Republicans have adopted a Halloween-themed campaign strategy that they hope will incite voters to run screaming from Democrats. The GOP message: Americans should be very, very afraid because the homeland is under attack from ghouls and goblins manifest as Ebola and ISIS. Republicans even threaten boogeymen...
When Mary Grace Gainer anxiously told her master’s and doctoral advisors that she’d noticed want ads for college professors diminishing, they assured her, “Good people get good jobs.” So she focused on being very, very good. She earned straight A’s. She presented papers at academic conferences,...
The GOP is working desperately to deny the right to vote to citizens it doesn’t like. You know, poor people, black people, Hispanic people, old people, female people, especially people it believes are inclined to vote for Democrats. Republican politicians have hatched a multitude of...
RUMC Refuses to Bargain with Newly Organized Patient Care Technicians (CHICAGO) — Teamsters Local Union 743 denounced management at Rush University Medical Center (RUMC) today, for continued refusal to bargain with the more than 230 patient care technicians (PCTs) that overwhelmingly voted to become Teamsters on...
Leading Proxy Voting Advisor Recommends Support for Teamster Shareholder Proposal to Eliminate Tax Gross-Ups (WASHINGTON) – ISS, the country’s leading proxy voting advisor, has recommended that shareholders vote for a Teamsters-sponsored shareholder proposal at FedEx [NYSE: FDX] that calls on the board of directors to eliminate the...
New 15,000-Member Union to Fight for Job Security and a Strong Voice for Agents in Airline Merger (WASHINGTON) – In a vote announced today by the National Mediation Board (NMB), more than 15,000 passenger service professionals at the newly-merged American-US Airways have voted to join the CWA-IBT...
Senate Republicans voted unanimously last week for elections that are competitions of cash, with candidates who amass the most money empowered to shout down opponents. The GOP rejected elections that are contests of ideas won by candidates offering the best concepts. Forty-two Republican Senators on Thursday opposed...
Board Agrees to Adopt Union Shareholder Proposal Establishing Shareholders’ Right to Call Special Meeting (WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters Union scored a major victory for Sysco [NYSE: SYY] shareholders when the board of directors agreed this week to adopt the union’s proposal to amend company by-laws and provide...
Republic Employees Ask For Equal Treatment; File EEOC Charges (ATLANTA) - Teamsters who work at Republic Services, Bill Gates’ giant trash corporation [NYSE: RSG], are fighting back against discrimination. Republic workers wore stickers in six states today to protest Republic’s wage discrimination system. In Atlanta, new...
1,200 Teamsters Attending Teamster Women’s Conference In Chicago This Week (CHICAGO) – Hundreds of Teamsters attending the union’s 14th annual Teamster Women’s Conference here this week rallied Friday in Grant Park to support the re-election of Gov. Pat Quinn and to stand up for workers. “We are proud to be...