September 26, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Teamsters Journal Council 25 press release, September 23, 2013) PARK RIDGE, Ill. — Approximately 340 manufacturing employees at Senior Flexonics overwhelmingly ratified their first contract with Teamsters Local 330 on Sept. 15. By a 3-to-1 margin, the...
September 26, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Official statement of James P. Hoffa, Teamsters General President, September 25, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is an official statement by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa: “In July, I co-wrote a letter to Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy...
September 25, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Alaska Air Group press release, September 23, 2013) SEATTLE, Wash. — Horizon Air and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters today jointly announced a tentative agreement on a proposed five-year contract extension covering the airline’s 280 aircraft...
September 20, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 19, 2013) NEW ORLEANS, La. — The 2013 Teamsters Women’s Conference kicked off in New Orleans on Thursday, uniting 1,000 Teamster women across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico in the...
September 19, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 18, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today applauded the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announcement of a new proposed rule requiring corporations to...
September 18, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Teamster Nation, September 17, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters are celebrating National Truck Driver Appreciation Week over on our Facebook page with photos old and new of trucks and truck drivers. Many of our readers posted some great comments. Full...
September 13, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 12, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The country’s two largest proxy advisers, ISS and Glass Lewis, have both recommended that FedEx [NYSE: FDX] shareholders support a Teamster proposal calling for an...
September 12, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Column by James P. Hoffa, General President, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Published in the Detroit News at at www.Teamster.org on September 11, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Michigan in the last month has seen its fair share of low-wage workers walk off...
September 12, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 11, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters working at DHL Express across the country overwhelmingly approved the new tentative National Master Agreement. Likewise, all three national operational...
September 12, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, September 11, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters who work at the world’s largest dried fruit processing plant are at work today, under a strong contract that resulted from their solidarity. The 500...
