- (LOS ANGELES) – More than 300 Teamsters at National Ready Mixed Concrete were locked out of their jobs this morning after overwhelmingly rejecting a contract packed with concessions, including cuts to seniority, unchecked management power, and substandard wages. The lockout affects drivers, mechanics, and bulk material haulers at ten locations across Los Angeles, Orange, and […]
- (CHARLESTOWN, Mass.) – This morning, 450 Republic Services workers represented by Teamsters Local 25 were forced on strike by the waste giant, inevitably disrupting waste collections for hundreds of thousands of residents throughout the Boston area. Primary picket lines could extend nationwide and result in a work stoppage for over 3,500 Teamsters. Republic Teamsters are […]
- (SUMNER, Wash.) – Teamsters Local 174 has filed multiple official complaints with the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries after Costco Wholesale blatantly refused to pay fleet drivers the wages guaranteed under their collective bargaining agreement. The group of 150 drivers, based out of Sumner, Washington, made history as the first group of Costco […]
- (AMARILLO, Texas) – Teamsters Local 577 members at Tyson Foods of Amarillo, the largest beef processing plant in the United States, have voted by a 98 percent margin to authorize a strike. The Teamsters represent 3,200 workers in slaughtering and processing at the facility who are demanding higher wages and improved benefits. “We are bargaining […]
- (WASHINGTON) – Teamsters at Airgas are on strike in response to the company’s unfair labor practices and refusal to negotiate fair contracts. The tankhaul workers, represented by Teamsters Local 507 in Cleveland and Local 701 in New Brunswick, N.J., have extended picket lines to eight locations across Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode […]
- (WASHINGTON) – The International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Tuesday issued a formal request for information to UPS on its current delivery of air-conditioned vehicles to drivers, outstanding grievances on overtime violations by the company, and the status of full-time job offers to tens of thousands of part-time workers. Nearly 340,000 Teamsters ratified an historic five-year […]
- (BOSTON) – Teamsters and a union coalition gathered on Beacon Hill today to demand regulation and accountability for autonomous vehicle (AV) operators that are attempting to expand into Massachusetts. Both at a rally outside of the state house and at a hearing in the Massachusetts General Court Joint Committee on Transportation, Teamsters called on lawmakers […]
- (LOS ANGELES) – Teamsters have ratified the Southern California Master Bakery Agreement, a collective bargaining agreement covering over 1,000 members who work as merchandisers, route sales representatives and transporters at Bimbo Bakeries. “Our committee was focused, diligent, and united throughout the entire process,” said Jeff Padellaro, Director of the Teamsters Brewery, Bakery, and Soft Drink […]
- (DETROIT) – Members of Teamsters Local 2024 at Corewell Health East rallied today alongside Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, state and local officials, and union allies to demand that their employer end its attacks onunionized workers. View more photos here. “It’s no secret that management at Corewell has been […]
- (BOSTON) – Teamsters across Massachusetts descended on Beacon Hill to demand lawmakers enact two critical bills to improve workplace safety. At the Massachusetts General Court’s Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development, lawmakers from both chambers heard from union members about the importance of H.2103/S.1307, to protect warehouse workers from unreasonable production quotas, and H. […]