July 24, 2008: Under regulations that take effect Aug.

July 21, 2008: In a stinging letter Friday, garbage hauler Republic Services rejected an unsolicited $6.19 billion cash offer from larger rival Waste Management, saying the proposal "seriously

July 17, 2008: Are new sensors appearing on your package car? UPS is expanding its use of new technology to monitor vehicles, and drivers, like never before.

July 14, 2008: It’s official. InBev will take over Anheuser-Busch to become the largest brewer in the world—leaving Teamsters to worry about their jobs and their future.

July 14, 2008: Bottling and delivery workers at Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

July 11, 2008: Anheuser-Busch Cos. has opened talks to sell itself to the Belgian brewer InBev in a friendly deal, according to news reports.

July 11, 2008: YRC Worldwide Inc. has frozen a pension plan for about 6,000 nonunion employees as it prepares to introduce a plan to cover all 17,000 members of its nonunion work force.

July 11, 2008: Concrete truck drivers went on strike Wednesday morning, throwing a wrench in the Capital Region’s construction business as it kicks into high gear.

July 10, 2008: Allowing states to raise commercial-truck weight limits by 21 percent would save fuel and reduce traffic and emissions, boosting profits for freight haulers, an executive of the larg

Q: Why are Fred Zuckerman and the IBT PR department lying about TDU and the Carhaul contract? A: Because the truth hurts.

July 9, 2008: Carhaul locals are holding meetings to sell the proposed carhaul deal. But the concessions are getting a chilly reception.

July 9, 2008: Check the label on your UPS uniform. Odds are it's manufactured outside the USA. And you can bet it comes from a nonunion manufacturer.

July 9, 2008: If InBev succeeds in taking over Anheuser-Busch, the beverage giant may lay off employees and replace full-time jobs with part-time jobs.

July 3, 2008: Most of New York City’s largest construction projects ground to a halt or near-halt on Tuesday because of an unanticipated strike by more than 400 cement-truck drivers.

July 3, 2008: The heads of the United Steelworkers and the United Kingdom-based Unite the Union July 2 signed an agreement clearing the way for the creation of Workers Uniting, the world's firs

July 3, 2008: On Wednesday, over 600 drivers and warehouse Teamsters in San Diego went out on strike against Coca Cola Enterprises (CCE) to support Coke strikers in Oceanside, Calif.

July 2, 2008: The proposed carhaul contract is out, and it’s ugly: it includes concessions that would radically drag down our job security and quality of work.

July 2, 2008: A federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that a Teamster official who stole a union election must repay his salary and benefits.

July 2, 2008: The U.S.

July 2, 2008: Anheuser-Busch Cos. executives may fret about InBev's proposed takeover, but a deal would mean a big payout for senior managers.

July 1, 2008: Tomorrow union officials will meet in Detroit to discuss the details of the national carhaul contract.

June 30, 2008: The combination of rising fuel costs and the recent strike at American Axle & Manufacturing Holding Inc.

June 30, 2008: A federal judge June 26 enjoined the pending merger between the United Transportation Union and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, finding that UTU members were not a

June 27, 2008: In a victory for rank-and-file democracy, Judge John Adams has issued a preliminary injunction stopping the merger of the United Transportation Union and the Sheet Metal Workers.

June 27, 2008: The board of Anheuser-Busch has rejected InBev’s bid to purchase the company, but the takeover is far from over.

June 27, 2008: The International Union is being even more secretive than usual about what is in the proposed tentative carhaul contract.

June 27, 2008: Interstate Bakeries Corp. must file a new reorganization plan by Monday and get support from its unions or provide a liquidation strategy to its lenders.

June 26, 2008: Republic Services Inc. agreed Monday to buy larger rival Allied Waste Industries Inc.

June 26, 2007: The Anheuser-Busch board will reject the takeover bid by InBev, but Bud Teamsters aren’t out of danger yet.

June 23, 2008: If you think that filling up your car is expensive, just be glad you don't have a 240-gallon tank and a vehicle that gets five miles to the gallon.

June 23, 2008: Union leaders representing InBev workers in Brazil, Canada and Europe have a simple message for Anheuser-Busch employees if InBev takes control of the St.

June 20, 2008: The IBT and carhaul employers have reached a tentative agreement to present to the members.

June 17, 2008: In the wake of PTS's closure, carhaul employers are trying to violate the national contract and deny the right of PTS Teamsters to follow their work.

June 17, 2008: International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President James P.

June 17, 2008: A five-day strike by members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters against financially troubled Performance Transportation Services and its subsidiaries ended June 13 when th

June 13, 2008: All UPS Teamsters will be missing something this summer: a cost of living raise of 15¢ per hour.

June 13, 2008: For the second time, Teamsters union officials have taken Local 714 out of the hands of a member of the Hogan family.

June 12, 2008: As the Teamster strike against PTS nears the end, Teamsters report seeing nonunion rigs pulling cars and trucks out of a few production plants and ports.

June 12, 2008: On June 9 the International Union finally followed the recommendation of the Independent Review Board (IRB) and placed Chicago Local 714 into trusteeship.

June 12, 2008: Truck drivers in Spain are on strike for the fourth day in a row over rising fuel costs.

June 11, 2008: The restructuring of DHL's air network will reach down to the ground as well when ABF Freight System begins delivering a portion of the domestic freight affected by DHL's ser

June 11, 2008: Members of the United Transportation Union, which represents approximately 45,000 employees of more than 30 freight railroads, have voted to ratify a retroactive collective bargainin

June 9, 2008: Starting at 9 AM this morning, 1,250 Teamster carhaulers went on strike at Peformance Transportation Services.

