Posts by William Wallace
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Data Breach Update
Update from UPREHS please find a copy of a letter that was mailed to the UPREHS members today updating them on the Anthem Cyber attack. UPREHS Members 030315 Anthem Cyber Attack update
Read MoreRRB announces Spring 2015 dates for informational conferences and new pre-retirement seminars
CLEVELAND, February 26 — The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) has announced a schedule of dates for the agency’s spring 2015 Informational Conferences and Pre-Retirement Seminars. Informational Conferences will be held in 22 locations across the country, beginning March 13 in California. Started nearly 60 years ago by the RRB’s Office of the Labor Member,…
Read MoreDeal reached in West Coast dockworkers dispute
Elizabeth Weise and Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY 9:32 a.m. EST February 21, 2015 SAN FRANCISCO — Negotiators reached a tentative contract covering West Coast dockworkers on Friday evening, likely ending a protracted labor dispute that snarled international trade at seaports handling about $1 trillion worth of cargo annually. The breakthrough came after nine months of negotiations…
Read MoreRight To Work battle may be coming to your state
CLEVELAND, February 19 — A perennial threat to organized labor and the American middle class is once again making an appearance in state legislatures throughout the United States. Our elected officials at the state level have taken it upon themselves to consider anti-union legislation called “Right To Work” or “Freedom To Work.” While this phrase…
Read MoreBLET President blasts CP for unsafe rail practices and threatening employees
CLEVELAND, February 15 — Dennis Pierce, National President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and President of the Teamsters Rail Conference (U.S.), blasted Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) today for its growing culture of threats and intimidation toward its employees in the U.S. and Canada. Pierce commented following CP’s issuance of a letter to…
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