May 2012

• Teamsters Fight for School Bus Workers' Rights at National Express Annual Meeting
• Davis Wires Sued For Working Employees 12 Hours A Day Without Breaks
• Mukilteo trucking company unfairly collecting millions in state contracts
• Hostess warns 250 Washington employees of possible layoffs
• Teamsters respond to Hostess layoff notices
• Hoffa: Romney Shows His True Colors With Latest Attack on Working Americans
• Teamsters Applaud Barrett Victory
• Allied Waste appears on verge of locking out union workers
• Help Needed: Stamp Out Hunger
• Ed Schultz tells it like it is at Teamsters Unity Conference
• Teamsters endorse Obama
• Obama phones Teamsters: 'I've got your back'
• Occupy's Lockout: Sotheby's Struggle Enters Tenth Month
• Hoffa on fire at Unity
• Obama message to Teamsters at Unity Conference.
• Cordray shows Teamsters he gets solidarity
• Setting the Record Straight: Hostess May 4th Update
• Sotheby's 'The Scream' Sale Intensifies Criticism Of Art Handlers' Lockout
• Mexico to Lower Weight Limits Following Driver Protests
• Teamsters, Allied Waste talks end without deal; more talks planned
• Teamsters' Call To Reform Sotheby's Executive Pay Supported By ISS And Glass Lewis
• Toledo: Teamsters, OPEIU and UFCW members rallied Against Red Cross Greed
• Teamsters, SEIU, Unite HERE, UFCW Rally At Seattle Airport For Labor Rights
• Toledo Supports Red Cross Workers, Readies for Rally
• Red Cross Attacks Workers Who Help Protect Blood Supply

April 2012

• Walmart's Mexican bribery scandal has consequences in American cities
• Obama talks infrastructure and jobs to Building Trades unions
• Testimony explains Teamsters' vote to strike Hostess
• Teamsters Applaud Support For NLRB's Reform Of Election Process
• The US is a low-wage country
• Hoffa: America's Recovery Depends on Good, Green Jobs
• Teamsters Remain Committed To Reaching Fair Agreement With Hostess Execs To Save Company, Jobs
• The Benefits of Being a Teamster
• Teamster Waste Workers in Columbus, Buffalo Reach New Agreements With Republic Services
• Hostess Bankruptcy Court Hearing Update For April 19
• Teamsters Tell Gael Tarleton to Cease and Desist in the 36th
• Hostess, Teamsters Square Off In Bankruptcy Battle That May Kill Twinkies
• Teamsters Submit Proposal Paving Path to Save Hostess
• Durham School Bus Workers Choose Teamsters Union
• Twinkies maker Hostess gives unions 'final' offer
• Teamsters rally against ballot initiative in El Monte
• Teamsters fight looting of Hostess 'every inch of the way'
• Teamster harbor victory may have broad impact
• CSPAN: Secretary of Labor Solis – Proud to Be From a Teamster Family
• Coors Hates San Francisco, Say Teamsters At Giants Game
• Southern California Toll Group Drivers Join Teamsters Union
• Hoffa Supports Buffett Rule
• Hostess cuts execs' salaries after creditors complain
• It's Month 9 of the Sotheby's lockout, and Teamsters are still fighting
• Feds to seize stolen statue from Sotheby's. What a surprise, no ethics at the auction house.
• Teamsters Rallying To Protect Chicago School Bus Drivers
• Teamsters Outraged By Allegations Of Looting At Hostess By Top Executives
• 24 + 400 X Solidarity = Teamster Contract (strike math)
• Teamster Sanitation Workers Settle Mobile, Alabama Strike With Republic Services
• Coors Hates Immigrants, Say Teamsters at Cesar Chavez Event

March 2012

• Allied Waste/Republic Pickets Spread; Sanitation Workers Honor Lines
• Garbage Company's Trashed Promise Sparks Rare Rolling Sympathy Strike
• Teamster Strike at Red Cross Spreads to Michigan, Grows in Ohio
• Ga. Anti-Free Speech Bill Dies; Attacks on Jobless Workers and Welfare Applicants Pass
• Teamster Sanitation Workers Bring Republic Services Strike to Seattle
• Republic Waste strike spreads to WA
• Judge Orders Hearing in Teamsters' Challenge to FDOC Probation Rules
• Local garbage picketing could disrupt service today
• Ohio Red Cross strike spreading to Michigan
• Teamsters highlight contradictions in Mexican trucks case
• The 99% Spring Is Coming
• Teamsters Urge House to Pass Senate Transportation Bill
• Teamsters Sue FDOC Over Weakened Supervision of Dangerous Criminals
• Striking workers converge on Red Cross headquarters
• Teamsters endorse 99% Spring
• Teamsters ready for TV
• Construction Demands Meeting Set For April 1st
• Federal Labor Law Violations Provoke Teamsters Strike at Republic Services
• Hoffa-Hall Slate Sworn In for New Term
• Teamsters Win Resolution of UC Clerical Layoff, Campus Closure Issues
• Senate Sides with Wall Street. Passes So-Called JOBS Act
• Teamsters approve YRC unit's move out of next-day delivery
• Teamsters, Worker Justice Groups Protest Red Cross Greed
• Georgia's Protest of SB 469 Brings Together Unions, Occupiers, Tea Partiers, LGBT Groups
• Slow but Steady: 6 Years Into Bus Driver Campaign, Teamsters Organize 32,000
• Coors is Tasteless, Say Teamsters on St. Patrick's Day
• Hoffa Pledges Continued Support of Effort to Turn Green Jobs Into Good Jobs
• Michigan Working Families Push for Constitutional Amendment to Protect Their Rights
• Get ready for the latest trade deal coming down the pike
• RFK Jr. joins Teamsters on Sotheby's picket line
• Hoffa Thanks RFK Jr. for Canceling Sotheby's Event in Support of Teamsters
• Teamsters Remain Committed to Find Comprehensive Fix to Hostess Woes as New CEO is Announced
• Mark Wahlberg 'Teamsters' reality pilot coming to A&E
• Teamsters Respond to Government on Mexican Truck Program
• RFK Jr. sides with Teamsters in Sotheby's fight
• GA Teamsters rally keeps working spirit alive
• Secret GOP backroom deals defy public will
• Judge Clears Rule on Union Posters at Work
• GOP Coup Advances Budget in Senate
• Georgia Making Picketing, Protesting a Felony, Punishable by Large Fines and Jail Time

