December 3, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Teamster Nation, December 2, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — We know we don’t have to remind you to shop at Costco, buy union-made beer and ship your holiday packages by UPS. And if you’re looking for a specific union-made product, Labor 411 is the place...
November 27, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Teamster Nation, November 26, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters organizers improved their winning percentage during the first half of this year, upping our wins to 97 from 92. Our win rate rose to 61.4 percent to 57.5 percent. Full story: Teamster...
November 26, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 25, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On November 25, United Airlines (UAL) professional aviation mechanics represented by the Teamsters Union held informational pickets at 10 major airports around the...
November 26, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, November 25, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Corporations never seem to be satisfied. Increasingly, they want workers to toil more hours for less pay. And now, a growing amount of retail giants want their employees to...
November 25, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Statement by James P. Hoffa, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, November 21, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is an official statement of Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa on the Senate’s approval today of a filibuster...
November 22, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Column by James P. Hoffa, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, published at the Huffington Post, November 21, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Teamsters and American workers face a moment of reckoning. The time has come where people...
November 22, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, November 21, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — For your Thanksgiving recipes, use Teamster-made ingredients and support your brothers and sisters at these companies: • Meadowbrook Dairy strawberry, 1% and no-fat milk • Tillamook...
November 20, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Troy Messenger, November 19, 2013) TROY, Ala. — This Thanksgiving, the Teamsters National Black Caucus and the youth department of Dunn’s Chapel AME Church are teaming up for their sixth annual distribution of Thanksgiving meals for the elderly, handicapped...
November 14, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 13, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union applauds today’s re-introduction of the ‘Safe Skies Act of 2013’ by Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA). The bill would bring air cargo and supplemental...
November 14, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 13, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some D.C. taxi drivers were barred from speaking during the public comment period of today’s D.C. Taxicab Commission meeting because of an illegal, discriminatory...
