August 4, 2021 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Jurist, August 3, 2021) PITTSBURGH, Pa. — A National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) hearing officer recommended on Monday that employees at an Amazon plant in Bessemer, Alabama, hold a second election due to interference and intimidation by the retail giant....
July 27, 2021 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Railway Age opinion column by Matt Parker, July 26, 2021. Parker is a UP locomotive engineer and Chairman of the BLET’s Nevada State Legislative Board.) NEW YORK — An Oct. 3, 2018 article in The Daily Aztec was titled “Honesty is a Virtue That is Slowly...
July 23, 2021 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Wolf Street, July 22, 2021) NEW YORK — Over the past six years, the Class 1 railroads have axed 33% of their workers through layoffs and attrition. According to the Surface of Transportation Board (STB), the Class 1 railroads slashed their headcount from...
July 22, 2021 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Vox, July 21, 2021) TOPEK, Kansas — Workers at a Frito-Lay plant in Topeka, Kansas, have been on strike for more than two weeks asking for better working conditions and pay. The way they tell it, they’ve got good reason to take action: Some of the plant’s 850...
July 22, 2021 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: Fortune.com opinion column by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR), July 21, 2021. Rep. DeFazio is Chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee). WASHINGTON, D.C. — But PSR is not some fancy optimization strategy to increase freight volume or improve...
July 21, 2021 | Headlines, 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...
July 21, 2021 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: The Load Star, July 19, 2021) TORONTO — One minute before midnight on Sunday, Class I rail operator Union Pacific (UP) slammed on the brakes and halted intermodal services from west coast ports to its Global IV terminal near Chicago. Full story: The Load...
June 7, 2021 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 4, 2021.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — New Hampshire Teamsters are celebrating a state House vote last night that rejected so-called right-to-work (RTW) legislation that would have weakened workers and their...
June 4, 2021 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 3, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — While attacks on the American voting process are nothing new, politicians trying to make it harder to cast a ballot have stooped to new lows this year with the introduction...
May 12, 2021 | Headlines, War on Workers
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 6, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Florida Teamsters faced a daunting task during the 2020-21 state legislative session – holding off a Republican-controlled Legislature that seemed dead set on rolling back...
