Independent Oversight

WHEREAS, the International Union entered into a Consent Decree with the United States on March 14, 1989 to resolve a civil lawsuit titled United States v. Teamsters, and International Brotherhood Of Teamsters' Commitment To Encourge And Promote Diversity Of Its Membership At All Levels Within The Organization

WHEREAS, in entering into the Consent Decree, the International Union acknowledged allegations of past problems of organized crime corruption in various elements of the IBT and dedicated the IBT to the elimination of any such outside influence, and [...] Read it all here

International Brotherhood Of Teamsters' Commitment To Encourge And Promote Diversity Of Its Membership At All Levels Within The Organization

WHEREAS, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters is proud of its history of unifying its diverse group of 1.4 million working men and women from different cultures and ethnic backgrounds to advance their economic, social and political interests; and

WHEREAS, the International Union recognizes that demographics are continually changing as diverse groups are rapidly growing; and [...] Read it all here

High-Speed Rail

WHEREAS, the Teamsters Rail Conference, comprised of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division, supports the development of high-speed passenger rail in America; and

WHEREAS, the development of high speed passenger rail is threatened by many in Congress and several of our nation’s governors, who have politicized the issue; and [...] Read it all here

Coordinated Bargaining & Organizing

WHEREAS, Teamster Local Unions must increasingly bargain with large multinational or national corporations that have grown significantly through acquisitions and consolidation;

WHEREAS, these corporations engage in centralized, sophisticated union-busting activities and attacks on union contracts and members; [...] Read it all here

The Fight to Preserve Jobs and Standards

WHEREAS, the economic crisis that is still with us led to enormous pressure on dozens of Teamster employers, both big and small, to restructure their operations and balance sheets to survive, and

WHEREAS, through decades of collective bargaining the Teamsters Union has achieved contracts in many sectors of the economy that have produced the highest wage and benefit standards in those sectors, and [...] Read it all here

Putting Working Families First, Make Wall Street Pay

WHEREAS, the economic crisis that began in 2008 continues to destroy the jobs, homes, and living conditions of millions of American workers, and

WHEREAS, the economic crisis was generated by a financial crisis whose origins can be found in the reckless profit-at-any-cost policies of the major Wall Street banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions, and [...] Read it all here

DRIVE

WHEREAS, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters maintains a political action committee named "DRIVE" for Democrat, Republican, Independent Voter Education; and

WHEREAS, DRIVE funds are used to support elected officials at all levels of government who support the legislative goals of the Teamsters Union and America’s working families; and [...] Read it all here

2012 Elections

WHEREAS, there will be a presidential election for U.S. president in 2012; and

WHEREAS, there are crucial elections at local, state and federal levels in 2011 and 2012; and

WHEREAS, the need for our Joint Councils and local unions to be more politically active has never been greater; and [...] Read it all here

Organizing

WHEREAS, the best defense in the War on Workers is a strong offense, our goal as a union is to build a movement of workers in and across industries, companies, regions and markets in order to build Teamster power;

WHEREAS, the power of the Teamsters depends on the strength of our numbers and that strength is greatest in those industries and markets where Teamster density is greatest. We are most successful in organizing new workers when we build on existing Teamster power; and [...] Read it all here

Driving Up Standards

WHEREAS, delegates to the 27th Convention resolved that the Teamsters adopt the privatized school bus industry as a priority for organizing;

WHEREAS, the Union resolved to Drive Up Standards for school bus workers, school children, families and communities grappling with the effects of privatization in the school transportation industry; [...] Read it all here

Honorary Member – Mansour Osanloo, Labor Rights in Iran

WHEREAS, in July 2007, Mansour Osanloo, President of the Tehran Bus Workers' Union, was dragged from a Tehran bus by Iranian security forces. Three months later he was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of "acting against national security" and "propaganda against the state"; in 2010 another year was added to his sentence. His only crime has been to help found a genuinely democratic trade union for his fellow bus drivers in Iran; and ; [...] Read it all here

Global Solidarity and Strategies

As Teamster employers have increasingly become global, we have developed transnational organizing and bargaining campaigns.

WHEREAS, the Teamsters have been a pioneer in labor’s new globalism. In 1995 the Teamsters launched an international strategic campaign against Royal Ahold; in 1997 we initiated a council for UPS unions worldwide that added pressure for a fair settlement; in December 1999 in Seattle the Teamsters were at the forefront of a global labor protest against WTO trade rules, so behemoth corporations do not exploit countries with weak labor laws and environmental standards; and [...] Read it all here

Secure Pensions for Retirement Security

WHEREAS, retirement benefits are part of the compensation negotiated in collective bargaining and earned by covered participants as they perform their labor over the years; and

WHEREAS, the entitlement of workers to receive retirement benefits earned as part of their compensation should be protected from any impairment under our law; and [...] Read it all here

Health and Welfare Benefits

WHEREAS, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters has fought for, and presently sustains, some of the most generous health and welfare benefits in the United States through collective bargaining; and

WHEREAS, Teamster-affiliated health and welfare funds make up one of the largest purchasers and providers of health care benefits in the United States; and [...] Read it all here

Trade

WHEREAS, with record high unemployment in the U.S. and a large trade deficit, future trade policies must focus on job creation in the U.S. based on a new framework for negotiating trade agreements; and

WHEREAS, trade agreements based on the framework of the North American Free-Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have resulted in nearly two million job losses, and do not include worker rights, human rights and environmental protections, and therefore must be rejected; and [...] Read it all here

Stop the War on Workers

WHEREAS, the jobs, wages, and benefits of tens of millions of Americans are under assault by a coordinated War on Workers, and

WHEREAS, the War on Workers is being conducted at every level of American society — in the workplace, in the mass media, in City Halls, State Houses, and the nation's Capitol, and [...] Read it all here

Right-to-Work (For Less)

WHEREAS, throughout the country, corporate CEOs and their conservative allies in governors' offices, statehouses and Congress are attempting a coordinated War on Workers to eliminate basic workplace rights through an anti-worker legislative agenda; and

WHEREAS, while working families struggle to maintain a high quality of life, these same anti-worker forces are driving down wages and benefits by attempting to pass Right-to-Work (for Less) legislation in at least 10 states, instead of assisting the working families with necessary tools to succeed in the current economic climate; and [...] Read it all here

Protecting Public Employees

WHEREAS, the Teamsters' representation within the Public Services Division exceeds a quarter of a million dedicated women and men at all levels of government, as well as certain private employers engaged in providing essential services; and

WHEREAS, the ability to effectively serve the public at all levels of government is dependent on the right of public employees to organize and to collectively bargain over wages, benefits, and working conditions; and [...] Read it all here

Cross-Border Trucking

WHEREAS, at the urging of the Teamsters Union, Congress defunded the Bush-era Mexican Cross-Border Trucking Program in 2009 over safety concerns; and

WHEREAS, the Mexican Government retaliated for this action by placing tariffs on $2.4 billion worth of U.S. products exported to Mexico; and

WHEREAS, rather than challenging the tariffs as excessive, the United States Trade Representative, in an effort to eliminate the tariffs, has agreed to a new crossborder trucking program with Mexico, that will permit Mexican domiciled trucks to travel anywhere in the U.S. beyond the currently permitted commercial zones; and [...] Read it all here

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