February 2012

• Hoffa Praises Obama For Crackdown on Unfair Trade Practices
• Hall: We Are Stronger Together
• Unanimous Strike Approval at Coumbia Distrubution
• GA wants to make picketing a felony
• Teamsters Demand MoMA Cut Ties With Sotheby's Auction House
• The Truth About Right-to-Work (For Less)
• Some Good News from Seattle Building Trades
• Seattle Port Strike Challenges ‘Independent Contractor’ Lie
• Photos of the Crane that fell at Vigor
• Hoffa: Carnage and Crime In Mexico Offer More Reasons to Keep Unsafe Trucks Off U.S. Roads
• Atlanta Teamsters demand AT&T rescind 740 layoffs
• Teamsters' Drive Up Standards Bus Campaign Reaches Milestone 300th Win
• House Transportation Bill: Lobbying And Lawsuits Behind Move To Strip Worker Protections
• Attend Legislative Town Halls this weekend
• FDOC Teamster Officers Make History
• Port of Seattle truckers end 2-week walkout; talks to continue
• Correctional Officers Applaud Senate for Killing Prison Privatization
• Wash. Senate tries to revive film incentives
• WA State House passes HB2395, port truck driver misclassification bill
• Teamsters march on Port of Seattle to support striking drivers
• KIRO: Truck drivers protest unsafe conditions at Port of Seattle
• Teamsters Celebrate, Remember James R. Hoffa
• Teamsters Authorize Hostess Strike Pending Court Action
• Teamsters Oppose Court Approval Of Hostess CEO's Contract
• Space Needle workers fight for job security
• Support Seattle Port Drivers in Their Fight for Safety & Fairness
• Boiling point at the port
• Shipyard accident victim was from Bremerton
• A belated payday for protesting Seattle Port truckers
• City Of Oak Harbor Public Works Employees Choose The Teamsters
• Ah, the luxury of toying with workers' lives
• Seattle Truck Drivers Shut Down Port to Protest Work-Related Dangers
• Teamsters, safety advocates oppose higher truck weight limit bill
• Teamsters Prepare to Strike Northern Ohio Red Cross
• America's Truck Drivers Shut Down Port of Seattle to Expose Dangers of the Job
• Hoffa: Indiana Law On Right To Work For Less Is Attack On Working Families
• Teamsters flood Indy for huge protest against RTW4less
• Teamsters Fight Against Reckless Push to Allow Heavier, Bigger Trucks

January 2012

• Port of Longview signs off on ILWU and EGT settlement
• Revised Hours of Service Final Rules
• National Labor Relations Board
• Mexican trucks cross-border pilot program
• FAA Reauthorization
• Restricting the Use of Cellular Phones
• IN Teamsters not giving up RTW fight
• Trucking Industry, Teamsters Clash Over Owner-Operator Bill
• Teamsters Warn Hostess Not To Misuse Bankruptcy Process
• Teamsters Denounce Strong-Arm Tactics by Indiana Republicans to Pass Right-to-Work
• Gov. Gregoire announces tentative settlement between EGT and ILWU
• Teamsters descend on IN Statehouse
• 'Sotheby's: Hang art, not workers' says Occupy Museums in MOMA direct action
• Final Hours Rule for Truckers
• Correctional Officers Say Prison Proposals Will Devastate Their Communities
• Few Cities Have Regained Jobs They Lost, Report Finds
• 1 Million Signatures Submitted to Recall Walker
• Dems double-crossed over RTW in IN
• Hoffa: Congress Must Pass Jobs Legislation Now
• USS Reagan commander wants sailors to work hard, play hard
• Labor and business urge: Frontload JOBS!
• Protest planned for first ship to dock at EGT grain terminal
• U.S. labor board overturns requirement for arbitration
• A Shameful Attack on Working Families in Indiana
• Hoffa Pledges Full Support To Fight For Indiana's Working Families
• Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to host career fair
• Stewards & Activists Training January 29th
• Judge Rolls Back Idaho's Expanded RTW
• Hoffa Praises Obama for Bold Actions to Protect Working Families
• Important Notice About Your CDL
• Teamster Pipeline Construction Workers Launch Strike
• As Big Bank Stocks Plunge, CEOs Continue To Reap Huge Salaries

