April 1, 2014 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 31, 2014) TRACY, Calif. — In a rare move on Friday, the National Labor Relations Board impounded workers’ ballots in a high-stakes organizing election for Teamster representation at Taylor...
March 31, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Reuters, March 29, 2014) MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway and the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC), which represents CN’s conductors, yard workers, and traffic coordinators, have agreed to start an arbitration process that ensures their...
March 25, 2014 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Reuters, March 25, 2014) TORONTO — Canadian National Railway Co and the Teamsters union will meet in Montreal on Wednesday to make a final attempt at reaching a labor deal for some 3,000 conductors, yard workers, and traffic coordinators, the two groups...
March 24, 2014 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Canadian Press, March 22, 2014) MONTREAL — CN Rail and its yard workers and train crews are going to try one last time to negotiate a new contract after already failing twice. CN says the union representing the three-thousand workers, the Teamsters...
March 21, 2014 | CN, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Reuters, March 21, 2014) TORONTO — Railway staff of Canadian National Railway Co have narrowly voted against a strike-busting labour agreement tentatively agreed upon by the company and workers’ union. Canada’s biggest railroad and the...
March 18, 2014 | Canada, Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Portage Online, March 17, 2014) PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Manitoba — A union spokesperson for Canadian Pacific Railway engineers in Western Canada says he has a solution to get more grain moving by rail. Full story: Portage Online
March 17, 2014 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, March 12, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — American workers know all too well the high price of unfair trade. But while the 20-year-old NAFTA deal is the focus of much of the blame, it is hardly the only...
March 13, 2014 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 12, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the ports of Los Angeles/Long Beach, Green Fleet Systems’ drivers demanded – via delegation – an immediate end to a hostile work environment. The brave drivers...
March 13, 2014 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 12, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Need proof that infrastructure investment works? Just a quick look at the latest numbers show tax dollars spent on public transit are being put to good use. A new...
February 27, 2014 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 26, 2014) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa blasted the secret negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) at a Capitol Hill press conference today and...
