April 30, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 25, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters Union announced today that it has reached tentative agreements with UPS [NYSE: UPS] on new five-year national contracts for package and freight workers that...
April 30, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Teamster Nation, April 29, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Workers’ Memorial Day was on Sunday and while Teamsters nationwide honored their fallen co-workers in a variety of ways, other locals are gearing up for their own events now. Every year the labor movement...
April 29, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Column by James P. Hoffa, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, published in the Detroit News and on the Teamster website, April 10, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The anti-crowd is at it again. Not satisfied with anti-worker, anti-union...
April 24, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 23, 2013) BOSTON — More than 1,000 Boston Teamsters, union members and concerned citizens lined the streets of Medford, Mass. on Monday, April 22, 2013 to serve as human shields blocking the Westboro...
April 19, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Teamster Nation, April 18, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The thousands of Teamsters honoring picket lines and picket extensions in 25 cities aren’t the only ones showing solidarity for striking Teamsters from Locals 377 in Youngstown, 984 in Memphis and...
April 19, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 18, 2013) SAN JOSE, Calif. — Striking sanitation workers from Republic Service’s [NYSE: RSG] hauling yards in Memphis and Millington, Tennessee extended picket lines to California early this morning....
April 18, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Opinion column by Norm Mineta in the Orlando Sentinel, April 18, 2013) ORLANDO, Fla. — There’s a lot we can learn from the Magic Kingdom’s approach. As rail leaders gather in Orlando this week for the Positive Train Control Congress, I encourage...
April 18, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 17, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa visited American Airlines mechanics and related workers in Tulsa this evening. Sitting in a room with a large group of mechanics,...
April 10, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 9, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa praised President Obama’s efforts fill the remaining vacancies on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by naming three nominees...
April 8, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, published in The Detroit News and the Teamsters website on March 13, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As a proud American, it’s difficult to watch vital government programs cut mindlessly because of sequestration....
