Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa rallied Pasco County workers in Florida and Coke and ASA workers in Atlanta on August 22. The workers are currently forming their union with the Teamsters, and soon they will have the respect and dignity they deserve.
The 35th annual TNBC Conference, held in Washington, D.C., is a reminder of just how closely related labor rights and civil rights really are. The Teamsters Union has a long history of supporting civil rights and other social-justice causes and will continue to do so well into the future.
Al Mixon, TNBC Chair and International Vice President, called members to action, explaining the importance of political involvement, networking and education.
Teamsters Local 1035 Secretary-Treasurer Chris Roos speaks to the media regarding yesterday’s tragedy at Hartford Distributors in Manchester, Conn. where eight workers lost their lives in a senseless act of violence.
WNYW-TV in New York City covered a joint action held by the Teamsters Union and health and environment advocates in front of the Toy R Us flagship store in Times Square.
Recently, leaders and activists of the University of California’s Coalition of University Employees met in Los Angeles for a two-day training. Part of the program included a dramatization of their struggle for a voice at the workplace by Teamsters Local 838 member Elizabeth Rhodes.
Ron Rabideau, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 597, South Barre, Vermont, announced the endorsement of Democrat Peter Shumlin for Governor. Shumlin visited with Teamster members working at the Champlain Cable plant in Colchester, Vermont.
Earlier this year, nearly 900 Teamsters at Diamond Walnut in Stockton, Calif. ratified a new contract, adding yet another chapter to the historic struggle of these food processing workers.
A caravan of Teamster 18-wheelers from throughout the Midwest surrounded KKR's U.S. Foodservice headquarters on June 16, 2010. The caravan arrived in protest of the company's unwillingness to bargain in good faith with their employees in Streator, IL.
Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa addressed the opening of the 2nd Regular Convention of the Brotherhood of Maintenance Way Employees (BMWED) in Las Vegas this week, pledging to continue the fight for improved safety at work, more jobs constructing railroads and new members.