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Teamsters send clear message
What are the air space rules regarding flying over an event like that?
Anybody know? Would NASCAR have the authority to have the pilot arrested? Can NASCAR ask for certain air space at a certain time to be 'theirs'? MW "Alan Jones" wrote in message ... Teamsters Send Clear Message With 50-Foot Banner Flying Over Daytona 500 DAYTONA, Fla., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Teamsters Union denounced Waste Management Inc. (WMI) for its ongoing assault on minority sanitation workers by commissioning a plane to fly a 50-foot banner over the Daytona 500 speedway for two hours that read, "WMI and NASCAR Want Some Drivers to Lose." Houston-based WMI, the nation's largest private trash hauler, is a sponsor of NASCAR's diversity programs despite attempting to impose deep wage, retirement, health care and pension benefit cuts on its predominantly minority sanitation truck drivers in Washington D.C. and New York. The company's work force is overwhelmingly African American and Latino. NASCAR's steering committee is chaired by basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson. Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President, wrote a letter to Johnson detailing WMI's reprehensible treatment of its minority workforce. The Teamsters represent 10,000 workers at 69 Waste Management locals nationwide. "We are confident that when presented with the facts, Mr. Johnson will agree that Waste Management's treatment of its workers is shameful," Hoffa said. "If NASCAR is truly committed to promoting diversity, then its sponsors should live up to that commitment." The Daytona flyover comes after a wave of Teamster actions at WMI locations across the country. Teamsters have conducted informational picketing and leafleting in California, Washington, Illinois, Colorado and Maryland during the past six weeks. Workers also staged a protest at WMI's New York City headquarters that drew hundreds of Teamster members from Local 813, which is currently in contract negotiations with WMI. "While it's admirable to sponsor minority NASCAR drivers, it would be even more admirable if the company paid and rewarded its own sanitation truck drivers decently," said Robert Morales, President of the Teamsters National Hispanic Caucus and Secretary-Treasurer of Local 350 in Daly City, California. Local 350 represents WMI sanitation truck drivers and workers in California Bay area. Founded in 1903, the Teamsters Union represents more than 1.4 million hardworking men and women in the United States and Canada. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/conws/3670582.html -- - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pittsburgh-pirates - http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/nascar-group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/politics-usa-republican - http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group...burgh-steelers |
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"M White" wrote in message om... What are the air space rules regarding flying over an event like that? Anybody know? Would NASCAR have the authority to have the pilot arrested? Can NASCAR ask for certain air space at a certain time to be 'theirs'? Oh, dear lord. Not this one again. Let's see if Janal will take the bait. Carey in Manvel |
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Well there is nothing in the story that says anything about the flight being
in anyway unsafe so that's not a problem. If it were race say there would be a TFR over the area but it wasn't race day. Seems like free speech to me. "M White" wrote in message om... What are the air space rules regarding flying over an event like that? Anybody know? Would NASCAR have the authority to have the pilot arrested? Can NASCAR ask for certain air space at a certain time to be 'theirs'? MW "Alan Jones" wrote in message ... Teamsters Send Clear Message With 50-Foot Banner Flying Over Daytona 500 DAYTONA, Fla., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Teamsters Union denounced Waste Management Inc. (WMI) for its ongoing assault on minority sanitation workers by commissioning a plane to fly a 50-foot banner over the Daytona 500 speedway for two hours that read, "WMI and NASCAR Want Some Drivers to Lose." Houston-based WMI, the nation's largest private trash hauler, is a sponsor of NASCAR's diversity programs despite attempting to impose deep wage, retirement, health care and pension benefit cuts on its predominantly minority sanitation truck drivers in Washington D.C. and New York. The company's work force is overwhelmingly African American and Latino. NASCAR's steering committee is chaired by basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson. Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President, wrote a letter to Johnson detailing WMI's reprehensible treatment of its minority workforce. The Teamsters represent 10,000 workers at 69 Waste Management locals nationwide. "We are confident that when presented with the facts, Mr. Johnson will agree that Waste Management's treatment of its workers is shameful," Hoffa said. "If NASCAR is truly committed to promoting diversity, then its sponsors should live up to that commitment." The Daytona flyover comes after a wave of Teamster actions at WMI locations across the country. Teamsters have conducted informational picketing and leafleting in California, Washington, Illinois, Colorado and Maryland during the past six weeks. Workers also staged a protest at WMI's New York City headquarters that drew hundreds of Teamster members from Local 813, which is currently in contract negotiations with WMI. "While it's admirable to sponsor minority NASCAR drivers, it would be even more admirable if the company paid and rewarded its own sanitation truck drivers decently," said Robert Morales, President of the Teamsters National Hispanic Caucus and Secretary-Treasurer of Local 350 in Daly City, California. Local 350 represents WMI sanitation truck drivers and workers in California Bay area. Founded in 1903, the Teamsters Union represents more than 1.4 million hardworking men and women in the United States and Canada. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/conws/3670582.html -- - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pittsburgh-pirates - http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/nascar-group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/politics-usa-republican - http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group...burgh-steelers |
