Teamsters
O’Brien Fired as Top Teamsters Negotiator in UPS Contract Talks
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News
Teamsters President James Hoffa has fired Sean O’Brien as the top negotiator on behalf of UPS Inc. and its UPS Freight employees after only six months, prompting the ousted director to write a blistering rebuke to the union leader.
September 12, 2017About 114 Multiemployer Pensions in Deep Trouble
About 114 multiemployer pensions covering more than 1 million workers are due to run out of money within the next two decades, but the overall state of the system is healthy, according to reports from two actuarial consulting firms.
August 29, 2017Strike by Concrete Truck Drivers Threatens Seattle Construction Projects
Teamsters Local 174
More than a quarter of King County, Washington’s concrete delivery-truck drivers have gone on strike, and the rest could soon join them — threatening to delay dozens of projects amid the region’s record construction boom.
August 17, 2017Unions Urge Slowdown as Self-Driving Car Laws Pick Up Speed
Daimler
Labor unions are urging a slowdown as lawmakers fast-track legislation to allow self-driving vehicles on the road, a potential boon to some union jobs and an existential threat to others.
July 28, 2017Washington Tunes Into Fixes for Teamsters’ Failing Central States Pension
Susan Melkisethian/Flickr
Secretary Steven Mnuchin met last week with 25 Teamsters retirees from groups in 15 states. They included Tom Schwarzenberger, who said the focus on possible solutions to the pension’s funding shortfall marked something of a milestone.
July 18, 2017Teamsters Union Scores Victory With Intermodal Workers
Bradley C. Bower/Bloomberg News
A battle to unionize is ongoing at Parsec Inc., a company that provides equipment and other services to those in the intermodal section, as the Teamsters won a second victory.
July 17, 2017Charlotte FedEx Freight Workers Decertify Teamsters Representation
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FedEx Freight workers in Charlotte, N.C., have reversed course and voted not to unionize.
July 11, 2017Teamsters to Meet With Mnuchin on Central States Pension Fund
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News
A group of 25 Teamsters pensioners will meet July 11 in Washington with U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin about failing pension plans.
July 10, 2017Revised New York Teamsters Pension Proposal Calls for Slightly Smaller Cuts
Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/TNS
Proposed pension benefit cuts for some active and retired Teamsters, including about 5,200 in western New York, are back on the table.
May 25, 2017Striking New York Truck Drivers Stage Rally at Brewery
Teamsters Local 812
Workers who went out on strike against the East Yaphank, N.Y.-based Clare Rose beer distributor held a rally at the Blue Point Brewery in Patchogue, N.Y., on May 6.
May 8, 2017