March 29, 2023 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: USA Today, March 28, 2023) In a win for unions, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed Democratic legislation repealing the state’s right-to-work law. Full story: USA Today
March 28, 2023 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 24, 2023) LANSING, Mich. — The Teamsters congratulate Governor Gretchen Whitmer and members of the Michigan legislature for successfully repealing the state’s harmful “right to work” law. “Right to...
March 22, 2023 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Television station WILX, March 21, 2023) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will decide the fate of Michigan’s right-to-work law. Tuesday, the Michigan House of Representatives voted to repeal the right-to-work law. The law was originally passed quickly by Republicans in...
March 17, 2023 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: People’s World, March 16, 2023) Michigan’s pro-worker Democratic sweep last November swept out the Wolverine State’s corporate Republican-passed right-to-work (for less) laws in March. Democratic legislative leaders, who took “trifecta” power in the election,...
March 16, 2023 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Michigan Advance, March 15, 2023) A committee room and both lobbies of the Michigan Senate’s office building were jammed to the brim early Tuesday morning as more than a hundred workers — many sporting union jackets — watched a Democratic-led Senate panel...
March 9, 2023 | Headlines, Legislation, War on Workers
(Source: Detroit News, March 8, 2023) The Democratic-led Michigan House approved a package of bills Wednesday repealing the state’s decade-old right-to-work law and restoring prevailing wage requirements for government contracts, reversing two key policies...
August 18, 2022 | Headlines, UP, War on Workers
(Source: Associated Press, August 18, 2022) Hundreds of Union Pacific employees are fighting back with federal lawsuits after losing their jobs because of health issues. Although they make up only a small percentage of the railroad’s more than 30,000 employees,...
July 1, 2022 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 30, 2022) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to take a case seeking to overturn a California law on worker misclassification, and by doing so expanded employment protections to...
June 10, 2022 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters updates the news section of its website each day with the latest regarding the Teamsters, domestic and global labor and trade issues, state and living wage battles, social justice, the War on Workers, and many other important...
March 29, 2022 | CP, Headlines, Teamsters Canada, War on Workers
(Source: RankAndFile.ca, March 25, 2022) OTTAWA — CP Rail workers and management entered binding arbitration to resolve their labor dispute on March 22 — three days after workers were locked out by the employer. There was immense pressure on the Teamsters and CP Rail...