Labor Relations Week Index-Summary

TAA

See TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE (TAA)

TAFT-HARTLEY ACT

– Health insurance reform bill should benefit needs of construction workers, BCTD says, 906
– LMRA

See LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT (LMRA)

– NLRA as amended

See NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT (NLRA)

– ULPs

See UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES (ULPs)

TAX CREDITS

See CREDITS AGAINST TAXES

TAXATION

– Corporate tax rate increases offset by paying lower wages, CEA advisor says, value-added tax urged, 1028
– Credits

See CREDITS AGAINST TAXES

– FAA reauthorization

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 915, HR 1512, S 1451

– Health insurance

– – Cadillac plans, one third of plans would be affected by 40% excise tax by 2019, JCT analysis finds, 1716
– – Employer-sponsored, witnesses oppose capping or eliminating current tax exclusion, no consensus on public insurance, Ways and Means panel, 743; Baucus (D-Mont.) rules out repeal, finance options, savings, ways to modify tax exclusion discussed, 765; Natl. Bus. Group on Health say taxing benefits “boggles the mind,” 826; proposals to limit the tax exclusion controversial and complex, CRS report, 1197

– Independent contractors, IRC amendment

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3408

– International labor, tax wedge, taxes on wage earners in 2007-2008 compared across nations in OECD annual report, 830
– Job creation

– – Green jobs, Bond (R-Mo.) says proposals should not eliminate existing jobs or use taxpayer-funded subsidies, 747
– – Senate Fin. Comm. approves about $522B for inclusion in stimulus bill, 169

– Manufacturing recovery, congressional policy decisions could impact global competitiveness, NAM says, 1434
– Misclassification of FedEx drivers, state AGs urge proper classification to ensure workers have labor protections and that payroll taxes are paid, 1042
– Tax-exempt status, AFL-CIO and CTW file complaint against two unions with §501(c)(3) status for endorsing GOP senatorial candidates, 351
– Unemployment compensation modernization incentive payments to states, ETA issues notice to explain changes, clarifies suspension of interest for federal loan advances, taxes, 1508

TEACHERS

See also EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
– Professional codes of conduct, ethics and integrity, website aimed at increasing awareness launched, 863

TEACHERS (AFT)

– Local 4986, §10(j) injunctive relief granted ordering successor to recognize and bargain with union (E.D. Cal.), 1140; ALJ findings adopted (NLRB), 1678
– Ore. Fed'n of Nurses and Prof'ls placed under temporary administratorship for violating union constitution, 1126

TEACHERS (NEA)

– National Labor Coordinating Comm. (NLCC) members meet with Obama to discuss EFCA (HR 1409, S 560), health care and the economy, 1125
– Reunification, AFL-CIO and CTW heads and presidents of largest unions meet to discuss unified labor movement, 85; Bonior (D-Mich.) says talks progressing, proposal on structure for organization and passage of EFCA (HR 1409, S 560) discussed, 85; executive council approves unity talks with CTW and NEA, 389; unification talks on key issues progress, Bonior will chair Natl. Labor Coordinating Comm. (NLCC), 549; CWA delegates adopt resolution calling for unified labor movement, convention, 1019

TEAMSTERS (IBT)

– Amerijet, pact ratified ending 2-week strike, 1460
– Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, pilots vote to replace ALPA with IBT, 16
– Card check/neutrality, Cintas' racketeering and trademark infringement claims against UNITE HERE, IBT and CTW dismissed (S.D.N.Y.), 390
– Continental Airlines fleet service employees and aviation technicians, IBT Pres. urges a stop to anti-union activities, 1172; petition filed with NMB to seek representation vote, 1671
– Federal Aviation Act reauthorization

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 915, HR 1512, S 1451

– FedEx

– – Canada workers, Teamsters Canada launches campaign to organize, 1457
– – Mass. delivery drivers who voted for IBT representation were independent contractors (D.C. Cir.), 683

