Black Teamsters

African American Teamsters Push for Leadership Opportunities

TDU — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:53:01 -0500

June 30, 2008: Hundreds of thousands of Teamsters are African American, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at the Teamsters General Executive Board.

Teamster Takes on Racism at Kraft Foods

TDU — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:05:49 -0500

May 1, 2008: When an employee at Kraft Foods repeatedly directed the epithet “coon” at Willie Knox, the Local 445 Teamster knew he had to stand up for his rights.

Members Petition Kraft to Respect MLK Day

TDU — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:37:03 -0600

January 10, 2008: Forty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, where he was organizing support for striking sanitation workers.

TNBC Conference, Aug. 9-14, Detroit

TDU — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:46:51 -0500

May 3, 2011: The 36th Annual Educational Conference and Banquet of the Teamster National Black Caucus will be held August 9 to 14 in Detroit, Michigan.

Martin Luther King: 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike Was Powered By the Rank and File

TDU — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:44:13 -0600

“…If you stand up straight, people can’t ride your back. And that’s what we did. We stood up straight.”

That's how Taylor Rogers explains the success of the 1968 Memphis sanitation strike. Rogers was a principal organizer of the historic strike.

Martin Luther King Fought for Justice for All Workers

TDU — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:40:50 -0600

January 14, 2011: We celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, because of his leadership in the nonviolent movement for civil rights for all Americans.

Why Don’t Teamster Employers Recognize the MLK Holiday?

TDU — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 10:46:19 -0600

January 14, 2011: It has been 27 years since Dr. King’s birthday became a federal holiday, but still very few Teamster employers recognize it.

Workers left to rot by U.S. Food Service

TDU — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:15:25 -0500

August 9, 2010: When Thomas P. Samatas, co-founder of Labor One Inc., was building his business, he turned to a part of the work force that is often shunned.

Yellow told to turn over workers' list

TDU — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:17:44 -0500

July 27, 2010: Yellow Transportation must turn over the names and phone numbers of black employees who worked at the company's Chicago Ridge terminal as part of a federal lawsuit filed last year, alleging racial discrimination, according to a court ruling.

Teamsters Still Fighting for The Dream

TDU — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:06:41 -0600

January 18, 2010: This month our nation and Teamster members remember and celebrate the work of Dr. Martin Luther King and countless other civil rights activists.

22 Years of Fighting for a Stronger Local 814

TDU — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:29:18 -0600

November 3, 2009: Commercial mover Walter Taylor has been fighting for a stronger Local 814 since 1987. His efforts bore fruit in their 2009 election when Local 814 voted 72% for new leadership.

TDU’s Black Caucus Launches Webpage

TDU — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:52:58 -0500

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.

We Need a Union Leadership that Looks Like Our Membership

TDU — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:50:26 -0500

April 8, 2008: The membership of our union is changing more every year, but the top Teamster leadership has not kept pace.

Labor Notes: Nichele Fulmore—Standing Up for Women Leaders in Our Unions

TDU — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

May 1, 2007: Nichele Fulmore has been a package car driver at UPS in Lumberton, North Carolina for over 12 years.

Martin Luther King Holiday: Why Not Now?

TDU — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 13:51:43 -0600

March 5, 2007: On Jan. 15, Local 728 proudly joined in the Martin Luther King Day march here in Atlanta, Dr. King’s home and also the headquarters of UPS.

BLET Fails Trainmen in El Paso

jen — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:31:59 -0500

October 18, 2006. When the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers merged into the Teamsters two-and-a-half years ago, they added the words “and Trainmen” to the end