March 13, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 12, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of people from Maine, around the country, and the world, gathered in Portland on Sunday to honor Captain Joel Barnes of the Berwick Fire Department. The...
March 11, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 6, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A vacation to Arizona turned into an event honoring U.S. veterans at a facility in Tucson on Saturday where attendees received headphones and other gifts as a thank you...
February 27, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 26, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Local unions from across the U.S. and Canada were represented today by officers and business agents attending the annual Brewery and Soft Drink Workers Conference. On...
February 26, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 25, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After almost a year of negotiations with members of Local 1035 in Hartford, Connecticut, Rogo, a Coors-Miller beer distributor, has locked out all the drivers. The...
February 14, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 13, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — XPO workers denounced today’s announcement by XPO Logistics, Inc. that it will be closing its Verizon-contracted Memphis facility beginning April 15, 2019. With this...
February 8, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Statement by Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa published in the Detroit News, February 6, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The struggle to ensure the retirements of millions of hardworking Americans continues. But the reintroduction of essential bipartisan...
February 7, 2019 | DOT, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 6, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Teamsters Local 848 and truck drivers for global companies filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth...
February 7, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 6, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since 1903, the Teamsters Union has been at the forefront of the struggle for workers’ rights in North America. During Black History Month, Teamsters honor the...
January 31, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 30, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes statistics don’t tell the whole story. That’s certainly the case with today’s economy. So-called experts point to increased jobs and decreased unemployment as...
January 30, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 29, 2019) DETROIT, Mich. — Drivers and helpers from Sysco’s Sygma Network in Monroe, Michigan near Detroit have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 337, the latest example of Sysco workers...
