Labor Unions

Court Gives Green Light to Bashas' Defamation Lawsuit Against UFCW Local 99

COOKING THE BOOK

A MASSIVE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS EVIDENCE OF UNION CORRUPTION AT THE YELLOW PAGES. WHILE COMPANY MANAGENT DOES NOTHING, EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS PAY THE PRICE.

UNION NUKED AT PALO VERDENLRB FILES COMPLAINT OVER CONTRACTOR'S REFUSAL TO HIRE UNIONISTS

A MASSIVE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS EVIDENCE OF UNION CORRUPTION AT THE YELLOW PAGES. WHILE COMPANY MANAGENT DOES NOTHING, EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS PAY THE PRICE.

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A MASSIVE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS EVIDENCE OF UNION CORRUPTION AT THE YELLOW PAGES. WHILE COMPANY MANAGENT DOES NOTHING, EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS PAY THE PRICE.

Labor Pains

St. Joseph's management is accused of illegal union-busting tactics

Unions Struggle for a Foothold

St. Joseph's management is accused of illegal union-busting tactics

Strike Two

St. Joseph's management is accused of illegal union-busting tactics

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St. Joseph's management is accused of illegal union-busting tactics

Hot Links: Arizona Senators Differ on Approval of TARP Funds; Phoenix Police Say Girl Forced to Eat Off Floor; State Employee Unionization Upgrade Halted

Senatorial differences: John McCain opposes giving bailout funds to the guy who stomped him in the presidential election. But Jon Kyl, who holds no such bias, says it's "too risky" to hold back on the funds. Another shocking case of child abuse: Police say a Valley couple forced their 9-year-o ... More >>

Labor Unions' "Card-Check Bill" Dead; Act Would Have Removed Secret Ballot Union Elections

  A hotly disputed pro-labor-union bill that looked like it was heading for passage after Democratic gains in the 2008 election was essentially killed today by Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. New Times first told our readers about this proposed federal law in o ... More >>

Light rail may not start on time — and Arpaio’s investigation of AG Goddard may never finish

  A hotly disputed pro-labor-union bill that looked like it was heading for passage after Democratic gains in the 2008 election was essentially killed today by Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. New Times first told our readers about this proposed federal law in o ... More >>

Mike Alewitz

  A hotly disputed pro-labor-union bill that looked like it was heading for passage after Democratic gains in the 2008 election was essentially killed today by Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. New Times first told our readers about this proposed federal law in o ... More >>

In its war for new members, a labor union is using dirty tricks to turn Hispanics against Bashas'

  A hotly disputed pro-labor-union bill that looked like it was heading for passage after Democratic gains in the 2008 election was essentially killed today by Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. New Times first told our readers about this proposed federal law in o ... More >>

Letters From the Issue of Thursday, April 12, 2007

  A hotly disputed pro-labor-union bill that looked like it was heading for passage after Democratic gains in the 2008 election was essentially killed today by Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. New Times first told our readers about this proposed federal law in o ... More >>

Backdraft

  A hotly disputed pro-labor-union bill that looked like it was heading for passage after Democratic gains in the 2008 election was essentially killed today by Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter. New Times first told our readers about this proposed federal law in o ... More >>

Westcor Weenies

This raucous raven demands: Is Westcor taking a cue from the Jim Crow South, or is io's closing really about a lame-o lease dispute?

Lactose Intolerants

The taloned one sucks up to breast-feeding MILFs, observes that Smoke Free Arizona ain't no pot initiative and squawks at union boss Billy Shields

Ambulance Chasers

Winning ambulance contracts? It's all about who you know. (Unless it's about the dirt they've got on you.)

Metro Light Rail Operators Don't Have a Contract — Just Grueling Schedules and Smelly Passengers

Winning ambulance contracts? It's all about who you know. (Unless it's about the dirt they've got on you.)