– First Student, Olathe, Kan., Local 838 certified as bargaining agent for drivers and mechanics, 31
– Frontier Airlines, order allowing rejection of IBT pacts overturned (S.D.N.Y.), 1218
– Graphic Communications Conference

See GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS (GCC-IBT)

– Horizon and Alaska Airlines, IBT confident it will oust AMFA as representative of mechanics, 312; IBT wins representation vote, 638
– Interstate Bakeries emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy with cooperation from IBT and BCTGM (Bankr. W.D. Mo.), 237
– Joint Coun. 43, ERISA, investment manager ordered to restore $50M in losses to 5 Mich. funds (N.D. Ill.), 1301
– Local 180, using profanity to describe executive not protected by NLRA (4th Cir.), 485
– Local 251, pact with R.I. Hosp. ratified, 595
– Local 287, Granite Rock, IBT International not party to pact, interference charge rejected, but dispute with local must be arbitrated (U.S., rev grant), 1057
– Local 305, Daimler Trucks awarded Army contract to make military trucks, Portland, Ore. plant will remain open, 1543
– Local 528, pact with AirTran Airways ratified, 1710
– Local 560, challenge to whether trucking firm qualified for WARN Act “faltering business” defense (U.S., rev den), 521
– Local 671, §10(j) injunction issued against wholesaler for failing to recognize IBT, outsourcing and hiring violations (D. Conn.), 160; successor unlawfully refused to hire IBT-affiliated workers (NLRB), 1591
– Local 743, former president and 2 officers convicted of election fraud (N.D. Ill.), 713; three former IBT officials sentenced (N.D. Ill.), 1400
– Local 747

– – Cape Air, IBT Airline Div. removes local as bargaining agent for pilots, 552; Cape Air Pilots Ass'n elected bargaining agent, 762
– – Great Lakes Aviation, UTU replaces local as bargaining agent for pilots, In Brief, 599
– – Trusteeship, president Hoffa announces emergency takeover for “failure to perform duties,” 632

– Local 853 and manufacturer approve settlement to resolve picketing aimed to force organizing and union recognition approved (NLRB), 1419
– Local 854, ULP, back pay award proper even though school bus driver unauthorized to work at the time (2d Cir.), 1375
– Local 886, NLRA §8 violated when steward's dispute over grievance and union election statements overheard by employees (NLRB), 1217
– Local 917, protest of lost truck driving work violated NLRA §8(e) ban on hot cargo pacts (2d Cir.), 1340
– Local 961, pact attained with Frontier Airlines, 1291; pact ratified clearing way for Republic Airways to buy Frontier, 1504
– Local 1035, drivers' walkout to attend bargaining meeting not protected activity, dealing directly with employee over severance ULP (D.C. Cir.), 206
– Local 1150, pact with Sikorsky Aircraft ratified, 281
– Newspaper and Mail Deliverers' Union announce affiliation, In Brief, 314
– Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Auburn, Wash., strike continues amid ULP charges, 15; members offer to return to work and end strike, 280; move to cut benefits and suspend workers may prompt another strike, 354
– Sanitary Truck Drivers Local 350, employer required to contribute to multiemployer pension funds for “worked vacation pay,” not responsible for vacation exceeding 184 hours per month (N.D. Cal.), 1016
– South Bay Teamsters benefit fund breached ERISA fiduciary duties by refusing to return Bakery Drivers' surplus fund payments under trust-to-trust accord (C.D. Cal.), 131
– YRC Worldwide, ratification ballots for proposed changes to Master Freight Agreement being counted, 52; ratified, 89; pact reopened to address short-term operating needs, 1043; IBT will vote on changes to Natl. Master Freight Agreement terms, 1128; pact ratified, 1288; New Penn IBT members ratify pact, 1461

TECHNOLOGY

– Anti-EFCA online video game set in tattoo parlor created by Alliance for Worker Freedom, 1207
– Computers

