(WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters Aviation Mechanics Coalition (TAMC) announced today that it will launch an investigation into reports of a disproportionate number of engine failures, air returns and declared emergencies at Allegiant Air. TAMC immediately recognized that a comprehensive investigation into the continuing maintenance failures...
I've been asked on television a lot about whether Bill Clinton will be a help or hindrance to his wife's potential run for president. Will Bill Clinton be an albatross around Hillary Clinton's neck? My answer: absolutely not.Why all this talk when Hillary Clinton still...
Durham School Services Drivers and Attendants to Receive Unpaid Wages (BALTIMORE) – Baltimore school bus drivers and attendants have reached a $1.25 million wage settlement with their employer, Durham School Services, the transportation contractor for Baltimore City Public Schools. The settlement covers damages for 366 class...
“Doctor, doctor, give me the news I got a bad case of lovin' you No pill's gonna cure my ill I got a bad case of lovin' you Whooaaa” ~ Robert Palmer, 1979, Bad Case of Loving You On this Valentine’s Day, as many as 4.4 million more Americans than on...
The GOP is all about freedom -- for corporations, that is. Republicans believe, for example, that business should be free from the kind of government regulation that would prevent chemical companies from spewing poison into West Virginia drinking water. When it comes to freedom for workers,...
For decades, college football players absorbed some pretty cheap shots from their schools and the NCAA. These athletes knew it wasn't right that universities rescinded academic scholarships and refused to cover medical treatment for players permanently injured in college games. The schools and the NCAA, flush with...
(WASHINGTON) - Teamsters working for YRC Worldwide Inc. (YRCW) have approved a tentative agreement aimed at protecting more than 30,000 jobs. Workers voted this weekend after rejecting a prior company proposal. Teamsters at YRCW approved this latest proposal by a vote of 12,267 to 6,314. “This...
West Virginia after a cavalier chemical company poisoned the drinking water of 300,000 people, the corporate-hugging, right-wing extremist group Americans for the Prosperous congratulated itself for doling out bottled water one day. "What better way to help people than to give them water?" said Wendy McCuskey, a member...
(WASHINGTON) – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today issued its thanks to Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., for the work he’s done on behalf of working Americans throughout his 40-year career in the House. Miller announced Monday that he will retire after his current term ends early next...
New 5-Year Contract Increases Wages, Strengthens Pensions, Tackles Subcontracting (WASHINGTON) – UPS Freight Teamsters have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new national five-year master agreement that increases wages, significantly strengthens pension benefits and takes on the issue of subcontracting. The vote, which was 5,195 to 2,094 as...