September 20, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 19, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Officials with the New York City Police Department announced this weekend that remains discovered on the shore of Rikers Island were confirmed to be those of missing...
September 20, 2016 | Headlines, Railroad Security, Teamsters
(Source: Vice News, September 18, 2016) NEW YORK — New York Governor Andrew Cuomo deployed an additional 1,000 New York state police and National Guard troops to transit hubs in New York City, the day after one explosion rocked the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan...
September 16, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 15, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamster carhaul members have rejected a national contract and the Central-Southern supplement, but have approved the Eastern and Western supplements. “In light...
September 16, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 15, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A corporate-fueled movement to allow private companies to set their own rules for compensating injured workers was rebuffed by the Oklahoma Supreme Court this week...
September 15, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 14, 2016) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Drivers with Bauer’s Intelligent Transportation are the latest workers in the tech transportation industry to choose Teamsters representation, after a majority...
September 15, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 14, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Drivers at XPO Logistics in Aurora, Ill. filed for Teamster representation today, the latest action by workers across the United States who are banding together to...
September 15, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 14, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some 350 Teamsters working for Kraft Heinz in Fullerton, Calif. will remain on the job after Local 952 and the company reached an agreement on a new contract that...
September 15, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 14, 2016) PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Teamsters local 830, as representative of hundreds of working men and women employed in the soft drink industry, and the American Beverage Association jointly filed...
September 14, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 13, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters have been a part of a worker movement to raise the minimum wage to a $15 “living wage” standard that would allow workers to better support their...
September 14, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 12, 2016) BOSTON — Members of Teamsters Local 25, who had been on strike since May against the roofing corporation ABC Supply Co., have ratified a contract. The new five-year contract includes...
