Western Refining Investors; SuperAmerica Customers at Risk, Teamsters Warn (St. Paul, Minn.) – Last night, workers from the Northern Tier refinery in St. Paul Park, Minn. voted overwhelmingly to strike if necessary, rejecting cuts proposed by management that could dramatically undermine the safety of operations. The...
ITF Unions at 10 International Ports to Rally in Support of Locked-Out IKEA Teamsters (WASHINGTON) –– Tomorrow, dock workers at 10 ports around the globe will rally in support of the 350 Teamsters who have been locked out from their jobs without pay for seven months at...
494 A New Deal for Christmas It was a hard knock life at Christmas in 1933, and it's a hard knock holiday 80 years later. In the musical Annie, set in 1933 during the Great Depression, the cast sings about it: "The children don't grin; The Santas are thin. . . And...
CHICAGO — Funeral industry giant Service Corporation International (NYSE:SCI) refused an interest arbitration offer made by the Teamsters to end a five-month lockout of Chicago funeral directors and drivers. SCI, which operates under the Dignity Memorial brand name, rejected the arbitration deal after turning down an unconditional...
Coordination of Representation Will Provide Strength To Officers (KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.) – The Teamsters Pennsylvania Conference announced today the formation of the Pennsylvania Law Enforcement and Correctional Officers Association, solidifying the strong on-the-job representation that Teamsters already provide to public employees statewide. “Our police and correctional...
Witch hunter Joseph McCarthy would be proud of ALEC. So proud! Like McCarthy, the shadowy corporate lobby group wants oaths of allegiance. McCarthy demanded loyalty pledges to the United States. ALEC, by contrast, wants its lawmaker members to vow first allegiance to ALEC. ALEC (All Legislation Enhancing Corporations)...
Teamsters Aviation Mechanics Speak with Public on the Busiest Travel Day of Year (WASHINGTON) – Today, United Airlines (UAL) professional aviation mechanics represented by the Teamsters Union escalated their actions to pressure the company to live up to its promises by hand-billing UAL customers inside and...
Teamsters Aviation Mechanics Speak with Traveling Public at 10 Airports (WASHINGTON) – Today, United Airlines (UAL) professional aviation mechanics represented by the Teamsters Union held informational pickets at 10 major airports around the country. United Airlines mechanics are informing the public that they may be forced...
Workers at IKEA’s Richmond, British Columbia Store Endure Six-Month Lockout (WASHINGTON) –– Today, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters launched the ‘IKEA Hurts Families’ campaign that highlights how far IKEA’s Richmond, British Columbia, Canada store has departed from the original values of the Swedish company. IKEA has...
Typically, the GOP styles itself as the all-knowing party, the party so God-like that it has the right to control how individual citizens live their lives. GOPers believe, for example, that low-income cancer victims don't need to live at all, so Republicans in 25 states refused the Medicaid...