December 2011

• Teamster Mechanics At United Airlines Approve Agreement
• Union-Election Rule Will Begin April 30, Labor Board Says
• New HOS rule keeps 11-hour limit
• The Stranger Asks Why Are Righties Such Stupid, Crazy, Paranoid Morons?
• The Antidote for Stupidity of Shipping Tax-Dollar-Financed Jobs Overseas
• Happy Holidays from the Teamsters Union
• Federal Judge Smacks Down Republican Assault On Unions In FAA Reauthorization
• Clean Ports Act of 2011 Introduced in Congress
• The Navy Will Employ a Project Labor Agreement for $600M Explosives Handling Wharf
• Top Economists Call for Higher Taxes on Mega-Rich
• Hoffa Denounces House GOP for Vote on Unemployment Insurance
• Returning Heroes and Wounded Warrior Tax Credits
• New Report: National Express Group's Workplace Rights Policy Falls Far Short Of International Standards
• University of California Employees Ratify First Teamster Contract
• Will Occupy Shut Down All West Coast Ports?
• US Foods strike settled
• Restricting the Use of Cellular Phones
• Machinists Vote For Jobs!
• President Obama Calls To Congratulate Hoffa On Teamsters Election Victory
• Teamsters Deliver Christmas Trees To Vice President Joe Biden's Residence
• Teamsters Reach Settlement With US Foods
• Hoffa Asks Cuomo To Remove Diana Taylor From Public Board 
• Members Stand Strong At US Foods
• Incorrect phone number on PHA postcard
• YRC Worldwide Executes 1-For-300 Reverse Stock Split
• Hundreds Of Warehouse Workers In Swedesboro, Bridgeport Honor Picket Lines
• Archived News Stories

November 2011

• Hoffa: Extend Unemployment Insurance
• Teamsters Urge Hours-Of-Service Rule That Creates Jobs, Save Lives
• Teamsters Support UK Strike By Public Sector Workers
• Omni Air Flight Crews Ratify First Tentative Agreement
• Northern California Stewards Seminar Is A Huge Success
• Knight: Teamsters' strength stands up to power
• South Carolina gets low ratings in report on locating next Boeing jet plant
• Teamsters Nationwide Tell 7-Eleven ‘It's Too High A Price To Pay For Fuel’
• Republic Airways Pilots Give Authorization For Strike
• Teamsters expand lawsuit against Mexican trucks to add environmental claims
• Teamsters Sue to Close Border to Unsafe, Polluting Mexican Trucks
• Labor-community economic agenda released
• Teamsters Tell 7-Eleven 'It's Too High a Price to Pay for Fuel'
• Hoffa Elected To Fourth Term By Overwhelming Margin
• Fla. prison guards dump PBA, go with Teamsters
• Teamster organizing victory: A tough union for tough times
• November 17th 'Jobs Not Cuts!' Bridge March
• Teamsters Continue Strike For Justice At US Foods
• Teamsters Vote Official Support Of Occupy Wall Street
• 'Jobs, Not Cuts' rally on Thursday in Seattle -- Updated above!
• D.C. Teamsters Help Veterans in Need
• Our bridges need work. So do we.
• Class War? Occupy Wall Street, Unions Protest at Sotheby's–8 Arrested
• More arrests at Sotheby's tonight, 'hair raising vibe'
• Nationally, Voters Have Their Say
• Hoffa On Ohio vote
• Labor-community summit on jobs and the economy
• South Jersey workers back Ill. action
• Teamsters' Strike At US Foods Spreads To Colorado, Washington
• Seattle shipyard to build state's newest ferry
• Senate Republicans Kill Rebuild America Act
• Occupy Oakland: Teamsters get the festivities done
• 26 Toll Group Drivers Fired for Organizing; Pay Stolen
• Teamsters Strike At US Foods; Picket Lines Spread To Indiana, Minnesota, Washington
• First Student Drivers, Monitors Join Teamsters Local 610
• US Foods strike spreads to St. Louis, Buffalo
• Federal Labor Law Violations Provoke Teamsters Strike at U.S. Foods

