February 8, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 5, 2016) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The following is the official statement of Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer and Local 175 President Ken Hall on the passage of right to work in both chambers of...
February 5, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 3, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa about trade representatives from the U.S. and 11 other countries involved in the...
February 5, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 4, 2016) PHOENIX, Ariz. — Teamsters Local 104 members with US Foods took up unfair labor practice pickets today, charging the nation’s second-largest foodservice provider with bargaining in bad...
February 4, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 3, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union is offering a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the whereabouts of Sierra Shields. Shields, a flight attendant with Shuttle America for...
February 4, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, Unions
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 3, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Union membership nationwide rose by 219,000 in 2015 compared to the previous year, a Bureau of Labor Statistics survey reported. BLS calculated that unions had 14.795...
February 4, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 3, 2016) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Teamsters Union announced that it will file a lawsuit against West Virginia University (WVU) alleging violations of the Freedom of Information Act Statute....
February 3, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 2, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamster representatives briefed a standing room only crowd of Capitol Hill staffers today on a dire proposal by the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas...
February 3, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, published in the Detroit News, February 3, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Flint residents are in crisis, placed in a situation no one in this country should have to face. Their water is contaminated with lead,...
February 2, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 1, 2016) CHARLESTON, W.Va. — By next week, both houses of the West Virginia Legislature are likely to have passed a right-to-work law and a second law eliminating prevailing wages. That law, on...
February 1, 2016 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 29, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamster pilots with Horizon Air who are members of Teamsters Local 1224 in Wilmington, Ohio, have voted by a 2-1 margin to ratify a collective bargaining agreement...