See COMPUTERS

– IT

See INFORMATION NETWORKS AND TECHNOLOGY

– Job creation in high-tech, collaboration between government, academic institutions, and private industry, speakers tout, conference, 408
– Mass. health privacy and data security laws and regulations effective March 1, 2010, attorney says, conference, 1647
– Text messaging, social networking, instant messaging and “tweeting,” attorneys urged to familiarize themselves with, conference, 528
– Training, stimulus funds could retool workforce system for technology, health care and green jobs, former Pres. Clinton and Solis say, 454
– Video games

– – Map reading, program using video game format to teach miners' skills available for downloading, 1603
– – SAG and AFTRA, pact attained with companies, 1578

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

– AT&T

– – ERISA, former employees transferred post-retirement to benefit plans sponsored by spin-off lack standing to sue (10th Cir.), 488
– – IBEW Local 21, pact attained, 1333; pact ratified, 1580
– – Layoffs, 2500 job cuts announced in wireline business, 1543
– – Pregnancy bias claims of workers denied service credits based on calculations using pre-PDA system, effect of Ledbetter law (U.S., supplemental brief filed), 323; attorneys discuss possible effect of Ledbetter law, ABA conference, 567; PDA not retroactive, Ledbetter inapplicable (U.S., rvs), 811

– Avaya, pacts with CWA and IBEW ratified, 1211
– Comcast of Cal., technicians reject CWA representation, 31
– CWA, pacts with

See COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS (CWA)

– Dex and Qwest, ad sales reps RICO claim alleging accounting fraud in violation of §302 LMRA may proceed (D. Ariz.), 645
– FairPoint Communications files Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization, pact concession with CWA 1400, IBEW 2327 talks continue (S.D.N.Y.), 1707
– Flexibility policies, experts discuss benefits, 908
– Ill. Bell Tel., union stewards denied credit for FMLA leave for hours spent enforcing IBEW Local 21 pact has claim (N.D. Ill.), 211
– Labor Outlook 2009, SplSupp (01/29/09)
– Lucent Techs. had no duty to bargain over move to merge installers to another larger bargaining unit (9th Cir.), 726
– Qwest, CWA member failed to prove employer breached fair representation duty by limiting back pay (8th Cir.), 853
– Verizon Communications, 8K wireline positions cut, 1207
– Verizon Wash. owes clerks pay adjustment for more assigned duties per CWA pact, arbitration award reinstated (D.C. Cir.), 1180

TELECOMMUTING

– Full-time workers, 12% worked at home in 2003-2007, BLS data shows, 571
– Working Families Flexibility Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1274

TELEVISION

– Commercials pact attained with Ass'n of Natl. Advertisers/Am. Ass'n of Adver. Agencies, SAG and AFTRA, 555; joint board urges ratification, 635; pact ratified, In Brief, 843

TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS (AFTRA)

– Commercials pact attained with Ass'n of Natl. Advertisers/Am. Ass'n of Adver. Agencies, SAG and AFTRA, 555; joint board urges ratification, 635; pact ratified, In Brief, 843
– Video game companies, pact attained, 1578

TELEWORK

See TELECOMMUTING

TEMPORARY AGENCIES

– Ill., labor services may recover attorneys' fees in breach of pact suits, seek state-subsidized health insurance for employees' children, 1388
– Northeastern Land Servs., firing worker for violating overly broad confidentiality provision violates NLRA §8(a)(1), two-member NLRB ruling upheld (1st Cir.), 439; (U.S., petition filed), 1415

TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES

– Staffing, quarterly surveys, ASA report, 950

TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS

See INJUNCTIONS

TENNESSEE

– Identity fraud, using to get job, gov. signs bill, In Brief, 828
– Metro. Gov't of Nashville and Davidson County, challenge to whether Title VII anti-retaliation provision protects sexually harassed employee from being fired for cooperating with employer internal probe (U.S., rev, rem), 172
– Unemployment insurance, legislature approves penalties for misrepresentation, misconduct, and fraud, 947; gov. signs bill to hike taxable wage base, 1114
– Whistleblowers, retaliatory discharge ban clarified under bill awaiting enactment, In Brief, 828

