May 5, 2023 | Headlines, Organizing, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 4, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters Joint Council 42 and Teamsters Local 396 have filed an unfair labor practice charge against Amazon for unlawfully threatening workers’ jobs and failing to...
April 25, 2023 | Headlines, Organizing, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 24, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a historic first, Amazon drivers and dispatchers in Palmdale, Calif., have joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and reached a strong tentative agreement...
April 14, 2023 | 2-man Crews, News, Organizing, Paid Sick Leave, PSR
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 14 — Paid sick leave and rail safety were among the topics of discussion as members of the BLET’s National General Chairmen’s Association (NGCA) concluded their annual meeting, which was held at the BLET National Division headquarters on...
March 17, 2023 | News, Organizing
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 17 — Brother Jorge R. Gomez, a BNSF locomotive engineer and member of Division 264 in El Paso, Texas, has joined the BLET National Division staff as a full-time Special Representative. BLET National President Eddie Hall said his appointment...
November 28, 2022 | Headlines, Organizing, Unions
(Source: Seattle Times opinion column by Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, November 24, 2022) We are witnessing more worker organizing than many of us have seen in our lifetimes. Workers at colleges and universities, retail stores, newsrooms, nonprofits, museums, and more...
October 7, 2021 | Headlines, Organizing, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) press release, October 4, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a victory for the IAM and transportation union members across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear two cases...
January 6, 2017 | Headlines, Organizing
(Source: Associated Press, January 6, 2017) BOSTON — Officials with the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority have announced that the transit agency will not extend the contract of the company that operates its commuter rail system. Transportation Secretary...
July 7, 2016 | Amtrak, Headlines, Organizing
(Source: Albany Times Union, July 6, 2016) ALBANY, N.Y. — The train station is in Rensselaer. But most arriving rail passengers are heading to Albany. How to get them there? Why not by gondola? Next week, engineers will begin studying the feasibility of just such a...
April 13, 2012 | Headlines, Organizing, Teamsters
(Source: Journal of Commerce, April 12, 2012) LOS ANGELES — The Journal of Commerce reported that employee drivers who work for the Toll Group logistics company in Southern California won an historic election Wednesday to become one of the few harbor trucking fleets...
February 8, 2012 | Headlines, Organizing, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 3, 2012) TULSA, Okla. — Eighteen workers at RailCrew Xpress represented by Teamsters Local 523 in Tulsa, Okla. unanimously approved their first contract, making strong gains in workplace rules and...
