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		<title><![CDATA[Airline mechanics choose Teamsters]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20080403/ai_n25143806]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SFO -- Fearing the sale of their maintenance division and possible layoffs, United Airlines mechanics have voted to change unions and bring in the Teamsters.    More than 3,000 mechanics at United's biggest maintenance base at San Francisco International Airport joined the airline's mechanics across the country and...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Airline mechanics union switches to Teamsters]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20080402/ai_n24978441]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SFO -- Fearing the sale of their maintenance division and possible layoffs, United Airlines mechanics have voted to change unions and bring in the Teamsters.    More than 3,000 mechanics at United's biggest maintenance base at San Francisco International Airport joined the airline's mechanics across the country and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[United Mechanics Join the Teamsters]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past couple of years, the mechanics at United have been embroiled in a union representation fight.  It all came to a head yesterday when just over 60 percent of the mechanics voted to leave AMFA and join the Teamsters.    AMFA used to be the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:14:01 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hoffa Grandstands on Airline Outsourcing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2008_March_4/ai_n24362091]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO -- Teamster President James Hoffa is staging a press appearance with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom at City Hall on March 5 to allegedly talk about airline maintenance outsourcing.  Why is San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom being duped into standing with a union official who represents few...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Teamsters to Fight UAL-Continental Merger Unless It Benefits Employees]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200802/ai_n25308577]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Leslie Miller of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-8734, lmiller@teamster.org  Union Represents Continental Mechanics, Seeks To Represent UAL Mechanics WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Teamsters union said Thursday it will oppose a merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines unless such a deal benefits...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Obama wins powerful union&#39;s backing]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; White House hopeful Barack Obama's drive to poach blue-collar support from Hillary Clinton won a powerful boost Wednesday with the endorsement of the 1.4 million members of the Teamsters union.  "Senator Obama understands the challenges working people face every day," Teamsters general president Jim Hoffa said...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[United Airlines mechanics face critical union vote]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20080201/ai_n21227594]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[SFO -- United Airlines mechanics will vote soon on whether to stay with their current union or be represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.    The mechanics, more than 3,000 of whom are employed at the United maintenance base at San Francisco International Airport, have been represented...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Controllers Declare 'Staffing Emergency' in Atlanta, Chicago, New York and Southern California]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0UBT/is_2_22/ai_n21194250]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. aviation labor unions are ratcheting up the volume as regards their  labor unrest with the nation's air traffic controllers among the most vocal.  The nation's controllers, suffering a 10 percent loss of their workforce  in 2007, a record pace of new losses this year and worsening...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Laid-Off Workers Lose Benefits]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200712/ai_n21918695]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Leslie Miller of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-409-6647, lmiller@teamster.org Teamsters Blast Republican Senate Leadership for Blocking Trade Adjustment AssistanceWASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thousands of workers who lost their jobs because of bad trade policies wont get government help because of Senate inaction on Wednesday.Senate Republican leadership...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[UPS Contract with Teamsters Ratified]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Dec_19/ai_n27480194]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today notified UPS (NYSE:UPS) that a new contract covering approximately 240,000 UPS employees has been certified approved and ratified.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Teamsters Warn Tribune Waivers Could Violate FCC Rules and Policies]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200710/ai_n21918101]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Galen Munroe of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6904, gmunroe@teamster.org Union Urges Protection of Public Interest in Tribune DealWASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters testified at todays Federal Communications Commission FCC hearing regarding diversity and localism in media ownership, raising concerns about the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hoffa Calls DOT Inspection Stunt 'Insulting']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200710/ai_n21915330]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORSContact: Leslie Miller of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6911, lmiller@teamster.org WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Transportation Secretary Mary Peters shows contempt for Americans' intelligence with a truck inspection stunt planned in Washington, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said on Wednesday. Peters was scheduled to stage a news conference...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Teamsters Disappointed by Job Numbers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200710/ai_n21916851]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Leslie Miller of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-8734, lmiller@teamster.org WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Labor Department's announcement Friday that 110,000 jobs were created in September is disappointing, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said. "This is just the latest bad news for American working men and women,"...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Teamsters Urge FCC to Protect Diversity in Media Ownership Rules]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200709/ai_n21914034]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Galen Munroe of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6904, gmunroe@teamster.org CHICAGO, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today testified at the Federal Communications Commission's hearing on media ownership and urged the Commission to protect diversity and other issues of public interest in considering change...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hoffa Says U.S. China Trade Policy Undercuts Middle Class, National Security]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200707/ai_n21910875]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Leigh Strope or Leslie Miller, +1-202-624-6911, both of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Teamsters General President Urges Real Action To Address Globalization CrisisWASHINGTON, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa told a Senate panel today that U.S. trade policy is strangling democracy in China, national security...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Teamsters' Hoffa Is 'Hopeful' For New Contract With UPS]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5935/is_200707/ai_n23926848]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Teamsters President James Hoffa said he is optimistic about reaching a contract agreement for the 238,000 union members at UPS Inc.Teamsters President James Hoffa said he is optimistic about reaching a contract agreement for the 238,000 union members at UPS Inc.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pensions dominate Teamsters' talks with UPS, freight carriers (Logistics Management)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5934/is_200707/ai_n23910567]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON--The good news for shippers following two recent Teamsters union negotiations with UPS and a handful of LTL carriers is that there is scant chance of a national strike, such as the one that happened 10 years ago when Teamsters walked out       WASHINGTON--The good...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Teamsters, Machinists at Columbia Ford Strike for Affordable Health Care]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5554/is_200706/ai_n21899726]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[To: HEALTH/MEDICAL EDITORSContact: Brian King of Teamsters Local 58, +1-360-423-5700 LONGVIEW, Wash., June 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of the Teamsters and Machinists Unions walked off the job today in protest of Columbia Ford's refusal to help allay the rising costs of health care, passing on costs to their employees while...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Sources Say Union Fund Exit Would Cost UPS Up to $4 Bln.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPS Inc., which is negotiating to leave the underfunded Teamsters Central States Pension Fund, would have to pay about $3.6 billion to $4 billion to cover its share of the fund's obligations, according to industry sources.UPS Inc., which is negotiating to leave the underfunded Teamsters Central States Pension Fund, would...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Shippers Plan to Divert Freight Ahead of Labor Talks, Survey Says]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teamsters' Pacts With UPS, LTLs Expire During 2008A survey by investment firm Bear, Stearns &amp; Co. found some shippers are planning to divert freight to nonunion firms about a year before the expiration next year of Teamsters union contracts with UPS Inc. and less-than-truckload carriers, but carriers said they haven't...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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