DOT and Congress Plan to Push Company-Friendly Legislation (WASHINGTON) — Today, the Teamsters, the Truck Safety Coalition, U.S. Rep. James McGovern (D-MA) and representatives of several families who have suffered death and injury as a result of truck crashes, held a news conference marking the re-introduction...
US Airways Mechanics and Related from Across the Country to Speak at Event (CHARLOTTE, NC) – On Tuesday, May 7 US Airways airline mechanics from across the country will hold a press conference in Charlotte, N.C. to make a major announcement concerning their ongoing organizing campaign...
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters and ABF reached a tentative contract agreement, Gordon Sweeton, Co-Chairman of the Teamsters National ABF Negotiating Committee, announced today. No further details will be released until leaders from Teamster local unions that represent ABF members meet in the...
“Material Risk” Prompts Leading Proxy Advisor ISS to Recommend Shareholders Withhold Votes from Five Directors (Washington, DC) ISS, the country’s largest proxy voting advisory firm, issued a report yesterday recommending that shareholders withhold votes from all members of the Swift Transportation Company [NYSE: SWFT] Board of Directors’ Audit Committee...
You are not safe. Not at work. Not at home in your bed. The biggest threat is not terrorism. It's corporate negligence leading to a blast or collapse or release of toxic chemicals. Terrorism killed 3,000 Americans on 9/11. But in the dozen years since then,...
Proposed Five-Year Contracts Protect Strong Health Care Benefits While Significantly Increasing Funding For Pensions, Health And Welfare Funds (WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters Union announced today that it has reached tentative agreements with UPS [NYSE: UPS] on new five-year national contracts for package and freight workers that...
Strong Pro-Worker Record Earns State Senator Joint Council 83 Backing (RICHMOND, VA) – Today, Teamsters Joint Council 83 in Richmond, Va. announced its support for State Senator Mark Herring in his campaign for state attorney general. Herring has worked tirelessly for Virginia working families during his two...
Union Members will Serve as Human Shields for Officer Collier Service Tomorrow (BOSTON, MA) - More than 1,000 Boston Teamsters, union members and concerned citizens lined the streets of Medford, Mass. on Monday, April 22, 2013 to serve as human shields blocking the Westboro hate group...
Tells Republic to Start Respecting Workers and Communities (WASHINGTON D.C.) – Today, 23 workers at Republic Services’ landfill in Youngstown, Ohio returned to work after an unfair labor practice strike that began on March 27, 2013. “We never wanted to go on strike, but Republic’s behavior has...
Reaction to U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Ruling on Pilot Program (WASHINGTON, D.C.) –The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is disappointed in the court’s decision upholding the legality of the pilot program to open our borders to unsafe Mexican trucks. The union is reviewing its options with...