October 2011

• Union leader wants to refocus public perception
• Teamsters Protest Madison Dearborn's War on Workers
• Opportunities for YOU to voice your opinion about public safety issues
• Whatever Happened In Oakland, Orders Had To Have Come From The Top
• Wives of Locked-Out Teamsters Address New York Women's Foundation Dinner
• Teamsters Local 2727 Reaches Agreement To Return UPS Employees To Work
• Hoffa: Don't Let Big Box Stores Buy Washington State's Vote
• Republic Waste Workers Protest Harsh Treatment, Labor Law Violations
• Comcast Rejects Controversial Port Pay Raise Ad
• US Businesses Not Being Strangled By Regulation And Taxation, World Bank Says
• High income workers' share of total wages grows
• Sotheby's discovers the costs of being anti-union
• Hoffa: Mexican Truck Pilot Program Will Be A Repeat Fiasco
• 2011 James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Winners
• Susan Sarandon, Teamsters, OWS OccupySotheby's
• British Parliament Censures Sotheby's Auction House
• Teamsters And UK Unions Protest Sotheby's In London
• Sotheby's Art Handlers Take Their Protest to London, Threatening to Disrupt Contemporary Art Sale
• Hoffa: 'A Shameful Day for Congress’
• Teamsters Urge Review of Florida Prison System
• CBO: Dems’ numbers add up on jobs bill
• Hoffa: Teamsters Stand In Solidarity With Occupy Wall Street Movement
• Hawks Family Update
• Teamsters Stand With ILWU
• Hoffa: Teamsters Strongly Oppose Job-Killing Trade Deals
• Teamsters Leader Calls on Gov. Scott to Respect Court Ruling on Privatization
• Breaking Their Promise To Focus On Job Creation, House GOP Proposes Slashing Job Training Programs

September 2011

• Labor, business agree: 'No' on Eyman's I-1125
• Taking Action On The American Jobs Act
• Final Step in YRCW Restructuring Approved
• Waste Management Teamsters Defeat Decertification Effort
• Republicans Push NLRB Attack Bill Through House
• U.S. Has Weakest Labor Protections Among Rich Nations
• Teamsters Call on Sotheby's Board to Oust Murdoch
• Teamsters File Complaint Against Governor Rick Scott
• Teamsters Alert Sun Capital Investors: Firm Endangers Value, Workers, Communities
• Hoffa Calls On U.S. Dept. Of Commerce To Rescind Job-Killing Grant
• Teamster Town Hall with Jay Inslee on Sunday, Sept. 18th
• Teamsters President James Hoffa defends jobs speech while in Seattle
• Auction House Opens Its Fall Season With Chinese Art, Teamster Protests
• Teamsters Pitch in to Bring Hay to Oklahoma Family Farmers
• Teamsters Sue To Block U.S. DOT From Opening Border To Unsafe Mexican Trucks
• NMB Releases RLBC Rail Unions From Mandatory Mediation in National Freight Rail Negotiations
• Hoffa: Corporate-Funded Conservative Politicians Out To Destroy Middle Class
• Teamsters Sue Over Mexican-Truck Plan
• Hoffa Coming September 9th To Support Fred Meyer Teamsters

 

August 2011

• Good News, Bad News on Seattle Employment Report
• Teamsters Women’s Conference Concludes with Call to Action
• Teamsters General President Hoffa Addresses Women’s Conference
• Teamster Women Fight the War on Workers
• Teamsters: Sotheby's Is Bad For Art
• Washington state ranks No. 1 in creating new businesses
• UPS Freight Clerks At Five Terminals Join Teamsters
• Teamsters File Objections To CAL-UAL Fleet Service Elections
• Medical coverage a contract sticking point for Fred Meyer warehouse workers
• First Student Drivers Overwhelmingly Choose Teamsters
• Teamsters Strongly Support NLRB Proposed Election Changes
• Teamsters to bring ME labor mural copy to MD
• Over 200 rally for good jobs at Rep. Reichert's Mercer Island office
• Frontier Restructuring Unaffected By Teamster Lawsuit
• Fred Meyer Solidarity Action
• Teamsters stand with Verizon workers
• Bargaining Stalls As Fred Meyer Fails To Address health Care Concerns
• Teamsters, Sierra Club: FMCSA Fails To Protect Environment From Mexican Trucks
• Teamsters, Omni Air Pilots Announce Tentative Agreement With Company
• Teamsters, BMW Agree To Contract Extension
• TNBC Members Get Spirit Of Detroit Award
• Teamsters National Black Caucus Members Draw On History At 36th Annual Conference
• Southern California Stewards Learn Arbitration Skills
• Teamsters Protest BMW's Greed At East Coast 'Bimmerfest'
• Houston Teamsters Push For FAA Reauthorization
• Teamster Carhaul Members Ratify National Agreement
• Teamsters Picket Outside Sotheby's Auction House
• Kucinich draws cheers at state labor-Council convention
• Pennsylvania Correctional Officers Get 11.5 Percent Increase In Wages
• Hoffa Lauds Senate for Ending FAA Shutdown, Putting People Back to Work
• Hoffa on The Ed Show: Corporations should sign a Pledge of Allegiance
• Teamsters Local 79 Challenges Florida Pension Law
• Teamsters Sue To Block Illegal Frontier Pilot Concession Deal
• Mexican trucks to haul freight on U.S. roads
• Teamsters Escalate BMW Protests Across America
• Southern California Teamsters taking on BMW
• BTU Sponsors Blood Drive and Back-to-School BBQ
• Teamsters Call On Dollar Thrifty Board To Redeem Poison Pill
• Miller Beer Is Tasteless, Says Brewfest Audience At CA State Fair

 

