November 5, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 4, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was a good night to be a Teamster running for office yesterday, as six who have served their communities in New Jersey and New York were returned to office by local...
November 4, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. economic recovery is not what it seems. Yes, it is clear that the unemployment rate has fallen dramatically since the Great Recession ended. But the benefits...
November 3, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 2, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union expanded its protests yesterday to five more Safeway stores, after protesting at 12 Washington, D.C., and Maryland stores last weekend. The...
October 30, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Teamsters Local 117 press release, October 26, 2016) TUKWILA, Wash. — In the end, solidarity won the day. On Saturday, October 24, Teamster drivers and warehouse workers, employed at Sysco, voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new three-year contract. It was a...
October 29, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 26, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After two years of difficult negotiations, tentative agreements for three departments at the Baltimore Sun represented by Local 355 and Local 888 were ratified at a...
October 28, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 27, 2015) LONG BEACH, Calif. — Today, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa joined port truck drivers, warehouse workers, community and faith allies, and Teamster officials at a press conference at...
October 28, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 27, 2015) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Airline Division and Republic Airways Holdings Inc. announced today that pilots represented by Teamsters Local 357 voted to...
October 26, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 23, 2015) CHICAGO — The International Brotherhood Teamsters today announced an agreement to put a proposed joint contract out for ratification for members working at United Airlines. The deal, if...
October 26, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 21, 2015) LOS ANGELES — The Teamsters Union announced today that a majority of its members working as drivers, warehouse workers and in dairy and manufacturing at grocery companies Ralphs, Vons and...
October 20, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Huffington Post column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, October 20, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — America’s highways can be a dangerous place for motorists. That’s why it makes no sense that some in Congress want to cave to trucking...