TESTING

– Drug and alcohol

See DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING

TEXAS

– Sovereign immunity, ruling that Dallas Area Rapid Transit immune from ATU Local 1338 grievance challenging wages left standing (U.S., rev den), 931

TEXTILE INDUSTRY

– Federal procurement, stimulus package expands Berry Amend. to create textile and apparel jobs, 319

THEATRICAL STAGE EMPLOYEES (IATSE)

– Greenbrier Hotel files for bankruptcy, cites “extraordinary” labor costs, sale to Marriott Hotel Servs. underway (Bankr. E.D. Va.), 477; pacts approved, 718; bankruptcy claim dismissed, hotel operating under new ownership and amended union pacts (E.D. Va.), 852
– Hollywood Basic Agreement, 15 IATSE locals ratify new pact with AMPTP, 478
– Local 623, changing scope of bargaining unit and withdrawing recognition of union were ULPs, Kravis Ctr. ordered to bargain (D.C. Cir.), 57

THEFT

– Dues, Workers United files criminal charges against Aramark alleging theft for holding money in escrow, 1286
– Embezzlement

See EMBEZZLEMENT

– Fraud

See FRAUD

– Identity

See IDENTITY THEFT

THIRD-PARTY LIABILITY

– Collective bargaining agreements, union waited too long to compel arbitration by former employer not a party to current agreement (6th Cir.), 22
– Wal-Mart, foreign employees claim that retailer liable for suppliers failure to comply with local labor laws rejected (9th Cir.), 1138

THREATS

– Organizing and union activity, employer opposition, workers routinely subjected to threats, harassment, surveillance, EPI report, 869; Chamber of Commerce report criticizes union arguments to push labor law changes, 1653

TIME LIMITS

See STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS

TIME OFF

– Leave

See LEAVE; specific types of leave

TIPS

– Barback is tipped employee, minimum wage tip credit applies, Op. Letter, 499
– Sharing pool

– – Cal., tip pooling among baristas, shift supervisors and “shift leads” lawful (Cal. Ct. App.), 880; attorneys voice differing views over impact of ruling, Analysis and Perspective, 982; (Cal., cert. denied), 1518
– – Casino dealers sue alleging supervisor tip-sharing violates FLSA §16(b) (D. Nev.), 1141
– – FLSA compliance, more scrutiny oversight expected under DOL Sec'y Solis, attorney says, conference, 1143
– – Food expediters, requiring servers to share with expediters violates FLSA (S.D. Tex.), 525
– – Manhattan restaurant, waiters, bus staff, bartenders forced to share tips with managers, sushi chefs seek final approval of $2.5M FLSA class accord (S.D.N.Y.), 248

– Skycaps claim that JetBlue violated Mass. wage law by instituting bag fees dismissed, FLSA claim may proceed (D. Mass.), 1346

TIRE INDUSTRY

– BF Goodrich, Michelin and USW Locals 351L, 715L attain master pact, 1335; pact ratified, 1404
– Bridgestone, talks continue with USW, 1335; pact attained, 1501; pact ratified, 1577
– China, USW urges Obama administration to reject trade remedy cases on oil country tubular goods and consumer tires, 744; USW calls U.S. automakers request to exempt some tires from proposed tariff hike offensive, 1286; Obama imposes 3-year tariff at 35% on imports, 1463
– Continental Tire N. Am., dispute with USW over health and pensions subject to arbitration (4th Cir.), 969
– Goodyear Tire & Rubber

– – ADA, arbitration ruling on whether worker who resigned without notice under terms of union pact bars re-litigating issue in related suit challenged (U.S., rev den), 324
– – Pay bias, time limits for filing claims

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 11, S 181

– – RIFs at three plants represented by USW Local 831 announced, 313
– – USW, master pact extended while talks continue, 1335; members prepare to vote on tentative pact, 1404; pact ratified, 1501; master pact will save $215M over 5 years, 1545

