February 4, 2019 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: UComm Blog, January 29, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — A little-known federal agency charged with protecting the right of government workers to organize is refusing to recognize its own union. Full story: www.ucommblog.com
February 4, 2019 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Fortune, January 30, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Donald Trump may have run his 2016 campaign as a champion of the working class, but his administration seems to be chipping away at worker protections. During the president’s 35-day partial shutdown of...
January 31, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 30, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Sometimes statistics don’t tell the whole story. That’s certainly the case with today’s economy. So-called experts point to increased jobs and decreased unemployment as...
January 24, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 23, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters, unions that represent federal workers and their allies participated in a protest at the U.S. Capitol earlier today. The action was done to show solidarity...
January 18, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 17, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa joined other labor leaders at a rally today in the nation’s capital to call for an end of a partial federal government shutdown...
January 14, 2019 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Kansas City Star, January 9, 2019) JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Senate President Dave Schatz said Wednesday it’s unlikely that right-to-work proposals will gain traction in the Missouri Senate this year. Full story: Kansas City Star
January 11, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 10, 2019) PORT OF LOS ANGELES/LONG BEACH, Calif. — wenty-four California port truck drivers employed by NFI Industries/California Cartage, the largest goods movement operator at the twin ports of...
January 10, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 9, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Teamsters are lauding the reintroduction of bipartisan pension reform legislation today that would bolster the solvency of multiemployer pensions covering some 1.5...
January 8, 2019 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Forbes, January 7, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The IRS has announced that employees will open tax season on time – and issue tax refunds – despite a government shutdown. But don’t plan on spending those tax refund dollars just yet: the National...
January 4, 2019 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa, published in the Detroit News, January 2, 2019) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Starting tomorrow, there will be a new sheriff in Washington taking charge of the House of Representatives. And the Teamsters are...