July 2011

• L & I Cites DOC For Serious Violations In Officer Biendl Murder Investigation
• Updated Hotel Info On IBT Women's Conference
• Hurry--Sign Up For the GTRC Scholarship Golf Tournament!
• Taxing The Poor: The Only Tax Increase Republicans Support
• Free Trade Deals: Lobbying Fever Foreshadows Winners, Losers
• YRCW Restructuring Plan Completed; More Than 25,000 Teamster Jobs Saved
• FedEx Package Handlers to Vote on Teamsters
• Massive Radar Could Track Baseball From Across a Continent
• Teamsters Protest BMW Greed At Dealers In Western States
• Teamsters, YRCW Approve Key Component In Restructuring Plan
• ABF Decision of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals
• JRHMSF Essay Contest Now Open!
• Register for the 2011 Teamster Women's Conference!
• In Memoriam: Stephen E. Poczlowski (Updated)
• More Than 350 Pilots Join Teamsters Local 1108
• Alderwoods Funeral Homes, Operated By Industry Giant SCI, Force Unfair Labor Practice Strike
• Hoffa Condemns Mexican Truck Pilot Program

 

June 2011

• Day Three: Fighting for our Communities, Our Jobs and Our Future
• Teamsters Convention Day Two: Organizing, Organizing, Organizing
• Teamsters Open 28th International Convention
• The Teamsters Are In the building
• Study Shows Why NLRB Election Rule Changes Needed
• Get the Facts on the proposed NLRB Rule Changes
• Seattle UPS Members Hold Solidarity Rally
• WA Teamsters Welfare Trust Re-Enrollment Deadline Extended to July 15, 2011
• Teamsters Local 174 Mourns Death Of Justin Schmidt
• Teamsters File Grievance to Halt YRCW Outsourcing of Clerical Work
• Teamsters AGC Training Video
• Want better economy? Fill skills gap
• Teamster grocery workers gear up for battle
• More arrests as UW's Sodexo protests continue Posted June 4, 2011
• Tornado Victims Face Massive Cleanup

 

May 2011

• Register for the 2011 Teamster Women’s Conference!
• Workplace changes await state employees
• Christening in Seattle for New ferry Kennewick
• Sad news for the Movie Industry
• Benefits are available for trade-impacted workers, businesses
• Senate OKs ferry reform, surcharge bill
• Historic Ocean Tug Pulls into Harborfest
• Members Pick Up Pieces After Deadly Storm
• ‘Shameful’ cuts OK’d; see how they voted
• OPPOSE Wisconsin-Style Attacks That Erode Collective Bargaining & competitive contracting rights!
• WA Leaders Reach Key Deal on Workers' Comp Changes
• Murray, Dems to Labor Board: Don't Cave to Political Pressure in Boeing Case
• 174 and 117 Members Form Regional Black Caucus
• Hoffa Letter Urges Gregoire to Preserve Protections for Injured Workers
• $3 Million Training Grant Means Aerospace Jobs for Washington Workers
• Helping Veterans Find Jobs
• Hoffa: The Public Opposes Illegal, Unsafe Mexican Truck Program
• Gregoire Gives Thurston Chamber Hopeful Message
• Missile Defense Radar to Enter Strait Monday, Sound Tuesday
• Teamsters Denounce Florida Legislature Vote To Privatize State Prisons
• Report: Wage and Hour Law Enforcement Is Lax
• Ken Hall's Mother Passes
• AFL-CIO to Withdraw Funds from M&I Bank
• Profits At Largest 500 Corporations Grew By 81 Percent In 2010
• Carrier Formerly Based in Bremerton Disposed of bin Laden's Remains
• Associated General Contractors Vote Tally
Stories

 

April 2011

• Plan to Protect 25,000 YRCW Freight Jobs Clears Important Financial Hurdle
• Passing of Gregory Slaughter
• Does Walmart do What Walmart Says They’ll Do for Local Communities?
• City Council Toughens Penalties for Wage Theft
• NLRB Issues Complaint Over Boeing’s Move to S.C.
• Workers Memorial Day Honors Those Killed on Job, Including BP Rig Workers
• 'Washington Workplaces Just Got a Whole Lot Safer'
• April Freight Division Report
• Teamsters: Will Vigorously Oppose Border Truck Plan
• The Coming Driver Shortage
• Foreclosure Fairness Act to Become Law
• Employee Twitter Posting Protected Under NLRB
• Union Members Descend on Olympia to Protest Budget Cuts
• Thousands Protest in Olympia Over Proposed Budget Cuts
• Local 174 Sanitation Members Overwhelmingly Ratify Contract
• United Grocery Summit on May 21st: Building a United Grocery Industry
• Final Washington State Ferries Union Ratifies New Contract with Budget Concessions

 

March 2011

• Free Tax Preparation Available Now!
• New Middle Ground on Workers' Comp?
• Peacekeepers Needed for the Olympia 'We Are One' Rally
• There's Still Time to Save Up to $500!
• The Nationwide Campaign Against Working Families
• Workers' Comp Reforms Signed By Gov. Gregoire
• New Website Launched for Participants of UPS/IBT Full-Time Employee Pension Plan
• Rich Geraghty Passes
• 100 Years Ago WA State Was 1st in the Nation
• Michigan Bill Would Impose "Financial Martial Law"
• Gregoire, Unions May Have a Ferry Deal
• As Union Membership Has Declined, Income Inequality Has Skyrocketed In The United States
• U.S. Agrees to Allow Mexican Long-haul Ttrucks
• Unions Wary of Dems' Convention Plans in N.C.
• Corporations Don't Have 'Personal Privacy' Rights, Supreme Court Rules
• So-Called Right to Work Laws Don't Boost Jobs
• Celebrating Tanker Win for Boeing and Washington State Workers
• Report: House Budget Plan Would Kill 700k Jobs

