July 11, 2024 | News, Teamsters, Top News
More than 1,500 Teamster Sisters attended dozens of workshops to empower workers and better advocate for their fellow members on the job during the Teamsters Women’s Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 23-26. Topics included union bylaws, heat stress,...
May 31, 2024 | News, Teamsters
Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien has appointed Mike Smith to serve as the new Director of the Teamsters Rail Conference. Leaders of the BLET and BMWED were introduced to Brother Smith at a Rail Policy Committee meeting in Washington D.C. in May. In 2015, Smith...
April 25, 2024 | 2-man Crews, FRA, News, Teamsters
As rail labor unions celebrated the Federal Railroad Administration’s new regulation requiring two-person crews on freight trains, airline pilot unions raised the question: Can the same policy continue for aircrafts? While current U.S. regulations require two pilots...
February 29, 2024 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 28, 2024) Today, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters reached a five-year tentative agreement significantly raising pay, improving health care and retirement benefits, and providing critical...
December 21, 2023 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, December 13, 2023) The International Brotherhood of Teamsters will host its first member roundtables with five declared candidates for U.S. President on December 14-15 in Washington, D.C. Robert F. Kennedy...
December 14, 2023 | News, Teamsters
BLET members and their families are advised that the James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund has begun accepting applications for the 2024 award year. The Fund awards financial scholarships to the sons, daughters and financial dependents of Teamster members...
November 22, 2023 | Headlines, Teamsters, Unions
(Source: CNN, November 21, 2023) Nearly 900,000 Americans sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner this week will have unions – and the double-digit pay increases they won – to thank. That’s how many unionized workers have won immediate pay hikes of 10% or more in just the...
November 17, 2023 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 16, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Under concentrated pressure from Teamster members and the negotiating committee for more than a week, Anheuser-Busch has reached a tentative agreement with the union...
October 5, 2023 | News, Teamsters
Since 2000, the James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund (JRHMSF) has been awarding college scholarships to the sons and daughters of Teamsters. The Fund relies on the generosity and support of Teamsters local unions, Joint Councils and friends. In 2023, the JRHMSF...
July 20, 2023 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 19, 2023) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As thousands of UPS Teamsters practice picket, rally, and mobilize around the country, UPS bowed today to the overwhelming show of Teamster unity and reached out to the...
