A Teamster's official said Friday that union representation among government employees is more vital than ever now that the county has begun trimming its workforce. ...more

February 15, 2009

Efforts to hold an election to unionize county government employees are on hold until a state agency gives the go-ahead. ...more

November 15, 2008

Efforts to hold an election to unionize county government employees are on hold until a state agency gives the go-ahead. ...more

November 15, 2008

One day after the county administrator said he would propose a 2 percent raise for government employees making less than $65,000, a Teamsters representative has weighed in on the issue. ...more

September 2, 2008

This Saturday, county employees have a chance to meet their union organizing committee and talk to Teamsters representatives at a 3 p.m. gathering at the Hernando County Fairgrounds, 6436 Broad St. ...more

June 27, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Having spent more than 3,000 nights in motels during his vast travels, Irving Baker thinks he knows what people like in overnight lodging. He was born and raised in New York, but ran away from home at age 16 and hitchhiked to Wauchula. He spent a year there picking cucumbers, oranges, and planting cabbages and then joined the Marine Corps. Loving to travel, he has been in every capital of the United States. He drove trucks, accumulating 2.5 million miles by the time he semi retired in 1994 as a teamster. It was then he settled down. For five years he owned a restaurant and a golf course in St. Paris, OH. ...more

November 4, 2007