March 13, 2018 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 9, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Disney cast members employed at both Disneyland and Disney World, including members represented by Local 385 in Orlando, attended the Walt Disney Company shareholders...
March 7, 2018 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Column by Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa published in the Detroit News, March 7, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Workers in Michigan and across the nation have repeatedly come under attack from corporate interests looking to tamp down on wages so they...
March 7, 2018 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, March 6, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Thousands of West Virginia teachers are again hopeful about their future thanks to the announcement today that state lawmakers agreed to raise their pay by five percent,...
February 23, 2018 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, February 22, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Workers all across the country will come together in cities from coast-to-coast Saturday to urge lawmakers to stand up to big business bullies dumping dollars into an...
January 31, 2018 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: Boston Globe, January 26, 2018) BOSTON — They thought they were the lucky ones — truck drivers and warehouse workers who counted themselves among the dwindling number of Americans still guaranteed a private pension. But that promise of a monthly check, once...
January 24, 2018 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Boston Globe, January 19, 2018) BOSTON — Months into a pitched battle over its efforts to hire private contractors to repair buses, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority on Friday reached a tentative deal with its mechanics’ union on a new collective...
January 24, 2018 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Exposed by the CMD, January 23, 2018) NEW YORK — Through the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), global corporations and state politicians vote behind closed doors on state laws that govern your rights. Almost all legislative...
January 16, 2018 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 10, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The state of the workforce is not static. It never has been and technology guarantees that it will not be in the future. But that doesn’t mean all changes should be...
January 27, 2017 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 26, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — With his introduction of legislation to eliminate prevailing wage on federal infrastructure and construction projects this week, U.S. Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) has...
January 24, 2017 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, January 23, 2017) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The following is a statement from Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa on President Donald Trump signing an executive order to formally withdraw the United States...
