Workers Overwhelmingly Back OSHA’s Proposed Heat Protections
12/05/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Dec. 4, 2024 | HEALTH & SAFETY | Harold Schlechtweg, a former Directing Business Representative for Service Employees Local 513 in Wichita, Kansas, tells of the fate of a worker harmed by intense heat. “Several years ago, one of my members was seriously injured by heat stroke,” Schlechtweg e-mailed in late November to the regulations comments section for OSHA. |
US Postal Workers Are Fighting Massive Service Cuts
12/05/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Dec. 5, 2024 | JOBS | Workers are battling an overhaul of the US Postal Service (USPS) that would cost thousands of jobs and slow the mail for half the country. Postal workers are the nation’s biggest union workforce — 585,000 strong, split across four unions. They’re half women, 30 percent black, and 16 percent veterans. |
US Postal Workers Are Fighting Massive Service Cuts
12/05/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Dec. 5, 2024 | JOBS | Workers are battling an overhaul of the US Postal Service (USPS) that would cost thousands of jobs and slow the mail for half the country. Postal workers are the nation’s biggest union workforce — 585,000 strong, split across four unions. They’re half women, 30 percent black, and 16 percent veterans. |
West Frankfort Office Closure
12/05/24 - Teamsters Local Union No 50 Attention: The West Frankfort office will be closed Monday, December 9th and Tuesday December 10th. If you need assistance, please call the Swansea office at 618-233-0313. Sorry for the inconvenience. |
12/18/24 Membership Meeting & Christmas Party!
12/05/24 - Teamsters Local Union No 50 The regular meeting will take place at 7:00 with dinner and raffles to follow. Must be present at Swansea meeting to win. |
Children's Christmas Party!
12/05/24 - Teamsters Local 776 Are you coming to the Children’s Christmas Party on Saturday? Great! We’re looking forward.... |
Thank You Shop Stewards!
12/04/24 - Teamsters Local 231 A huge thank you goes out to the Shop Stewards and activists that attended the 2024 Teamsters Local 231 Shop Steward Seminar on October 24th! Thirty-three of your hard-working Shop Stewards volunteered their Saturday to attend this vital workshop. |
APP/World Kinect workers from Teamsters Locals 58, 174, and 231 stand in solidarity!
12/04/24 - Teamsters Local 231 In a strong display of multi-local solidarity, Teamsters from Locals 58 and 174 voted this weekend to authorize a strike against APP/World Kinect, while APP/World Kinect Teamsters at Local 231 pledged to stand in solidarity with the rest of the group. |
Workers Overwhelmingly Back OSHA’s Proposed Heat Protections
12/04/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Dec. 4, 2024 | HEALTH & SAFETY | Harold Schlechtweg, a former Directing Business Representative for Service Employees Local 513 in Wichita, Kansas, tells of the fate of a worker harmed by intense heat. “Several years ago, one of my members was seriously injured by heat stroke,” Schlechtweg e-mailed in late November to the regulations comments section for OSHA. |
In Fighting the NLRB, Amazon Proves It’s Terrified of Worker Power
12/03/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Dec. 3, 2024 | OPINION | We are at a turning point in the movement to unionize Amazon. Across the country, in the face of overwhelming corporate money and power, Amazon workers are organizing with the Teamsters Union, fighting back against low wages, long hours, and limited benefits. |
In Fighting the NLRB, Amazon Proves It’s Terrified of Worker Power
12/03/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Dec. 3, 2024 | OPINION | We are at a turning point in the movement to unionize Amazon. Across the country, in the face of overwhelming corporate money and power, Amazon workers are organizing with the Teamsters Union, fighting back against low wages, long hours, and limited benefits. |
AFGE: Americans Should Brace for ‘Massive Cuts’ to Benefits and Services
12/02/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Dec. 2, 2024 | GOVERNMENT WORKERS | Efforts to cut government [spending by $2 trillion ] should start with runaway contractor spending, if the so-called Department of Government Efficiency recommendations become law, American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley says. |
