Contract Negotiations
Who Says You Can’t Win Big In a Bad Economy?
June 1, 2010: Local 814 members have won a record contract that restores healthcare cuts, saves their pensions, and delivers wage increases to the lowest-paid members.
( categories: Contract Negotiations | Local Union Reform | NY-NJ TDU | resource | Teamster Voice 266 June/July 2010 )
Bargaining to Preserve Jobs
April 10, 2009: Times are tough and many employers are telling members that they have to sacrifice or they’ll lose their jobs. That doesn’t mean our union has to take cuts lying down.
How Local 814 Teamsters Stopped a Decade of Givebacks
August 1, 2008: Local 814 Teamsters at Sotheby’s Auction House work for a company that makes mega-profits selling priceless art to the super rich.
( categories: Contract Negotiations | Convoy 253 August 2008 | Featured News | Local Union Reform | NY-NJ TDU | resource )
How to Fight Mid-Contract Changes
The ink is not even dry on your new contract and management is already trying to make changes. Can they get away with it?
( categories: Contract Negotiations | resource )
Bargaining Healthcare Benefits
February 2, 2012: Employers are trying to push rising healthcare costs onto workers and their families.
WSJ: Lockout Tests Union's Clout
January 30, 2012: LONDON, Ontario—Outside a rail locomotive factory owned by Caterpillar Inc. here, locked-out workers have set up a trailer and a wooden shack to keep warm between bouts of waving union flags and shouting slogans. In a high-profile test of union clout in Canada, they are digging in for what looks like a long struggle.
Can the International Union Help You Win a Better Contract?
October 13, 2011: Teamster employers operate nationally and even globally. But most Teamster contracts are bargained locally—with little International Union backing.
( categories: 2011 IBT Election | Contract Negotiations | resource | Teamster Voice 275 October 2011 )
Watch the Video: Bus Drivers Speak Out
December 3, 2010: Bus drivers in Vermont are organizing for a better contract.
( categories: Contract Negotiations | resource )
Labor Notes: Mid-Term Concessions
July 21, 2009: Every day it’s front page news. Another company closes, big unions take concessions, municipal workers go on furlough.
Bargaining to Build a Better Union
Contract negotiations can be an opportunity to win better wages and working conditions—and to build union power. As members, how can we make a difference at contract time?
No Contract, No Peace! A Guide to Running an Effective Inside Campaign
The following article is an excerpt from the new book Strikes, Picketing and Inside Campaigns by Robert M. Schwartz.