 

Jan-Feb 2011

• Large Bi-partisan Majorities in Congress Agree: Community Standards Matter in the U.S. Construction Industry
• Unions and Budget Deficits
• Solidarity Rally for Wisconsin Public Employees in Olympia
• Richard R. Solberg Passes
• Vigor Industrial LLC Announces 88% Tender in Offer for Shares of Todd Shipyards Corporation; Tender Offer Expires
• President Obama's Plan to Win the Future by Making American Businesses More Energy Efficient
• AFL-CIO Position Reiterates the Need for Adherence to Project Labor Agreement Policies
• A Tax Break the WSLC Supports: Washington Film Works
• They're Ba-ack: Workers' Comp, Private Liquor
• A Measure of Temporary Relief for Unemployed
• Transportation for Washington unveils blueprint for more transit and smart transportation investments across state
• In Memory of Officer Jayme Lee Biendl
• Vigor acquisition nearing a close
• Company Settles Case in Firing Tied to Facebook
• Jayme Lee Biendl Benevolent Fund
• Unions Can Bargain on Behalf of Airport Security
• AFGE Seeking to Represent Seattle TSA Employees
• Baby, It's Cold Inside! (Photos from Milwaukee YRC dock)
• Teamsters Mourn Slain Washington State Corrections Officer Jayme Lee Biendl
• Vigor Industrial LLC Extends Tender Offer for Shares of Todd Shipyards Corporation
• Thousands Pursue Shipyard Jobs
• Navy Embarks On Replacement For Trident Submarines
• Clarification of Accompaniment to IMEs
• Todd Shipyards Contract for USCGC Polar Star
• Todd Shipyards Corporation Investor Alert - Takeover under Investigation
• Strained States Turning to Laws to Curb Labor Unions
• Administrative Law Judge Issues Oak Harbor Decision
• US Labor Department Resolves Back Wage Case Against Houston-Based CEMEX
• Labor Center Rising and on the Move!
• Gov. Gregoire Proposes Workers Comp, Unemployment Changes

Nov-Dec 2010

• Todd Shipyards to be Acquired by Vigor Industrial
• U.S. Proposes Posted Notice of the Right to Unionize
• Teamster Scholarship Information
• For USS Nimitz, Bremerton a Temporary Homeport
• Teamsters ratify new contract with big three grocery chains by 97%
• Todd Shipyards Corporation Announces U.S. Nnavy Exercise of Option On Overhaul of USS Nimitz
• As Chinese workers build the Martin Luther King memorial, a union investigates
• New Ferry Intentionally Built to Tilt
• Todd Awarded Multi-Year Healy Contract
• Teamster Freight Members Ratify YRCW Restructuring Plan
• Teamsters: ABF Lawsuit Frivolous and Without Merit

 

Sept-Oct 2010

• Ferry Chetzemoka to Make Inaugural Sailing Nov. 14
• Giant Navy radar ship to be repaired in Seattle
• Barbed Wire, Flies and Mud
• Victory for First Student Mechanics
• Disaster Preparation Training
• Sand And Gravel Membership Ratifies Contract
• Teamsters Feel Impact of Massive San Bruno Explosion
• Wash. ferry officials wait approval on new boat
• Teamsters National Black Caucus Northwest Chapter

 

July-Aug 2010

• Coke Employees Make Unconditional Return to Work Offer
• Honoring Teamster Veterans
• Employees file suit against Coke for cancelling their health care
• Teamsters: Coca-Cola Investor Alert
• 40-Hour Hazardous Waste Worker Training 9/13-17, or 10/25-29
• Striking workers at Coke gain international support from IUF
• Coke cancels health care for employees who have paid their premiums
• Day 2 Update from the Coke Picket Line
• Allied Waste Teamsters Strike Over Unfair Labor Practices
• Labor Day Picnic Coming Up Soon
• Hoffa: Best Civil Rights Program is Teamster Contract
• 500 Coca-Cola workers in Wash. on strike
• Teamsters Inform Seahawks Fans about Coke's Plans to SLASH Jobs, Health Care
• Not-So-Good Vibrations on New Ferry Eliminated
• August 17, 2010 Primary Results
• Teamsters Urge Federal Government To Challenge Mexico's Retaliatory Tariffs
• New State Ferry Five Weeks Late and Counting, and the Costs Are Mounting
• Excessive Vibrations Discovered in Driveline of State's Newest Ferry
• July Update on the Oak Harbor Freight NLRB Trial
• President Obama Explains Health Insurance Web Site
• New Ferry Begins Tests on Puget Sound
• FedEx Ground Agrees to Pay More than $3 Million to Settle Misclassification Suit
• Help Former CF Workers Claim Their Money
• July 2010 Freight News Update
• Voluntary Recognition for Waste Management Seattle Container Delivery Drivers
• James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund 2010 Essay Contest
• Teamsters National Black Caucus 35th Annual Educational Conference & Banquet

 

