February 25, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Teamster Nation, February 24, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As you watched union actors, musicians and writers during the Oscars on February 24, don’t forget they got plenty of help from Motion Picture Teamsters. Full story: Teamster...
February 25, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Gazette-Mail, February 23, 2013) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — I count myself as a friend of coal. Coal helps fuel our great state, pumping $26 billion into the economy each year and providing more than $3.2 billion in wages for West Virginia families. Where are these...
February 22, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, February 19, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that approximately 18,000 workers laid off in 48 states from 864 Hostess company locations are eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment...
February 21, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 20, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of UPS and UPS Freight Teamsters rallied for strong contracts at events across the nation on February 16 and 17. At rallies in Seattle, Oakland, Los Angeles,...
February 20, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 19, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamster members at Costco have voted overwhelmingly in favor of a new three-year contract that includes a 9 percent wage increase over the term of the agreement,...
February 19, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 12, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 marks the 100th anniversary of legendary labor leader James Riddle Hoffa’s birth. TheTeamsters Union has assembled materials to mark the...
February 15, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Teamster Nation, February 14, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — James R. “Jimmy” Hoffa was elected general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in 1957. When it came time to give his acceptance speech in Miami, he said he was too...
February 14, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Teamster Nation, February 8, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Looking for a union-made Valentine card for your Union Maid? Teamsters can support their brothers and sisters in the Graphic Communications Conference (GCC) by looking for cards they make with the...
February 14, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Detroit News, February 14, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters President Jim Hoffa is working to polish the legacy of his father, James R. Hoffa, the legendary Detroit labor leader who would have turned 100 today. Full story: Detroit...
February 11, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Teamster Nation, February 8, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sister Mary Donch, a proud member of the Teamsters Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen Division 269, tweeted: “I was out there with an engine rescuing a stalled train at 2:30 AM! Proudly...
