Teamsters

EPISODE NOTES:

Thousands Expected for April Central States’ Capitol Hill Rally; School Bus Division Shows Strength of Teamsters; IBT Mulls Struggle for Control of UA; Social Media Campaign Against MillerCoors Continues; Contract News; This Week in Teamster Music; Women’s Work Should Receive Equal Pay

SHOW NOTES:

Retirees, Members to Demand Pension Reform at Protest; Middleton Recalls Grow of School Bus Teamsters over Past Decade; UA Leadership Battle to be Closely Watched by Teamsters; Campaign Against Closing of N.C. Brewery Draws Support; BMWED Members Part of N.J. Transit Deal; Canadian Pacific Rail Strike Quickly Resolved; “Casey Jones Was His Name”; It’s Time to Close the Gender Wage Gap.

EPISODE NOTES:

Appeals Court Sides with Teamsters over FedEx Freight; Mechanics Descend on NYC to Protest United Airlines; WeDriveU Drivers Align with Locals 853, 117; Local 676 Brings Water to Flint; Local 830 is Sour on Philly Soda Tax; Contract News; This Week in Teamster Music; Mich. Congressmen Stand Up for Teamster Pensions

SHOW NOTES:

FedEx Freight Must Negotiate with Charlotte, Philly Teamsters, Court Rules; UA Aircraft Mechanics Picket JP Morgan Conference; More Shuttle Bus Drivers Choose Teamsters Representation; Jersey Teamsters Haul 100K Water Bottles to Michigan; Soda Tax Could Cause Coke, Pepsi Operations to Leave Philadelphia; GoJet Airline Pilots Agree to New Contract; Local 100 Airgas Drivers Authorize Strike; The Woman Behind ‘Which Side Are You On?”; Lawmakers Sound Off Against Central States Proposal

EPISODE NOTES:

Teamster Widow Tells Senators About Central States; Worker Rights Concerns Lead to Protest of Air Liquide; NLRB Tells FedEx Freight to Bargain with Local 439; Teamsters Warn of Labor Dispute with NetJets; Boxer Stands Up for Meal, Rest Breaks; Contract News; This Week in Teamster Music; Tech Boom is a Bust for Too Many Workers

SHOW NOTES:

Senate Finance Committee Briefed on Dire State of Pension Plan; French Embassy Protest Highlights Need to Stop Attacks on Former Airgas Workers; Fed Ex Freight Told it Can’t Ignore Calif. Drivers; NetJets’ Cost-Cutting Demands Undermine Teamster Workers; Senator Speaks Out Against Anti-Trucker Safety Provision;  IBT Tells OneSky it Plans to Begin Negotiations; BLET Reaches Tentative Deal with Illinois Railway; Woody Guthrie and “Dusty Ol’ Dust; ‘On Demand’ Culture Shouldn’t Strip Workers of Fair Pay

EPISODE NOTES:

UA Mechanics Picket to Protest Airline Contract Offer; Seattle Uber Driver Critical of Company Dismissed; Unions Get Reprieve on Friedrichs Supreme Court Case; Central States Pension Call Set; Contract News; This Week in Teamster Music; More Lawmakers Are Seeing Through TPP Lies

SHOW NOTES:

United Protests Held at Three Airports Over Contract; Uber Using Shady Means to Target Union-Affiliated Driver Standing Up for Workers; Public Sector RTW Still a Concern After Scalia’s Death; Pensioners Can Call Mondays to Discuss Central States; Carhaul Negotiations to Begin Again; “This Land is Your Land” and Woody Guthrie; Bipartisan Opposition Grows for Pacific Rim Trade Pact

Your weekly stop for key Teamster news for working families.

Your weekly stop for key Teamster news for working families.

Your weekly stop for key Teamster news for working families.

PODCAST NOTES:

Hoffa Tells MillerCoors to Keep N.C. Brewery Open; NYC Horse Carriage Driving Teamsters Reach Agreement with DeBlasio; Rail Teamsters Raise Concerns on Norfolk Southern Takeover; Flint Water Crisis is State Fiasco; Contract News; Organizing News, This Week in Teamster Music; Income Disparity is Even Worse than Imagined

SHOW NOTES:

MillerCoors Brewery Shutdown is Tied to InBev Merger; Horse Carriages Will Continue in Central Park; Teamsters Join Chorus Raising Concerns About Proposed Norfolk Southern Hostile Takeover; Flint Fiasco Raises Questions About Water Safety; N.H. Town Approves Police Employees Contract; SoCal O’Reilly Auto Parts Delivery Workers Join Local 166; The Swampers and ‘Patches,’ Wealth of Bottom Half of Globe Equal to Top 62 People

Your weekly stop for key Teamster news for working families.

Your weekly stop for key Teamster news for working families.