May-June 2010

• Supreme Court Rules National Labor Relations Board Decisions Were Illegal
• USS Emory S. Land Departs Bremerton
• June Freight Update
• Dolphins, Sea Lions on Guard at Washington Submarine Base
• Univ. of California Employees Affiliate With the Teamsters
• Local 174 Files for Election at First Student
• Court Service Deputies Attacked, Told Not to File Charges
• Teamsters at Coke Bargain for a Fair Contract
• Judges and Assistants Needed for WTA Rodeo
• Teamsters Launch Campaign: 'FedEx Drivers Aren't Pilots'
• Teamsters Move to Minimize Effect on Public and Return to Bargaining Table
• Todd Begins Work on Second 64-Car Ferry
• Washington State Trades People Take the Lead in Training Heroes
• Yard Sign Solidarity Action Day April 18th
• Update on upcoming NLRB trial and new contract proposal submitted by your union

 

March-April 2010

• Some Good News From the Freight Division
• Waste Management Still Clinging to Substandard Proposal
• Teamsters 174 and Allied Waste (Republic) Reach TA
• Waste Management Threatens Area Jobs
• Training Heroes
• UPS News Update
• Teamsters Proud to be Irish
• Washington State Trades People Take the Lead in Training Heroes
• Yard Sign Solidarity Action Day April 18th
• Update on upcoming NLRB trial and new contract proposal submitted by your union
• Some Good News From the Freight Division
• Waste Management Still Clinging to Substandard Proposal
• Teamsters 174 and Allied Waste (Republic) Reach TA
• Waste Management Threatens Area Jobs
• Training Heroes
• UPS News Update
• Teamsters Proud to be Irish
• Army Corp. of Engineers Contractor in Action
• March is Irish-American Heritage Month
• New Fines Up to $2,720 for Texting While Driving
• Hazardous Materials Instructor Training (HMIT)
• Updated 03/10: Local 174 Freight Update
• DOT HazMat Training Offered This April
• NCCCO Crane Certification Training Coming April 1st-2nd

 

Jan-Feb 2010

• Still Room Available for Feb. 20th OSHA 10 Disaster Response Training
• DOT HazMat Training Offered This April
• NCCCO Crane Certification Training Coming April 1st-2nd
• New Leadership Development Program Kickoff February 27th
• Teamsters Seek Reversal of Bush Era Hours-Of-Service Rule
• Beverage News: Coke Bargaining Session Postponed
• Sisters in the Building Trades Disaster Site Clean Up Training
• U.S. Celebrates Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• E-Board Sworn in By IBT VP Ken Hall
• WA Business Climate Gets Even Better
• Teamsters Launch Multi-Local Beverage Industry Campaign
• Congress, Don't Tax Our Health Insurance Plans
• YRCW Bond Exchange Successful
• Last Year's Financial Unfairness
• Teamsters Say YRCW Bond Investigation Needed

Nov-Dec 2009

• Bill to Close Loophole for Tax Cheats a Good One
• IBT Says Don't Tax Health Insurance Plans
• Trade Reform Essential to Job Creation
• Your Weingarten Rights: Three Decades of Union Representation
• Cadillac Tax Threatens Middle Class
• IBT Supporting Comprehensive HazMat Regulation
• Sisters in the Building Trades Hosting Free Training November 21-22
• Rick Hicks Re-Elected
• Remembering Veterans
• Damaged New Cars
• On to Governing: General Election Over
• Boeing's Bad Move for Washington State
• Construction Load Securement Training November 7th

 

Sept-Oct 2009

• Consider Joint Council 28 Endorsements
• Two Important Issues
• Vote on November 3rd
• Teamsters Fighting Bailed-Out Auto Giants
• Lots of Breakfasters
• Thanks for Supporting the Centennial Celebration
• Remembering Enjoyable 2009 GTRC Golf Tourney
• October 3rd Shop Steward & Activists Breakfast
• Fantastic Local 174 100th Birthday Celebration
• 2009 IBT Women's Conference
• Hoffa Says Columbia Undeserving
• Labor Day Afterthoughts
• Ruth Marcus Speaks

 

May-June 2009

• MLKCLC Labor Day Party
• Local 174 History
• Don't Miss 174's Birthday Party on September 12th
• Hall on Health Care Reform
• 2009 Black Caucus
• YRCW Developments
• Airline Division Success
• Teamsters Launch Campaign to Support Health Care Reform
• 2009 Truck Roadeo Photo Gallery
• WSLC: "Unfriendly Labor Climate"
• Hoffa Urges President Obama to Take Action
• Health Benefit Tax Idea
• Pope Speaks About Workers
• Teamsters Support Helmets to Hardhats Initiative
• Teamsters Protest U.S. Foodservice's Lobbying

 

March-April 2009

• The U.S. Needs Trade Overhaul
• Sebelius Sworn In
• FedEx Decision a Bad One
• Do We Suck? Snohomish, Spokane EDC’S Disagree
• 2009 Anne Gallagher Memorial Scholarship Applications Available
• Hoffa Commentary on Unsafe Mexican Trucks on American Highways
• General Teamsters Retirees Club Golf Tourney August 13th
• Worker's Memorial Day
• EFCA Battle Intensifying
• Washington State Labor Council Women's Committee Scholarship Nominations
• IBT: Sanford Playing Politics
• 'Fabric of America'
• Teamsters Support SHIPA
• Boeing Negotiations Continue
• Boeing Negotiations Have Begun
• Oak Harbor Freight Lines ULP Strike Report
• United States Sentate Confirms Gary Locke
• President Barack Obama on What's Going On
• Oak Harbor Unfair Labor Practice Strike Update
• Strengthen Unions to Rebuild Economy
• James R. Hoffa Memorial Scholarship Fund
• Oak Harbor ULP Strike: What Happens Now?

