April 8, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 4, 2013) FREMONT, Calif. — Workers on strike at Republic Services/Allied Waste extended picket lines to five Northern California locations today, on the anniversary of the assassination of Martin...
March 28, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Teamster Nation, March 26, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Securities and Exchange Commission is actually considering a rule that would force corporations to disclose their political spending. The SEC received a record 469,000 comments on the proposal. Only five...
March 25, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Coalition of Flight Attendant Unions press release, March 22, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Coalition of Flight Attendant Unions, representing 90,000 Flight Attendants, is marshaling support for an amendment to the budget resolution submitted by U.S. Senators...
March 22, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 21, 2013) CHICAGO — At the national Residential Recycling Conference yesterday, the Teamsters Union protested against Republic Services Inc., bringing attention to the company’s appalling treatment...
March 19, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 18, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa repeated his strong opposition to the Transport Security Administration’s (TSA) decision to allow knives in the aircraft cabin in a...
March 19, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 18, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa lauded President Obama’s nomination today of Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for civil rights, to be his Labor Secretary....
March 18, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Teamster Nation, March 14, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters objected to a new policy allowing small knives on planes at a Capitol Hill news conference today. The Teamsters are part of the Flight Attendants Union Coalition, which is coordinating a nationwide...
March 18, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 15, 2013) ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Two independent experts briefed public officials from assessment of the risks posed by the fire and nuclear weapons wastes at the West Lake Landfill in Bridgeton, Mo. The...
March 18, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 15, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — School bus drivers and monitors in Waukegan, Ill., have ratified a four-year agreement with Illinois Central School Bus by an overwhelming 6-1 margin. The agreement...
March 15, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters website, March 15, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — On March 12, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa talked with Ed Shultz regarding Michigan Governor Snyder’s plan to put Detroit under an emergency manager. Hoffa also...
