- (FAIRFAX, Kan.) – Carhaulers with Cassens Transport at General Motors’ Fairfax Assembly plant have joined Teamsters Local 41. They will now be working under the National Master Automobile Transporters Agreement (NMATA), securing major economic gains, improved working conditions, and strong job protections. “These 10 drivers were the spearhead of something much bigger,” said Avral Thompson, […]
- (SAN FRANCISCO) – Teamsters are lauding a ruling by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ordering Amazon to bargain with workers at its DCK6 facility in San Francisco. The ruling came only hours before the start of Prime Day, one of the company’s biggest events of the year. “The Teamsters applaud this decision and will […]
- The Teamsters Union joins communities around the nation to celebrate the 161st anniversary of Juneteenth. Juneteenth commemorates the official end of slavery in the United States when Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and ensure freedom for the last remaining enslaved African Americans. As a union deeply […]
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- (WASHINGTON) – Today, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (the Southern District) jointly filed a motion to amend the Final Order and the Consent Decree, ending federal government monitorship of the union. In 1989, the Southern District and the Teamsters entered into a consent […]
- Workers shouldn’t have to wait years for their first contract! Tell your senator to co-sponsor H.R. 5408/S. 844, the bipartisan Faster Labor Contracts Act. Workers have the right to establish a collective bargaining agreement after they elect to form their union, but the law is full of loopholes, and companies drag out the negotiation process […]
- (WASHINGTON) – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced today that Sean M. O’Brien and Fred Zuckerman have been reelected to another five-year term as General President and General Secretary-Treasurer, respectively, renewing a mandate for powerful, militant leadership on behalf of 1.3 million rank-and-file Teamsters across North America. The O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United slate was elected by […]
- (JACKSON, Mo.) – Drivers at CPC Logistics in Missouri have voted to join Teamsters Local 600. The 49 workers distribute cargo for Proctor & Gamble and other companies throughout the Midwest. “CPC workers overcame a vicious anti-union campaign by uniting for better wages, benefits, and job security,” said John Kelting, President of Local 600. “These […]
- (WASHINGTON) – Twenty-four drivers, pump fillers, and loaders represented by Teamsters Local 283 in Ferndale, Mich., have won their arbitration case against Airgas after the company illegally locked them out for nearly a year. An arbitrator ruled that the members must be reinstated with full back pay and benefits. “These dedicated Teamsters endured hardship for […]
- (PROVIDENCE, R.I.) – Teamsters are celebrating the passage of S2504A/H7364A, the Rhode Island Warehouse Worker Protection Act, out of the General Assembly. The legislation will prevent companies like Amazon from abusing their workforce by regulating the use and disclosure of warehouse quotas. “Amazon and other bad actors who make up the worst employers in our […]