 

Jan-Feb 2009

• Oak Harbor Freight Lines Retaliates Against Returning Workers
• Hoffa on Mexican Trucks and Hershey
• Black History Month and the IBT
• Oak Harbor ULP Strike Update
• Oak Harbor ULP Strike Developments
• GMM and Pre-100th Birthday Lunch
• Local 174's 100th Birthday Coming Up February 19th
• IBT Intensifies Offensive Against KeyBank, One of the Chief Enablers of OHFL
• Article 22.3 Jobs to be Guaranteed for Teamsters Local 174 Members
• BLS Report Shows Remarkable Union Gains
• Oak Harbor ULP Strike Report
• Obama Chooses Liebman to Head NLRB
• IBT Wishes Obama the Best
• Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
• OHFL ULP Strike Developments
• IBT Approves of Solis for Labor Secretary
• Oak Harbor ULP Strike Notice
• Freight Members Ratify YRCW Job Security Plan
• Oak Harbor ULP Strike Update
• 100th Birthday of Local 174 on February 19th

 

Winter 2008

• People's Bailout at KeyBank
• Teamsters Decry KeyBank Behavior
• IBT: KeyBank Ethically Bankrupt
• DHL Change Plan Accepted
• OHFL Rally Held in Portland
• YRCW Relief Plan Endorsed
• ILRF Report
• Meeting December 20th
• Oak Harbor ULP Strike Update
• Teamsters-DHL Reach Severance Agreement
• DHL Report From Seattle Times

 

Fall 2008

• DHL Retreats From U.S. Market
• OHFL Picketline Strong
• International Attention
• OHFL Halloween Update
• Carhaul Pact
• OHFL Teamsters Bridge Gap
• OHFL ULP Strike on Radio
• OHFL ULP Strike Update
• OHFL Misleads Customers
• Picketers Need Firewood
• Handbilling for Oak Harbor ULP Strike
• Oak Harbor Strike Update
• Seattle Times Tentative Agreement
• Teamsters Strike At Oak Harbor
• Labor Day Picnicking
• New Leader at Local 117

 

Summer 2008

• Cleanscapes Organizing
• Todd Shipyard Ratification Vote
• Shop Stewards & Activists Training September 13th
• New Oak Harbor Web Site
• GTRC Golf Tournament
• Teamster eDispatches: August 11, 2008
• Wal-Mart's Republicanism
• Oak Harbor Memorandum
• Report on Sick Trucker Wrecks
• IBT Port Organizing Continues
• Oak Harbor Picketing July 21
• Steve Backus Wins Over $22,000 in Grievance Arbitration
• Four 174 Meetings in One Day!
• Upcoming Local 174 Meetings
• Local 174 Carhaul Meeting July 13th
• Energetic Shop Stewards & Activists Training June 28th
• Shop Stewards & Activists Training June 28th
• Great Turnout at 2008 Truck Roadeo
• WSLC Labor Neighbor Walk June 21st
• DHL Restructuring Plans Unveiled
• IBT Port Organizing Continues
• Oak Harbor Picketing July 21
• Steve Backus Wins Over $22,000 in Grievance Arbitration
• Ruan Members Unanimously Authorize Strike
• You're Invited to the 2008 Truck Roadeo
• Local 174 Bylaws Overhauled at May 8th GMM
• OHFL Members Hanging Tough in Frustrating Situation
• Teamster E-Dispatch: DHL Express Members Overwhelmingly Approve Contract

 

April 2008

• Ruan Members Unanimously Authorize Strike
• You're Invited to the 2008 Truck Roadeo
• Local 174 Bylaws Overhauled at May 8th GMM
• OHFL Members Hanging Tough in Frustrating Situation
• Teamster E-Dispatch: DHL Express Members Overwhelmingly Approve Contract
• Teamster E-Dispatch: Bad Trade Costs Thousands of PA Jobs
• Teamster E-Dispatch: Stop Ou
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• Informative JC-28 Educational Seminar
• IBT Warns of Bush Columbia Free Trade Agreement Strategy
• Local 174 Welcomes New UPS Freight Members At April GMM
• UPS Freight Members Join The Local 174 Team
• March 29th Teamster University Stewards & Activists Training a Big Hit
• Historic New DHL Agreement Reached
• New IBT National Master Freight Agreement
• Local 174 Soon To Celebrate 100th Birthday
• New Retiree Certificates
• Governor Appoints Patty Warren to Marine Employees Commission
• Former FedEx Drivers Who May Now Be Working For UPS Or DHL
• February Local 174 GMM
• Peninsula Truck Lines Demands
• Active USA Update: Negotiations Soon For National Automobile Transporters Agreement