What a mess. After seven years without a contract, a tentative agreement was finally reached between Amtrak and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET- a Teamster affiliate). While the ink was still drying, […]
The Providence firefighters (Local 799) haven’t had a current contract since June 30, 2001. They have subsequently, through arbitration, settled for the period between 2001 to 2004, but they remain without an up-to-date contract. The […]
In 1997, Ron Carey led the Teamsters union to a smashing victory against UPS by waging a militant strike. This first article will provide a background of events leading up to the 1997 struggle.
Roughly 150 activists and members of organized labor gathered outside of the Chase Park Plaza Cinema on Friday, June 29th, to declare that the time has come for, in the words of Carol Stevenson from […]
St. Louis area Machinists recently approved a new three-year contract with Boeing Co. by a narrow margin. The workers’ main concerns were not over salary, or even health care, but the threats posed to seniority […]
The UAW will confront Detroit auto makers at the bargaining table in July for a new national contract. At stake will be the jobs of tens of thousands of auto workers, and possibly the future […]
On April 14th in Portland Oregon, at the doors of NAFTA-loving Democratic Senator Ron Wyden’s office, as many as 300 trade unionists came out in a spirited rally representing occupations that ranged from nurses to […]
According to a survey conducted by the Teamsters in early April 2006, the rank and file membership, by a three-to-one margin, wanted the Teamsters to start early negotiations with UPS. This will come as no […]
In 2006, millions of immigrant workers took to the streets of the US and put the focus back on the working class origins of May Day. Hundreds of ad-hoc committees were organized in factories, schools, […]
Based on the article DaimlerChrysler “Family” puts 13,000 of its “Children” up for Adoption by David May and Tim Kaminski.
In the recent election for union leadership, members of the Teamsters union were confronted with a choice. On the one side stood Jimmy Hoffa Jr., the incumbent president, who campaigned on the basis of forming […]
Originally published in 1975, this article was an answer to Chrysler's plans to sack thousands of workers in Britain. It clearly posed the demand for nationalization under workers' control and management. The fact that over […]
