November 14, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Column by James P. Hoffa, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, published in the Detroit News and at Teamster.org on November 13, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A secure retirement used to be seen as a right for all hard-working Michiganders....
November 11, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 8, 2013) HERSHEY, Pa. — Hershey Medical Center members of Teamsters Local 776 concluded voting on a new three-year contract today. The proposed agreement was approved by a majority of those who...
November 7, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 6, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamster-affiliated Washington, D.C. Taxi Operators Association has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the city’s more than 6,000 cab drivers, demanding that the District...
November 6, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 5, 2013) ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Teamsters Local 118 representatives and Wegmans resumed discussions today to resolve an ongoing contract dispute, this time joined by a mediator from the Federal...
November 6, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, November 5, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today called on Congress to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) which would provide strong federal protections...
November 1, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Teamsters Local 117 press release, October 30, 2013) TUKWILA, Wash. — Teamster production workers and lab technicians, employed by Darigold, met throughout the day today to discuss the company’s last contract proposal. The Union challenged the notion that the...
November 1, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Teamster Nation, October 31, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A thousand Washington, D.C., taxi drivers, angry about expensive and unfair regulation, are banding together with Teamsters Local 922 in a new way of organizing workers. For their first formal meeting, the...
October 31, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, October 30, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a conference call today, the ABF Master Negotiating Committee voted that in light of the overwhelming vote against authorizing a strike, the company’s last proposal...
October 31, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Associated Press, October 30, 2013) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Anheuser-Busch InBev and the Teamsters union are about to begin contract talks for the first time since the Belgian brewer InBev purchased the maker of Budweiser, Bud Light and other beers five years ago....
October 31, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Union Plus website, October 31, 2013) When those little ghosts and goblins come collecting on Halloween, make sure you have a full supply of union-made-in-America treats for them like Jelly Belly’s candy corn. Click the link below for a brief list of...