Burned

Aging Rural/Metro firefighters can't afford to retire

Care Tactics

U.S. Border Patrol shoots down an agent's request to be near his ailing mother

Freddy Kroger

Teamsters face a nightmare on 99th Avenue

SIGN ZE PAPERS!FIRED PHOENIX NEWSPAPERS WORKERS CLAIM PRIVATE DETECTIVES USED STRONG-ARM TACTICS

Teamsters face a nightmare on 99th Avenue

VINDICATED, BUT NOT REINSTATEDFEDERAL AGENCY FINDS THAT TWO TELLOW PAGES WORKERS WERE WRONGLY FIRED

Teamsters face a nightmare on 99th Avenue

PROBE INTO UNION EXPANDSNLRB BROADENS INVESTIGATION OF US WEST DIRECT

Teamsters face a nightmare on 99th Avenue

UNION OFFICERS HOLD THEIR SEATS

Teamsters face a nightmare on 99th Avenue

Food City Offers $5-Off Coupon in Mailer Bashing Labor Union's Tactics

  Don't believe the labor union -- and by the way, take $5 off your next purchase at Food City. That's the message from the Bashas' grocery chain in its latest English-and-Spanish-languages mailer to Valley homes. "Who is trying to destroy Food City?" the flier asks, then answers its ... More >>

Bashas' Employees Protest Union Tactics at UFCW Local 99's Phoenix Office

  Bashas' employees who say they're tired of a labor union's dirty tactics have launched a "grassroots effort" to strike back. The group "Save Our Stores" is fighting against the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 99, which has targeted the locally run chain for unionizati ... More >>

AFL-CIO Calls Two State Reps "Heroes" for Voting "No" on Republican Bills; Huppenthal's Trial Delayed

Daniel Patterson State Representatives Daniel Patterson and Jack Brown were called "heroes" this week by the AFL-CIO for their committment to vote "no" on most Republican bills. Patterson and Brown began their voting boycott a couple of weeks ago and haven't yet relented, resulti ... More >>

Bashas' Announces More Store Closings; Terminating Leases as Part of Bankruptcy

​ Bashas' announced the locations today of all 14 stores it plans on closing by October 10. The family-owned chain filed for bankruptcy last month, but vows to stay afloat as a company and even improve its remaining 130 stores. As the Arizona Republic reported last week, the company is u ... More >>

Hot Links: Fire Departments, Labor Disputes, and Shootings

​A fire broke out at the Boeing plant in Mesa early this morning. The fire, believed to be caused by a generator, was quickly contained by firefighters and a sprinkler system. No injuries were reported...The Phoenix Fire Department may be cutting some programs to avoid laying off firefighters. The ... More >>

Phoenix Warns of Bus Strike, $6.2 million Worth of Unpaid Employee Sick Leave is Part of the Ongoing Negotiations

Valley Metro​Phoenix sounded the alarms this week to prepare the public for a possible bus strike as talks continue with one of the transit unions.Negotiations are expected to continue throughout the day with the union representing employees who fuel and clean the buses (Teamsters Local Union No ... More >>

UPDATE: No Bus Strike In Phoenix Come Monday; Union Contract Extended To August 15

Phoenix bus riders have been spared a possible bus strike come Monday ...The Teamsters Local Union No. 104, which represents the employees who fuel and clean the buses, extended its contract until August 15.The other two unions that represent Veolia Transportation employees had already agreed to ext ... More >>

Arizona Legislature Begins Anti-Labor-Union Special Session; Language of Ballot Measure to be Fixed

​ Arizona lawmakers convened a special session today to fiddle with the language of a ballot measure intended to preserve secret-ballot elections in labor-union campaigns. Funny thing, though: Arizona's got a lot of problems -- and this ain't one of them. We've written abou ... More >>

Phoenix Transit Workers Protest as Veolia Brings in "Strike Busters"

​Veolia Transportation officials and representatives of the three local transit unions continue to negotiate labor contracts and have managed to avoid a bus strike in Phoenix. So far. But more than two-dozen union workers who drive, fuel, clean, and repair Phoenix city buses protested, with br ... More >>

AFL-CIO Won't Help Arizona's Democratic Congressional Races; Money and Ads Going to Other States

  ​You've probably heard the predictions by now: Democrats are going to be scarcer in Congress this November. The number of potential seats lost could be high, but there's only so much money to go around to help them campaign. The AFL-CIO, typically a stalwart money source for Democrats, ... More >>

Bus Strike? Veolia Transportation and Union Leaders Still Negotiating; Contracts With at Least One Union Expire at Midnight

​The possibility of a bus strike looms over metro Phoenix even as Veolia Transportation executives and union leaders continue trying to hammer out labor agreements.Contracts expire at midnight tonight for Veolia's maintenance staff, represented by Teamsters Local 104, and for Amalgamated Trans ... More >>

Teamsters Lodge Charges with National Labor Relations Board Against Veolia Transportation

focusmidwest.com​A labor dispute that promoted Veolia Transportation officials to lock out about 60 union bus workers has led union reps to file charges against the company with the National Labor Relations Board.According to a letter from Cornele Overstreet, Regional Director of the NLRB in Phoen ... More >>