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"M White" wrote ... What are the air space rules regarding flying over an event like that? Anybody know? Would NASCAR have the authority to have the pilot arrested? Can NASCAR ask for certain air space at a certain time to be 'theirs'? "nascar" only has arrest powers if Mike Helton is wearing his hat, badge and sidearm and properly identifies himself as an officer of nascar and reads the person his or her nascar rights, which under nascar law, are always open to interpretation. You might have the right to be silent. ... |
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Carey Akin wrote:
Let's see if Janal will take the bait. Janal's existance on this group proves two things. 1) There really are village idiots. 2) God does not get involved in Usenet. -- _________________________________________ The bull**** stops when the hammer drops. 2nd Amendment - the original Homeland Security |
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M White wrote: What are the air space rules regarding flying over an event like that? They won't be. Anybody know? Would NASCAR have the authority to have the pilot arrested? Of course not. Can NASCAR ask for certain air space at a certain time to be 'theirs'? No. |
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Thank you. =)
MW "Newps" wrote in message ... M White wrote: What are the air space rules regarding flying over an event like that? They won't be. Anybody know? Would NASCAR have the authority to have the pilot arrested? Of course not. Can NASCAR ask for certain air space at a certain time to be 'theirs'? No. |
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"WildWeasel" wrote in message ... "M White" wrote ... What are the air space rules regarding flying over an event like that? Anybody know? Would NASCAR have the authority to have the pilot arrested? Can NASCAR ask for certain air space at a certain time to be 'theirs'? "nascar" only has arrest powers if Mike Helton is wearing his hat, badge and sidearm and properly identifies himself as an officer of nascar and reads the person his or her nascar rights, which under nascar law, are always open to interpretation. You might have the right to be silent. ... Unless the track-bar adjuster is an illegal apparatus, then you beg for mercy! HTH G |
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"M White" wrote in message om... What are the air space rules regarding flying over an event like that? Anybody know? Would NASCAR have the authority to have the pilot arrested? Can NASCAR ask for certain air space at a certain time to be 'theirs'? MW AFAIK, NFZs (no-fly zones) can only be imposed by a combination of the DHS and the FAA. NFZs have been used over major sporting events (Super Bowl, World Series, etc) since 9/11, can't comment on the Daytona 500, but it holds more people than those last two events combined, so it's a good question. "Alan Jones" wrote in message ... Teamsters Send Clear Message With 50-Foot Banner Flying Over Daytona 500 DAYTONA, Fla., Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- The Teamsters Union denounced Waste Management Inc. (WMI) for its ongoing assault on minority sanitation workers by commissioning a plane to fly a 50-foot banner over the Daytona 500 speedway for two hours that read, "WMI and NASCAR Want Some Drivers to Lose." Houston-based WMI, the nation's largest private trash hauler, is a sponsor of NASCAR's diversity programs despite attempting to impose deep wage, retirement, health care and pension benefit cuts on its predominantly minority sanitation truck drivers in Washington D.C. and New York. The company's work force is overwhelmingly African American and Latino. NASCAR's steering committee is chaired by basketball legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson. Jim Hoffa, Teamsters General President, wrote a letter to Johnson detailing WMI's reprehensible treatment of its minority workforce. The Teamsters represent 10,000 workers at 69 Waste Management locals nationwide. "We are confident that when presented with the facts, Mr. Johnson will agree that Waste Management's treatment of its workers is shameful," Hoffa said. "If NASCAR is truly committed to promoting diversity, then its sponsors should live up to that commitment." The Daytona flyover comes after a wave of Teamster actions at WMI locations across the country. Teamsters have conducted informational picketing and leafleting in California, Washington, Illinois, Colorado and Maryland during the past six weeks. Workers also staged a protest at WMI's New York City headquarters that drew hundreds of Teamster members from Local 813, which is currently in contract negotiations with WMI. "While it's admirable to sponsor minority NASCAR drivers, it would be even more admirable if the company paid and rewarded its own sanitation truck drivers decently," said Robert Morales, President of the Teamsters National Hispanic Caucus and Secretary-Treasurer of Local 350 in Daly City, California. Local 350 represents WMI sanitation truck drivers and workers in California Bay area. Founded in 1903, the Teamsters Union represents more than 1.4 million hardworking men and women in the United States and Canada. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/conws/3670582.html -- - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pittsburgh-pirates - http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/nascar-group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/politics-usa-republican - http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group...burgh-steelers |
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Teamsters send clear message
"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message oups.com... but it holds more people than those last two events combined, so it's a good question. Oh, come on. Any question that includes "Would NASCAR have the authority to have the pilot arrested?" just can't qualify as a "good question". Just a bunch of trolling. Its really irritating me that I'm going to have to switch my news reader to filter this stuff out. -Robert It's an honest question. I can't control your killfile, but I didn't mean to **** anyone off. MW |
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