AFGE: Americans Should Brace for ‘Massive Cuts’ to Benefits and Services
12/02/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Dec. 2, 2024 | GOVERNMENT WORKERS | Efforts to cut government [spending by $2 trillion ] should start with runaway contractor spending, if the so-called Department of Government Efficiency recommendations become law, American Federation of Government Employees National President Everett Kelley says. |
Teamsters File Charges After Amazon Union Buster Wages Homophobic Attack
11/27/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Nov. 27, 2024 | WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION | Amazon Teamsters marched on the boss in New York on Wednesday after a corporate union buster hired by the trillion-dollar company verbally assaulted and repeatedly used a homophobic slur against an Amazon driver as he arrived for work. |
Teamsters File Charges After Amazon Union Buster Wages Homophobic Attack
11/27/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Nov. 27, 2024 | WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION | Amazon Teamsters marched on the boss in New York on Wednesday after a corporate union buster hired by the trillion-dollar company verbally assaulted and repeatedly used a homophobic slur against an Amazon driver as he arrived for work. |
Happy Thanksgiving!
11/27/24 - Teamsters Local 776 On behalf of the Officers, Agents, Staff, and myself, I would like to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving. More people travel for Thanksgiving than any other U.S. holiday. AAA predicts more than 80 million people are expected to head at least 50 miles to their Thanksgiving destination between Wednesday, November 26, and Sunday, December 1. |
Yellow Corp Bankruptcy Update
11/26/24 - Teamsters Local 776 Please see below for important information from the IBT concerning the Yellow Corp.... |
Whole Foods Workers File for First-Ever Union, Defying Amazon
11/26/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Nov. 26, 2024 | ORGANIZING | With a rich history stretching back to 1682, Philadelphia boasts the nation’s first library, its first hospital, its first daily newspaper, even its first zoo. Now, a tenacious group of grocery store workers wants to earn the City of Brotherly Love another accomplishment: the nation’s first unionized Whole Foods Market. |
Whole Foods Workers File for First-Ever Union, Defying Amazon
11/26/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Nov. 26, 2024 | ORGANIZING | With a rich history stretching back to 1682, Philadelphia boasts the nation’s first library, its first hospital, its first daily newspaper, even its first zoo. Now, a tenacious group of grocery store workers wants to earn the City of Brotherly Love another accomplishment: the nation’s first unionized Whole Foods Market. |
Change is Coming to the Dept. of Labor. But How Much?
11/25/24 - Teamsters Local 355 Nov. 25, 2024 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | President-elect Donald Trump tapped outgoing Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) to lead the Labor Department — part of an avalanche of announcements that kept a good chunk of professional Washington glued to their work phones Friday evening. Chavez-DeRemer, who narrowly lost reelection earlier this month, is an unorthodox choice. |
Yellow Bankruptcy Check Update
11/25/24 - Teamsters Local 776 Please see below for further information concerning checks that the Yellow Bankruptcy.... |
Change is Coming to the Dept. of Labor. But How Much?
11/25/24 - Teamsters Local 992 Nov. 25, 2024 | WORKERS' RIGHTS | President-elect Donald Trump tapped outgoing Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) to lead the Labor Department — part of an avalanche of announcements that kept a good chunk of professional Washington glued to their work phones Friday evening. Chavez-DeRemer, who narrowly lost reelection earlier this month, is an unorthodox choice. |
DC 4 Supports Veterans
11/25/24 - District Council 4 @media only screen and (max-width: 730px){ .pdfview{height:500px . |
Kings Island WinterFest
11/25/24 - Teamsters Local 175 Kings Island WinterFest 2024 Its time to break out the peppermint & hot chocolate! Click for Read More for details. |
Click here for tickets for WVU Men's Basketball Union Appreciation Days. December 6th & March 8th.
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