster drivers
• Terminal at Port of LA impacted by truck driver strikeAmazon Union Vote Shows Why We Need the PRO Act America Needs to Empower Workers Again Scabby: The Law of the Rat Apr. 13, 2021 | LABOR LAW | What has sharp teeth, bloodshot eyes, festering nails, looms twelve feet tall, but doesn’t look mean enough to be threatening? Though it might seem like an unlikely subject of cutting-edge labor and constitutional law, the union’s inflatable rat balloon called Scabby has been at the center of these disputes for over a decade. Scabby has survived lawsuits, injunctions, unfair labor practice accusations, and even friendly fire. But Scabby faced its biggest threat yet when President Trump’s General Counsel Peter Robb set his sights on the rat in 2017. Though Robb allegedly “wanted the rat dead,” Scabby managed to stay alive. How has Scabby survived the anti-union legal climate for so long? And who cares?… On Labor
The Message from the Amazon Union Defeat in Alabama is Clear: Keep Organizing