By John Kingston of Freightwaves The contract agreement reached this week between the Teamsters union and Anheuser-Busch, averting a strike that could have begun Friday, calls for wage increases of $8 an hour over the five years of the deal. A $4-per-hour raise kicks in immediately. Anheuser-Busch announced the deal late Wednesday. It awaits ratification […]
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Teamsters, Anheuser-Busch reach tentative deal to avoid strike
Anheuser-Busch and the Teamsters union reached a tentative deal on Wednesday to avoid a potential strike. The Budweiser brewer and Teamsters each announced the tentative five-year agreement on Wednesday, which the union said would “significantly” raise pay, improve health care and retirement benefits and provide job security for 5,000 of its union members across the… […]
Teamsters donate $45,000 to RNC, records show
The Teamsters political action group donated $45,000 to the Republican National Committee (RNC) late last month, according to Federal Election Commission records, a rare case of the labor union supporting the GOP. Teamsters President Sean O’Brien met with former President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in mid-January, with the donation following days later. The union’s… […]
Teamsters Union Puts Pressure on UPS, Amazon With Strikes as Contract Deadline Nears
Last week, talks between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union and UPS broke down twice—once as June drew to an end and the Teamsters walked from the table demanding that UPS present their “last, best, and final offer,” and again on July 5 with both parties pushing the blame. Contracts for the 330,000-plus UPS delivery […]
Teamsters Union Shuts Down Southern California Sanitation Workers Strike
Above Photo: (Orange County Employees Association, Facebook). In coastal Orange County, south of Los Angeles, 400 sanitation workers went on strike on December 9 against Republic Services, the second-largest waste management firm in the US. The workers, members of International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) Local 396, had voted by a large majority in favor of […]
Teamsters United Takes The Wheel
Above Photo: Sean O’Brien (right), leader of New England Joint Council 10, campaigned at plant gates. O’Brien and the Teamsters United slate have clinched a victory. It’s the first time in almost a quarter-century that a coalition backed by Teamsters for a Democratic Union has taken the driver’s seat in the international union. A new […]
New York Teamsters Become A Sanctuary Union
New York Teamsters Become A Sanctuary Union Above Photo: From Qz.com Donald Trump is selling his proposal to dramatically cut immigration to the US as a necessary protection for the blue-collar workers of the US. Fewer immigrants would mean higher wages for American workers, and more opportunities for them to flourish, White House officials told reporters during […]
Teamsters Union Claims Big Win vs. Largest Opioid Distributor
Google is blocking our site. Please use the social media sharing buttons (upper left) to share this on your social media and help us break through. WASHINGTON (PAI) — In what is a big win for shareholder activism, and in particular for Teamsters Secretary-Treasurer Ken Hall, stockholders in the nation’s largest opioid distributor, McKesson, voted down […]
After 41 Years, Teamsters Reform Movement Is Finally Building Power
In the beginning, Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) was full of spunk. But they didn’t have any union leaders on their side, nor many rank and file supporters, nor much strategy about turning around a corruption-riddled union. “When they said we didn’t know what we were doing, it wasn’t totally false,” says Ken Paff, […]
After Member Is Deported, Teamsters Declare As A Sanctuary Union
Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. We’re now several months into the Trump administration, and activists have scored some important victories in those months. Yet there is always more to be done, and for many people, the question of where to focus and how to help remains. In this series, we talk with organizers, agitators and […]