May 19, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 18, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa about the U.S. Labor Department’s announcement of its final overtime rule that more than...
May 18, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 17, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters and other pro-worker allies have often talked about how lousy trade agreement enacted over the last two decades have gutted communities as manufacturing jobs...
May 18, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 17, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Deutsche Post DHL prepares for its annual shareholder meeting in Germany this week, American pilots who fly worldwide for the logistics company announced the results of...
May 17, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 16, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Manufacturing jobs used to be considered the backbone of the middle class. But since the onslaught of terrible trade deals like NAFTA and the reduction in union density,...
May 17, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 16, 2016) SEVERN, Md. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa this afternoon met and walked the picket line with some 50 members of Locals 355 and 570 engaged in an unfair labor practices strike...
May 13, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 11, 2016) STREATOR, Ill. — Some 40 Teamsters working at US Foods’ distribution facility here tonight refused to cross the picket line in solidarity with Teamsters in Severn, Md., who began an unfair...
May 12, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa in the Huffington Post, May 11, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning in the upscale suburbs of Connecticut, rank and file union leaders from a continent away are joining U.S. truck drivers and the...
May 12, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, Whistleblower
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 11, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union applauds the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) announcement today of a new rule to modernize and streamline the reporting system...
May 11, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 10, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Underinvestment in infrastructure continues to be a significant problem in the U.S., a new report shows, and it will cost American households upwards of $10 a day through...
May 5, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 4, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The argument keeps on getting worse for those who support the Trans-Pacific Partnership. New numbers released today show that the U.S-Korea (KORUS) trade deal the TPP is...
