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.
04/19/2008 - 11:06pm
The company where most of these folks are at is called First Student. This is a UK-based company, and is the largest school bus transport company in the United States and Europe. The parent company, FirstGroup is organized by T&G, which stands for the Transport and General Transport Union, part of Unite the Union.
04/12/2008 - 8:03am
School Bus and Transit workers from around the United States, Canada and the United Kingom are actively organizing. In the US and Canada, the workers are joining the Teamsters and in the UK the workers are in the union T&G.
Yesterday, another 87 drivers joined the 5,800 North American School
Bus drivers, aides, monitors and mechanics who've since joined the
Teamsters.
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.
04/08/2008 - 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.
04/01/2008 - 3:47pm
From January through March nearly 19,000 workers have chosen to be represented by the Teamsters. That figure nearly eclipses all of 2007’s organizing gains. In all of last year, roughly 21,000 men and women became Teamsters.
03/27/2008 - 3:30pm
First Student school bus and transit workers joined with area Teamsters today to rally outside of Jacksonville's largest bus yard to demand fair wages, improved benefits, safe conditions for themselves and the children they transport and respect on the job.
