International Brotherhood of Teamsters

TEAMSTERS, SOUTH DAKOTA LAW ENFORCEMENT CONDEMN DRIVERLESS VEHICLE LEGISLATION

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters Local 120 and the South Dakota Peace Officers Association (SDPOA) condemn House Bill 1095, legislation that would allow autonomous vehicles (AVs) to operate on South Dakota roads without a human operator behind the wheel. The bill passed out of the state's House Energy and Commerce Committee earlier this week.

Key Points: 
  • Workers Coalition Urges Lawmakers to Prioritize Safety, Oppose House Bill 1095
    SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Jan. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters Local 120 and the South Dakota Peace Officers Association (SDPOA) condemn House Bill 1095, legislation that would allow autonomous vehicles (AVs) to operate on South Dakota roads without a human operator behind the wheel.
  • James Heeren, Local 120 Business Agent, is a former police officer who currently represents other union members in law enforcement.
  • "We have watched closely as driverless cars have hit the roads in cities across the country, and we have been alarmed by what we have seen.
  • Founded in 1903, Teamsters Local 120 represents over 12,000 workers at over 300 employers in four states: Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

TEAMSTERS RATIFY NEW CONTRACT AT BIMBO BAKERIES

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new five-year contract at Bimbo Bakeries USA. The agreement secures significant pay raises and enhances health care protections for more than 900 Teamsters.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Teamsters have voted overwhelmingly to ratify a new five-year contract at Bimbo Bakeries USA.
  • "This contract ensures Teamsters across all classifications will put more money in their pockets.
  • Teamsters at Bimbo Bakeries work across two bakeries, two distribution centers, and 20 sales centers throughout California.
  • The Teamsters represent more than 7,000 workers at Bimbo Bakeries and its subsidiaries.

TEAMSTERS PRESIDENTIAL ROUNDTABLES CONTINUE WITH FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP

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Wednesday, January 24, 2024

WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Teamsters Rank-and-file Presidential Roundtables will continue on Wednesday, Jan. 31, as former President Donald Trump has committed to meet with union members, the Teamsters General Executive Board, General President Sean M. O'Brien, and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman at the union's international headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Key Points: 
  • Trump, Biden Invited to Meet with Teamsters Rank-and-File, Leadership on January 31
    WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Teamsters Rank-and-file Presidential Roundtables will continue on Wednesday, Jan. 31, as former President Donald Trump has committed to meet with union members, the Teamsters General Executive Board, General President Sean M. O'Brien, and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman at the union's international headquarters in Washington, D.C.
    President Joe Biden has been invited to join a Teamsters rank-and-file roundtable the same day.
  • The Teamsters convened its first five roundtables between rank-and-file members and declared candidates for U.S. President in December.
  • "Our members want to hear from all candidates of all parties about what they plan to do for working people as President," O'Brien said.
  • Our union wants every candidate to know that there are 1.3 million Teamsters nationwide whose votes will not be taken for granted.

Jim Fusilli Returns With THE PRICE YOU PAY

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Tuesday, January 23, 2024

NEW YORK, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A crime thriller, coming-of-age story and a family saga, THE PRICE YOU PAY is set in the mid-1970s in crumbling Jersey City, where violence and coercion reign. Young Mickey Wright is thrust into a world controlled by a powerful Teamster local. The man who put him in jeopardy: his father, a renegade policeman well-known to Jersey City's politicians and drug dealers. When a Black trucker is murdered, Mickey must choose between loyalty to his father or to values he shares with Debbie Olsen, the love of his young life who is the daughter of a stable, solidly middle-class family.

Key Points: 
  • Novelist Jim Fusilli returns with THE PRICE YOU PAY, available now from Down & Out Books.
  • The man who put him in jeopardy: his father, a renegade policeman well-known to Jersey City's politicians and drug dealers.
  • THE PRICE YOU PAY is Fusilli's tenth novel, but his first available in print in bookstores as well as via online retailers in 15 years.
  • Added Meg Gardiner, "With THE PRICE YOU PAY, Fusilli gives us a tough and heartfelt coming of age crime story—gritty, suspenseful, involving.

MORE THAN 850 MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION WORKERS IN CHICAGO JOIN TEAMSTERS

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Friday, January 19, 2024

CHICAGO, Jan. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Workers at SCR Medical Transportation, a subsidiary of Beacon Mobile, have elected Teamsters Local 727 to be their sole collective bargaining representative. After months of SCR's anti-union tactics and unlawful behavior, workers in both the Chicago Pace ADA and Chicago Public Schools/Pace Taxi Livery divisions voted yes for the union.

