September 30, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 29, 2015) DETROIT — Detroit Teamsters were joined by representatives from labor, environmental, community, and religious groups at a protest today outside a Detroit Economic Club luncheon where...
September 30, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, September 29, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The golden years of everyday Americans who worked hard for decades to put away money for retirement are increasingly being jeopardized by the nation’s pension...
August 27, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 25, 2015) ONTARIO, Calif. — More than 1,200 San Bernardino County public employees were joined by State Treasurer John Chiang and District Attorney Mike Ramos at a town hall meeting at the Ontario...
August 26, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 25, 2015) LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. — Drivers, plant operators and fillers at the Airgas facility in Islandia, N.Y., have voted to join Teamsters Local 282. The successful effort was the culmination of...
August 14, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 14, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters Local Union 104’s Unfair Labor Practice strike against Sun Tran is now nearing the end of its eighth day with the striking employees and their supporters...
August 13, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 11, 2015) SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Teamsters and drivers for Bauer’s Intelligent Transportation held an action this morning in San Francisco to call on the San Francisco Municipal Transportation...
August 12, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Statement by James P. Hoffa, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, August 12, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Those in favor of corporate disclosure won a hard-fought victory at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week when the...
August 12, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 11, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters have been (and will continue to be) leading advocates in the need for the U.S. to improve its transportation infrastructure. It starts with coming up with...
August 11, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 7, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Almost three years ago, just before Thanksgiving, Hostess Brand executives threw their then 18,000 union workers under the bus by blaming them for the need to declare...
August 7, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, August 6, 2015) HOUSTON — Workers at WCA Waste Corporation of America in Houston, who voted to join the Teamsters in November, have ratified a first contract that improves wages and health care, among...