TITLE VII DISCRIMINATION

– Lilly Ledbetter

– – Ind. gov. signs bill expanding filing options, adopts limitation standard, 1443
– – Iowa gov. signs bill, liquidated damages allowed, 745
– – Law

See LILLY LEDBETTER FAIR PAY ACT

– – Legislation

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 11, S 181

– – Md. gov. signs Lilly Ledbetter Civil Rights Restoration bill, 656

– Title VII Fairness Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 3209

TNG

See NEWSPAPER GUILD (TNG-CWA)

TOBACCO INDUSTRY

– Philip Morris will close N.C. plant more than one year earlier, 674

TORTURE VICTIM PROTECTION ACT (TVPA)

– Guatemalan unions dismissal of claims affirmed (11th Cir.), 1376
– Murder and torture of Colombian union leaders

– – Ala. coal firm and foreign subsidiary not liable for crimes by mercenary soldiers (11th Cir.), 26
– – Bottling and beverage firms, dismissal of claims affirmed (11th Cir.), 1377

TOXIC SUBSTANCES

See HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE (TAA)

– Extension of benefits included in economic stimulus, 274
– FY2009 funding

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2346

– States granted $455M under ARRA for FY2009, In Brief, 988
– Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act, Commerce Dep't proposes new rules to bring TAA programs into compliance with changes made by ARRA, 722; ETA proposes to implement changes to state TAA funding, personnel, summary, 1251; ETA issues instructions for implementing changes, In Brief, 1586
– Training funds for certified workers, DOL semiannual regulatory agenda, 786

TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT (TVPA)

– Forced or indentured child labor, DOL seeks comments on updated labor products list requiring federal contractor certification, 1466

TRAINING

– Airline Safety and Pilot Training Improvement Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3371

– Am. Recovery and Reinvestment Act

– – Bill

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1

– – Stimulus funds

See Stimulus funds, this heading

– Business cycles, recession and economic shifts erode job prospects, expanded retraining urged, study, 1381
– Community college graduates, Obama proposes $12B initiative to educate and train for new jobs in changing economy, 1135
– Displaced workers, DOL and Educ. Dep't launch new website, 767
– Flight crew training, TSA authorization

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2200

– Grants

See also GRANTS
– – Green jobs

– – – Auto restructuring, DOL will use ARRA funds to help communities affected by, 839
– – – Solicitation for applications, ETA announces, 1010

– Green jobs

– – Advantages include energy self-sufficiency, economic recovery, move towards middle-class jobs, witnesses tell HELP Comm., 639
– – AFL-CIO launches initiative, focuses on workforce development and training, conference, 252
– – Funding for nonunion programs

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 1238

– – Grants

See Grants, this heading

– – Mich. plans to retrain workers, Levin says, conference, 694; report outlines kinds of jobs, training needed, defines green job, Senators working on manufacturing policy, conference, 829
– – N.Y. gov. signs jobs creation bill, 1695
– – School construction

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2187

– – Stimulus funds could retool workforce system, former Pres. Clinton and Solis say, 454

– Independent safety trainers, OSHA develops new procedure aimed to probe fraud and abuse, 901
– Industry-specific training results in higher retention and pay for trainees, report, 749
– Job Corps

– – Acting director, Intrepidi appointed, In Brief, 1393
– – Budget, FY2010

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3293

– – Horizons Youth Servs., §10(j) injunctive relief granted ordering successor to recognize and bargain with AFT Local 4986 (E.D. Cal.), 1140; ALJ findings adopted (NLRB), 1678
– – Performance outcomes, DOL failed to file annual reports to Congress, misreported placement data, OIG reports, 540
– – Young women, program finds difficulty meeting enrollment goals, GAO report, 1075

– Labor Outlook 2009, SplSupp (01/29/09)
– Lower Living Standard Income Level under WIA, DOL announces 2009 revised income levels, 519
– Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1088

