05/15/2008 - 3:26pm
Imagine standing up for yourself by unionizing at a company where a huge sign on the building you work at reads, "Proud to be Union Free."
At Baldor, a specialty food distributor, more than 180 drivers tried to join Teamsters Local 202 on and off for the last decade. The most recent campaign heated up again in January of this year. A vote is scheduled for May 21.
Recently management put up a huge sign on the terminal building that reads, "Baldor, Proud to be Union Free."
05/13/2008 - 3:46pm
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.
05/11/2008 - 9:47pm
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!
05/01/2008 - 1:57pm
The vibe is definitely different in Indiana, especially in Hammond and Gary, which lay on the fringes of Chicago, Obama's home turf and where we kicked off our two-day trek across the Hoosier state.
04/09/2008 - 12:44pm
While the AFL-CIO is spending a lot of dollars, time and energy on its anti-McCain campaign and the Change to Win is going with Obama ... I have watched close to both remaining Democratic candidates since Edwards pushed out of the race. I am going with Obama, and ultimately the Teamsters – and I think all workers should follow suit.
04/09/2008 - 10:55am
Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa on
Wednesday said the Hershey plant move to Mexico shows how trade deals like
NAFTA harm American workers.
04/08/2008 - 3:21pm
The day started early, with the wheels rolling at 6:30 a.m. to Ocean Logistics, a warehouse distribution company that supplies health and beauty products to A&P stores up and down the East Coast.
Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa began campaigning with his first handshake with Local 229 principal officer Bob Webber. "This is all about Obama. He's talking about striker replacement, you know, things we were talking about ten years ago; things we've forgotten about; EFCA, this is important."
Use this Google Map to track the convoy, and watch for more updates throughout the day.
03/11/2008 - 12:12pm
Some fights are better than others ... the fight to organize workers at New Era Cap was definitely a good one.
The workers contacted the Teamsters with complaints of racial and gender discrimination, not to mention unfair labor practices.
Today, according to a Detroit daily the University of Michigan, a New Era Cap client, lifted its complaints of discrimination against
the company. Yet, another positive for why workers need a good union contract protecting them.
02/26/2008 - 3:25pm
This morning I saw a blog posting at MetroBlogging, Washington DC with a post titled, "Only in DC: Fire Mary Peters." The writer states, "Then I realized how much it would suck to come to work every day on the Metro to see ads that you should be fired."
I left the following message at the blog, which as of 3 PM still didn't get updated.
02/15/2008 - 10:02am
There is always a lot we can and should do online when it comes to being union activists. This is a simple blog with a few suggestions for all Teamsters of every division.
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