November 7, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 4, 2016) SAN FRANCISCO — Employees of Hertz Rent A Car at San Francisco International Airport (SFO), who are working to organize their union with Teamsters Local 856, have taken a strike vote and...
November 4, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 3, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed six objections filed by XPO Logistics involving the Oct. 12 election in Aurora, Ill., which means the Teamsters are now...
November 4, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 3, 2016) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two Novembers ago, following the 2014 midterm elections, a new crop of corporate-backed politicians took control of the West Virginia legislature, ending more than 80...
November 3, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 2, 2016) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — With less than a week to go before Election Day, Teamsters are hitting the pavement hard in the Show Me state to get out the vote for the state’s gubernatorial and Senate...
November 2, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 1, 2016) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Lyft drivers, the Uber Lyft Teamsters Rideshare Alliance (ULTRA), Teamsters Joint Council 7 and Teamsters Joint Council 42 have filed legal objections to a...
November 2, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 1, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Editor’s Note: This is the first of several blogs in the next week that will detail the Teamsters’ Get Out The Vote (GOTV) effort in advance of the Nov. 8 election.)...
November 2, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, published in the Detroit News, November 2, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Next week, Michiganians will head to the polls to vote for candidates up and down the ballot who will help craft the future of our...
November 1, 2016 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Arizona Daily Star, October 31, 2016) TUCSON, Ariz. — In early October, 14 of 19 eligible Sun Link Streetcar employees voted on whether to join the Teamsters Union and, among those who participated, the result was a unanimous yes. Full story:...
November 1, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 31, 2016) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall, who also serves as President of Teamsters Local 175 in South Charleston, filed a formal complaint today against the...
October 31, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 28, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The enactment of past trade deals like NAFTA and the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) caused tens of thousands of people, many children, to seek refuge in...