– Map reading, video game format used to teach miners skills available for downloading, NIOSH says, 1603
– Md. gov. signs prevailing wage apprenticeship training requirements bill, In Brief, 868
– Mich., law allowing community colleges to partner with employers to provide in high-demand fields signed, 73
– Middle-skill jobs will continue to rise despite economic downturn, report, 375
– Mine rescue teams

– – Mandate, MSHA reissues new final rule, 980
– – UMWA, portions of MSHA rules conflicting with MINER ACT overturned in challenge suit (D.C. Cir.), 294; DOL seeks OMB approval to collect data, In Brief, 861

– N.C., initiative launched, gov. says, In Brief, 657
– OECD ministers say policy responses to job crisis should avoid labor supply cuts and focus on future job skills, 1607
– Off-the-clock work, class action accord against Wal-Mart, civil penalty over Minn. labor law violations approved (Minn. Dist. Ct.), 968
– One-stop career centers need accountability measures, more funding, economist recommends fixes in policy paper, 831
– Portugal labor codes implemented with new comprehensive rules, 372
– Priority, Solis cites job training as, 428
– Readiness gap, ill-prepared workforce, extra level of training for new employees, partnerships with colleges urged, report, 1232
– Restructuring of the economy impacts, conference, 696
– Stimulus funds

– – Certified TAA-workers, DOL semiannual regulatory agenda, 786
– – State allotments from $3.5B stimulus funding, ETA announces, 455; ETA announces allotments for WIA youth, adult and dislocated worker programs, 482; OIG report finds ETA lacks process and software to validate adult and dislocated worker data, 1698
– – Technology, health care and green jobs, funds could retool workforce system for, former Pres. Clinton and Solis say, 454

– Strategies, link between economic and workforce development identified, report, 949
– Veterans

See TRAINING
– – VETS

See VETERANS' EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING SERVICE (VETS)

– Wash., gov. signs bill to hike UI benefits and expand training, 338
– WIA

See WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT (WIA)

– Women

– – ARRA, changes urged in wake of ARRA to help level playing field, conference, 414
– – Career advancement, Solis highlights ways agencies and programs can help, conference, 575

TRANSGENDERED INDIVIDUALS

– Treatment of employees, Human Rights Campaign report, 1565

TRANSIT UNION (ATU)

– Local 1181

– – Appointments and personnel changes, Cordiello elected president, Jean-Baptiste VP, Calixte financial sec'y-treasurer and Jemott recording sec'y, 551
– – Extortion conspiracy against school bus firm, former board members plead guilty (S.D.N.Y.), 1456

– Local 1338, ruling that Dallas Area Rapid Transit immune from union grievance challenging wages left standing (U.S., rev den), 931

TRANSPORT WORKERS (TWU)

– Gaming Workers Council, AFL-CIO, UAW and TWU leaders announce formation to gain contracts for employees, 430
– Local 555, pact attained with Southwest Airlines, 357; pact ratified, 514
– Local 556, pact ratified with Southwest Airlines, 841

TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (DOT)

– Appointments and personnel changes

– – Secretary, Obama names LaHood, other posts also announced, Special Report, 38
– – Surface Transp. Bd., Senate approves Elliott as chairman, 1287

– Appropriations

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3288

– Colgan Air, Senators seek IG probe of FAA small carrier regulations and if fatigue and lack of pilot training caused crash, 859
– Cross border trucking pilot program

See NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA)

– Drug testing, return-to-work and follow-up, DOT observed urination rule for safety-sensitive jobs upheld (D.C. Cir.), 851; DOT reinstates rule, 1248

TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY

– Airlines

See AIR TRANSPORTATION

– Labor market, infrastructure spending could net 1.1M jobs over next 2 years, EPI data, 609
– Mass transit

See MASS TRANSIT

– Railroads

See RAILROADS

– Trucking

See TRUCKING INDUSTRY

TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION (TSA)

– FY2010-2011 appropriation bill

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2200

– General Schedule pay system

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1881

– Transp. Worker Identification Credential (TWIC), reforms should include translation services, processing deadlines, report, 1234

