TEAMSTERS PROTEST AT&T AT NBA PLAYOFFS
BOSTON, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday night, members of Teamsters Local 25 educated fans attending the Boston Celtics-Miami Heat NBA Eastern Conference Finals about AT&T's abuse of its workers. AT&T [NYSE: T] is the primary sponsor of the series.
- "From Boston to Alaska, Teamsters will always fight back wherever a multi-billion-dollar corporation tries to exploit working people," said Sean M. O'Brien, Teamsters General President.
- I'm proud of them, and of my hometown Local 25 members for showing solidarity with their brothers and sisters in Alaska."
- Outside of the TD Garden, the Teamsters distributed leaflets that described AT&T's behavior toward its employees in Alaska who are members of Teamsters Local 959, and held banners that asked the NBA not to assist "AT&T's Price Hikes and Worker Abuse."
- Founded in 1903, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters represents 1.2 million hardworking men and women throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.