Key Points: 
  • CHICAGO, Jan. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Workers at SCR Medical Transportation, a subsidiary of Beacon Mobile, have elected Teamsters Local 727 to be their sole collective bargaining representative.
  • After months of SCR's anti-union tactics and unlawful behavior, workers in both the Chicago Pace ADA and Chicago Public Schools/Pace Taxi Livery divisions voted yes for the union.
  • "Despite SCR's disgusting union busting behavior, hundreds of workers voted to become Teamsters," said John Coli, Jr., Secretary-Treasurer of Local 727 in Park Ridge.
  • Teamsters Local 727 represents nearly 10,000 workers in the Chicago area across a multitude of industries, from bus drivers to trade show workers, pharmacists to zookeepers, funeral directors to parking industry workers.

TEAMSTERS: MINNESOTA PROBATION OFFICERS OVERWHELMINGLY AUTHORIZE STRIKE

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

STILLWATER, Minn., Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Probation officers in Washington County represented by Teamsters Local 320 have voted 39-1 to reject the county's final offer and authorize a strike. Teamsters are demanding that Washington County include Juneteenth as a paid holiday for workers.

Key Points: 
  • STILLWATER, Minn., Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Probation officers in Washington County represented by Teamsters Local 320 have voted 39-1 to reject the county's final offer and authorize a strike.
  • Teamsters are demanding that Washington County include Juneteenth as a paid holiday for workers.
  • "Refusing to offer these workers Juneteenth as a paid holiday when the state of Minnesota and federal government have declared it as a holiday is absolutely ridiculous," said Joshua Loahr, Business Representative at Local 320 in Minneapolis.
  • Teamsters Local 320 represents a wide variety of public sector workers throughout Minnesota.

Thousands of San Francisco City Workers Rally to Protect Public Services as Contract Negotiations Begin

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, January 17th, over 2,500 San Francisco city workers represented by multiple unions, including IFPTE Local 21 and SEIU Local 1021, flooded the steps of City Hall, spilling out onto Polk Street and the plaza. Energy and spirits were high, but the tone and message to City Hall were nonetheless serious: San Francisco needs public services more than ever, and they need to be public.

Key Points: 
  • Energy and spirits were high, but the tone and message to City Hall were nonetheless serious: San Francisco needs public services more than ever, and they need to be public.
  • "The City is wasting millions upon millions of dollars to outsource public services to companies outside of SF with very little oversight or accountability."
  • City workers in attendance were adamant in their demands to staff up, protect public services, and keep them public.
  • The Public Employee Committee of the San Francisco Labor Council brings together over 30,000 dedicated public service workers among 26 unions.

WORKERS AT OCEAN CASINO VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY TO JOIN TEAMSTERS

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Wednesday, January 17, 2024

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Valets at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 331.  

Key Points: 
  • 52 Valets Organize with Local 331, Prepare to Negotiate First Contract
    ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Valets at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 331.
  • The workers join over 5,000 casino workers nationwide represented by the Teamsters.
  • "Valets at Ocean Casino were fed up with the status quo and are ready to fight for the benefits and protections afforded by a Teamsters contract," said Tommy Blitsch, Director of the Teamsters Convention, Trade Show, and Casino Division.
  • Teamsters Local 331 is an affiliate of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and represents workers throughout Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, and Gloucester counties in New Jersey.

TEAMSTERS APPLAUD INTRODUCTION OF CARS PACKAGE ON AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Teamsters applauded the introduction of two bills in California that are part of the California Automotive Regulatory Standards (CARS) Package, a series of legislative measures that state lawmakers are prioritizing to regulate autonomous vehicles (AVs). 

Key Points: 
  • "California cannot afford to outsource the regulation of dangerous technology to Big Tech," said Peter Finn, Teamsters Western Region International Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 856.
  • We applaud Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry and Senator Cortese for introducing legislation that is essential to keeping our roads safe."
  • Either way, the Teamsters are not backing down from this fight," said Lindsay Dougherty, Teamsters Western Region International Vice President and Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 399.
  • Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.3 million hardworking people in the U.S., Canada, and Puerto Rico.

DHL-CVG TEAMSTERS RATIFY CONTRACT BY 98%

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Thursday, January 11, 2024

WASHINGTON, Jan. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Following a 12-day unfair labor practice strike that saw picket lines extended nationwide, 1,100 DHL ramp and tug workers of Teamsters Local 100 at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) have ratified their first contract with the logistics giant by a 98 percent margin.

Key Points: 
  • But the executives didn't win — workers did, and now they've got a powerful Teamsters contract to prove it," said Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien.
  • Throughout this fight, Teamsters at DHL-CVG stood strong and remained determined to secure an outstanding contract they can call their own."
  • "This collective bargaining agreement shows once again that when Teamsters fight, Teamsters win," said Teamsters General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman.
  • "The new contract at CVG and the resolve of Teamsters across the country exemplify the power of collective action.