TRANSPORTATION UNION (UTU)

– LMRDA, DOL rule requiring UTU's designated legal counsel for workers' comp cases to file LM-10 form upheld (11th Cir.), 1341
– Merger with SMWIA will “never” take place, UTU president says, 1125

TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES

– Bicycle commuters entitled to reimbursements for expenses, In Brief, 126
– Minimum wage, FLSA class action conditionally certified, contractor's failure to reimburse Mex. workers violated minimum wage requirements (E.D. Cal.), 288; relocation reimbursement to guest workers resulting in pay less than minimum wage not FLSA violation, ETA withdraws interpretation, 517

TREASURY DEPARTMENT

– Asst. sec'y, Senate confirms Krueger, In Brief, 793

TROs (TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS)

See INJUNCTIONS

TRUCK MAKERS, DEALERS, AND RENTALS

See AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

TRUCKING INDUSTRY

– Am. Trucking Ass'ns, Cal. ports clean-trucks program barring independent contractor drivers likely unconstitutional, preempted (9th Cir.), 485; injunction blocking concession agreements issued (C.D. Cal.), 728
– APA Transp., challenge to whether firm qualified for WARN Act “faltering business” defense (U.S., rev den), 521
– Cross-border pilot program

See NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA)

– Drivers

See DRIVERS

– Drug testing, return-to-work and follow-up, DOT observed urination rule for safety-sensitive jobs upheld (D.C. Cir.), 851; DOT reinstates rule, 1248
– Freightliner, UAW pact with card check provision did not violate LMRA (4th Cir.), 8; (U.S., rev den), 1593
– Mack Trucks, tentative master accord attained with UAW Locals 677, 171, 1247, 2301, 472, includes VEBA, 804; master pact ratified, 886
– Oak Harbor Freight Lines, Auburn, Wash., IBT strike continues amid union charges of employer ULPs, 15; members offer to return to work and end strike, 280; employer move to give returning workers reduced benefits and suspend 13 workers may prompt another strike, 354
– YRC Worldwide, IBT ratification ballots for proposed changes to Master Freight Agreement being counted, 52; modification ratified, 89; pact reopened to address short-term operating needs, 1043; IBT will vote on changes to Natl. Master Freight Agreement terms, 1128; pact ratified, 1288; New Penn IBT members ratify pact, 1461

TRUSTS AND TRUSTEES

– Annual Report (T-1), DOL semiannual regulatory agenda, 786
– Bath Iron Works Local S6, IAM bars former officers from running for office 2-4 years, trusteeships of Me. shipyard will be lifted soon, 1332
– IBT Local 747, president Hoffa announces emergency takeover for “failure to perform duties,” 632
– Ore. Fed'n of Nurses and Prof'ls placed under temporary administratorship for violating union constitution, 1126
– United Healthcare Workers-West, Intl. Ex. Bd. of SEIU to decide whether to impose trusteeship, 124; former UHW-W leaders plan to form new union, NUHW, one day after being placed in trusteeship, 157; SEIU files claim alleging UHW-W unlawful acts “obstructed effectuation of a trusteeship” (N.D. Cal.), 389; TRO issued ordering former UHW-W leaders to return information and property (N.D. Cal.), 603; consulting firm sues SEIU for refusing to pay for $1M in security, surveillance and protection service fees (N.D. Cal.), 770; injunction ordering former UHW-W officers to return key documents and data granted (N.D. Cal.), 1205; federal suit dismissed, attorney will file suit in state court (N.D. Cal.), 1330

TSA (TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION)

– FY2010-2011 appropriation bill

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2200

– General Schedule pay system

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 1881

TURNOVER, EMPLOYEE

– Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS)

See HIRING

TVPA (TORTURE VICTIM PROTECTION ACT)

See TORTURE VICTIM PROTECTION ACT (TVPA)

TVPA (TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT)

See TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT (TVPA)

TWU

See TRANSPORT WORKERS (TWU)