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Hundreds of FedEx Express Workers Reached in Teamster Blitz

teamsterwdc — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:05:48 -0400

On June 28 and 29 hundreds of FedEx Express workers in the Memphis area were reached during what is now known as the largest house visit blitz in Teamster history.

Employee Free Choice Act - Now We Need To All Take Action!

TeamsterPower — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:28:02 -0400

The Employee Free Choice Act is proposed legislation that every union and nonunion worker needs to understand, stand behind, and mobilize around in seeing it passes. The Employee Free Choice Act would ensure that workers have a free choice and a fair chance to form a union. In its rawest form, the Employee Free Choice Act will allow workers to choose to form unions without the fear of being fired.

Teamsters Organizers Conference: Building a Mighty Army!

TeamsterPower — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:22:48 -0400

The fifth annual Teamster Organizers Conference kicked off in downtown Memphis, Tennessee with an energetic gathering of nearly 400 International Union and local union organizers from across the United States and Canada.

Teamsters President Calls for Fair and Neutral Treatment at FedEx

TeamsterPower — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:06:19 -0400

Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa lead a rally today in Memphis, Tn. with hundreds of Teamster members, organizers and FedEx Express mechanics to throw his support behind their efforts to form a union.

Teamster Ready Mix drivers from Local 200 in Milwaukee voted 110-4 to extend their contract into 2011.

TeamsterPower — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:42:52 -0400

Teamster Ready Mix drivers from Local 200 in Milwaukee voted 110-4 to extend their contract into 2011.

The drivers, who work for a number of Ready Mix companies, including Meyer Material, Central, Sonag, Ace, New Berlin, Ojibwa, Ottawa and Okauchee Ready Mix, were concerned about their future retirement benefits. Talk of the weak economy and possibly concessions by the employers of the Ready Mix Association in the upcoming 2009 negotiations also got Local 200 leaders moving on a plan of action.

Teamsters Set Record Straight About PTS Shutdown

TeamsterPower — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 00:24:06 -0400

Lenders Pull Plug on Company

PTS announced today that it was shutting down, effective today, and Teamster carhaul negotiators are setting the record straight about the company's demise.

FedEx Express Pension Gone Overnight

TeamsterPower — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:34:53 -0400

For most of the 35 years at Federal Express, the hard work and dedication of the Express workforce delivered the profits that fueled the so-called “People-Service-Profit” slogan. But something happened between 1998 and 2000 when Federal Express became “FedEx” and the company bought RPS/Caliber. Those people – the workers at Express – who delivered all those years of profit saw more and more money going to acquisitions and less and less money put into their wages and workplace benefits like health care and pension.

The acquisitions have only quickened since 2000. FedEx Express profits funded the $1.2 billion purchase of American Freightways, the $2.4 billion purchase of Kinko’s (now something called FedEx Office????) and the $760 million purchase of Watkins. FedEx Express profits funded the $1.8 billion build-out of the Ground network. FedEx Express profits funded the purchase of ANC in England, the purchase of DTW in China and the purchase of PAFEX in India.

New England Teamsters Help Save A Child's Life

TeamsterPower — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:11:12 -0400

Mike Guglielmo, a former Boston convention center worker, reached out to Teamster Local 82 when he found out his newborn son Giovanni was battling a rare and lethal disease that would require bone marrow to survive. New England Teamsters and other unions in the area took heed to the call - in a big way.

On May 1 Teamster Local 237 Held A Sprited Rally To Raise Awareness to the NYCHA Budget Cuts

TeamsterPower — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:46:11 -0400

On May 1, Teamster Local 237 held a very spirited rally at City Hall Park to raise awareness to the ongoing budget cuts slashing into the New York City Housing Authority, which employs about 8,000 Local 237 members. Here's the whole story.

Video: School Bus and Transit Workers Rally First Student in Jacksonville, Florida

TeamsterPower — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:47:43 -0400

In late March of this year we were down in Jacksonville, Florida at First Student yard rallying for respect, a voice at work and better wages. Here is the video to relive it all!