July 28, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 27, 2015) SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — Teamsters Local Union 853 announced today that workers at Palo Alto-based Google Express Services filed for a representation election. The more than 140 warehouse and...
July 23, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 22, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Senate voted to take up a six-year surface transportation reauthorization that will include three years of funding for highway, rail and transit programs. The...
July 14, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 13, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — These are not heady days for U.S. workers, given the shipping of tens of thousands of jobs overseas and the stagnation in wages. But those aren’t the only concerns...
July 13, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 10, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It didn’t take long for 19 ready-mix cement truck drivers and mechanics in Sutton, Mass., to become card-carrying Teamster members, after a one-day sign-up with Teamsters...
July 10, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, July 9, 2015) PLAINFIELD, Ind. — Today, Teamsters Local 357 in Plainfield, Ind., filed a lawsuit against Republic Airways for unilaterally changing pilots’ working conditions regarding “open time” flying...
July 1, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 30, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — We’ve written extensively about the importance of unions in American life — how unions provide a pathway to the middle class by paying $200 a week more than...
May 22, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 21, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is the official statement of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa in response to the Senate’s decision to invoke cloture and cut off debate on the fast track...
April 17, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 16, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is the official statement of Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa in response to the introduction today in Congress of legislation that would allow...
April 16, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 15, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Low-wage workers toiling at the bottom of the economic ladder are striking back again today. This time fast food, retail and childcare workers — among others...
April 16, 2015 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 15, 2015) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters joined some 1,200 fellow union members and fair trade advocates at a Capitol Hill rally today to call on Congress to stop pushing for fast track trade...
