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...
December 15, 2011 | Headlines, Organizing, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, December 14, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Megabus drivers in Illinois recently joined Teamsters Local 777 through card- check recognition. More than 85 percent of the 136 drivers signed cards to join the...
December 15, 2011 | Headlines, Organizing, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, December 14, 2011) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Megabus drivers in Illinois recently joined Teamsters Local 777 through card- check recognition. More than 85 percent of the 136 drivers signed cards to join the...
December 14, 2009 | Headlines, Organizing
(The following story by Kathie Dickerson appeared on the Coshocton Tribune website on December 12, 2009.) COSHOCTON, Ohio — Engineers, trainmen and conductors who work for Ohio Central Railroad Co. voted to become members of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and...
June 26, 2008 | Headlines, Organizing
(The following story by Steve Ritea appeared on the Newsday website on June 26.) NEW YORK — Bowing to mounting political and public pressure, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board voted yesterday to restrict systemwide passes held by 22 current board members...