June 9, 2008: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters sent its members on strike at 9 this morning against the nation's No.

June 6, 2008: A U.S. bankruptcy court judge approved PTS’s request for a 15 percent wage cut. Will a strike by Teamster carhaulers be next?

June 4, 2008: International Brotherhood of Teamsters-represented employees at major U.S.

June 3, 2008: Last week DHL announced major cuts, including eliminating many outlying stations, outsourcing more delivery to the post office, and contracting out its air operations to UPS.

June 3, 2008: Teamster owner-operators may see a little more money in their pockets if Congress passes a new law stopping middlemen from skimming fuel surcharges.

May 30, 2008: Performance Transportation Services (PTS) is the latest Teamster employer to ask a bankruptcy court to impose concessions on its workers—and 1,300 carhaulers are facing cuts.

May 28, 2008: DHL unveiled a far-reaching restructuring of its troubled U.S.

May 28, 2008: Deutsche Post AG, Europe's biggest mail carrier, will shrink its U.S. network, fire workers and transfer some deliveries to United Parcel Service Inc.

May 28, 2008: The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced May 27 that it has reached a tentative agreement with Denver-based Frontier Airlines for wage and benefit concessions as the compa

May 23, 2008: Legislation to create a national database of drug and alcohol tests results from commercial truck drivers will be drafted by the House Transportation Committee, lawmakers said May 21.

May 23, 2008: The Freight Division has given local unions eight Memoranda of Understanding that the union has signed with the freight carriers.

May 19, 2008: Citing high diesel and insurance costs as well as the the economic downturn, Jevic Transportation of Delanco said today that it was ceasing operations after 27 years.

May 16, 2008: The Central States Pension Fund plans to extend the 2002 pension cuts until approximately 2028, according to plan documents obtained by Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU).

May 16, 2008: At hearings on May 12-13, the Teamster Freight Division heard Yellow, Roadway and Holland present proposed changes of operations to take advantage of new freight contract language.

May 12, 2008: This week, the IRS will start sending out economic stimulus checks. You'll be getting one in the weeks to come.

May 12, 2008: Representatives of UPS Freight and the International Association of Machinists are scheduled to begin negotiations June 23 on a first contract that would cover about 200 auto mechanic

Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU) is an organization of working Teamsters like you. For 30 years, TDU members have worked to win strong contracts and benefits in freight and at UPS.

May 6, 2008: Complaints of union collusion to hire nonunion convention labor spur revolt, the Las Vegas Sun reports.

May 6, 2008: An official from Sen.

May 6th, 2008: The focus of yesterday’s Teamster flap—it hasn’t quite reached ’gatehood yet—centered on whether or not Obama wants to reduce federal oversight of the country’s fourth-la

May 5, 2008: Sen.

May 21, 2008: School bus drivers in New York City are showing that persistence pays off—literally. Ask Juan Carlos Rodriguez, a Local 854 Teamster and member of Teamsters for a Democratic Union.

April 24, 2008: In the first complaint of its kind, the AFL-CIO and six Guatemalan labor unions April 23 alleged violations of the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement's (CA

April 23, 2008: UPS Inc., the world's largest shipping carrier, said Wednesday its profit rose 7.5 percent in the first quarter, though it was affected by the weakening U.S. economy.

April 23, 2008: Trucking company Arkansas Best Corp.

April 21, 2008: Roadway and Yellow both submitted changes of operations that mark the beginning of the new “utility driver” model.

April 21, 2008: UPS Teamsters in New York have overwhelmingly voted for changes that will put more pension and contract information in the hands of the members.

April 18, 2008: Eleven truck drivers filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia April 9 against the Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. and New Bern Transport Inc.

April 17, 2008: Teamsters for a Democratic Union is a movement of Teamsters who want to make our union stronger and more accountable to working and retired Teamsters.

April 9, 2008: After two months of demanding more information about the pension cuts in Local 355, members are finally getting some answers.

April 9, 2008: Members of International Brotherhood of Teamsters have ratified by an 89 percent majority a 64-month national UPS Freight agreement to cover an estimated 9,900 truck drivers and dock

April 8, 2008: The Black Caucus of Teamsters for a Democratic Union has launched a webpage to share and highlight the work of African American Teamsters to build a strong union.

April 7, 2008: The Teamsters union said on Monday that 9,900 workers at United Parcel Service Inc trucking unit UPS Freight have ratified a five-year contract with UPS that also makes them members

April 1, 2008: Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen have ratified a collective bargaining agreement with Amtrak covering approximately 1,300 locomotive engineers, the uni

April 7, 2008: Our union is now nearly 10,000 members strong at UPS Freight, as members voted this weekend to ratify a new contract that brings them into our union.

March 31, 2008: United Airlines mechanics overwhelmingly chose the Teamsters Union as their collective bargaining representative by a vote of 4,113-2,631, the National Mediation Board announced Mon

March 31, 2008: A federal judge in Indiana March 25 certified 19 separate classes of current and former FedEx Ground delivery drivers in as many states who are claiming that the company misclassifi

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April 18, 2008: “‘Red Zone’—Why it is better than the ‘Yellow Zone’”: That’s the surprising headline that appeared in a newsletter issued by the Central States Fund in March.