UPDATE: Veolia Transportation Agrees to Open Doors to Locked Out Union Workers

​A show of good faith?That's what Veolia is calling the company's latest offer -- this one to allow members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters back to work after 2:59 a.m.on October 15.Coincidentally, October 15 is the deadline set by the National Labor Relations Board for Veolia Transp ... More >>

Veolia Transportation Says It "Highly" Values Employees, But Workers Say They Aren't Feeling the Love

​Veolia Transportation continues to negotiate with two labor unions representing employees who drive and maintain Phoenix city buses. Company execs already have inked a contract with the mechanics' union.Negotiations have been ongoing since union contracts expired June 30.During that ... More >>

Arizona 2010 Ballot Measures Doing Well Include State and Local Ban on Affirmative Action; Voters Like Anti-Union Prop, Too

Image: www.freechoiceact.org/cwa Arizona voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure today that rejects the Employee Free Choice Act being pushed by labor unions​Arizona voters sent a strong message to labor unions in today's election, appear to have banned affirmative action in state a ... More >>

Veolia Transportation Finally Reaches Contract Agreement With Teamsters; Two Unions Down, One To Go

www.teamsterslocal104.com​Veolia Transportation and the Teamsters Local 104 have finally agreed on contract terms for the more than 60 workers who fuel, clean and maintain the tires on Phoenix city buses.The transit company and union leaders had been at odds since Veolia snagged its latest 5-year ... More >>

Arizona Dems Plan Rally in Support of Wisconsin Workers

​In case you hadn't heard, Madison, Wisconsin, looks more like Cairo, Egypt, these days, with thousands of people taking to the streets in protest of Governor Scott Walker's new budget and the effect it has on the bargaining rights of union workers, namely, the most coddled of all government emplo ... More >>

Arizona's GOP Legislators Waste Time (and Tax Dollars) on Resolution Supporting Wisconsin Governor

​Republicans in the Arizona state Senate pissed away their time and your tax dollars last week when they passed a resolution backing Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in his budget battle with labor unions and his efforts to put restrictions on collective bargaining for public employees.Say what you ... More >>

Feds to Sue Arizona and South Dakota Over Anti-Union Law That Guarantees Secret Ballot Elections

​ The Obama Administration is gearing up to sue Arizona again. In a letter to Arizona and three other states, the National Labor Relations Board's lawyer announced  plans to sue over state laws that guarantee the right to a secret ballot election in unionization efforts. Wh ... More >>

Governor Jan Brewer Vetoes Measure Requiring Cities to Open City Services to Competative Bids

Phoenix workers protest of SB1322​Governor Jan Brewer vetoed a Senate Bill 1322, a measure that would have required large cities, namely Phoenix and Tucson, to open up certain city services to competitive bids from private companies. Brewer said it was "riddled with shortcomings""It's a good victo ... More >>

Local Labor Unions UFCW 99 and UA 469 File Federal Complaint Against Arizona Over New Anti-Defamation, Anti-Picketing Law

A new Arizona law that limits the ability of labor unions to harass employers with picketing and defamation has drawn a federal complaint by two local unions. The United Food and Commerical Workers Local 99 and the Local Union No. 469 of the United Association of Journeymen and A ... More >>

Skip Rimsza, Former Phoenix Mayor, Blasts Union-Supporting Mayoral Candidates

Former Mayor Skip Rimsza accuses three mayor candidates of being the preferred candidates of "union bosses."​ To former Phoenix Mayor Skip Rimza, union is a four-letter word.Rimza, who was mayor from 1994 to 2004, wrote a letter for one mayoral candidate that blasts three others whom he claims ... More >>

Sky Harbor Janitors Get Jobs Back in Labor Flap; GCA Services Agrees to Federal Demands

​ Four custodial workers at Sky Harbor Phoenix International Airport are getting their jobs back, plus back pay, in a settlement between their employer, GCA Services, and the feds. Isabell Marquez, Yadu Rijal, Hamid Amiri and Geoffery Kachiolwa were fired from their jobs because of their supp ... More >>

Phoenix City Council Delays Vote (Again) on Whether to Give Veolia Tranportation a Break on Fines for Poor Performance

New TimesMembers of ATU Local 1433 protest ​The Phoenix City Council has yet again postponed making a decision on whether to give Veolia Transportation, a company that operates city buses, a pass on fines assessed for poor performance. Vice Mayor Michael Johnson made a motion to withdraw the ... More >>