Teamster Voice 276 January 2012
Taking Aim at Corporate Greed
January 4, 2012: A year ago, Corporate America unleashed an attack from Wisconsin to Ohio to strip union workers’ rights. Labor has scored a series of victories to start to turn the tide. Can unions and the 99% movement turn up the heat on Wall Street and Corporate Greed?
Election Over, Hoffa Takes Aim at Your Right to Vote
December 2, 2011: Top Hoffa officials are calling for an end to Teamster elections. Teamsters fought to win the Right to Vote—and we’ll fight to keep it.
Annual $150,000 Club Report
December 16, 2011: Teamsters for a Democratic Union believes members have a right to know where our dues money goes.
A Message from Sandy Pope: What our Campaign Accomplished
December 2, 2011: Our campaign to elect new leadership didn’t succeed. But we can be proud of what we accomplished.
TDU: Fighting for the Future
December 2, 2011: The Teamster election is over.
Join TDU
Information Source. Contract Enforcer. Watchdog. TDU is made up of Teamsters making a difference. Are you ready to do your part?
Analyzing the Election Results
December 2, 2011: More than 250,000 Teamster members cast their ballots in a hotly contested three-way race for Teamster General President.
N.Y. Teamsters, Verizon Workers March for the 99%
December 2, 2011: New York Teamsters joined union members at Verizon in a rally and march against Corporate Greed in New York City.
Union Leaders March on Bridges, Demand Jobs Bill
December 2, 2011: Unions organized marches on bridges across the country on Nov. 17 to draw attention to how federal funding to fix ailing infrastructure in the country could put unemployed people back to work.
Teamsters Are the 99%
December 2, 2011: Greedy Wall Street banks and their risky investment schemes drove the economy over the cliff. The big banks got bailed out. Profits and executive compensation are back to record levels.
But working people, including Teamster members, remain behind the eight ball.
Ohio Voters Veto Union-Busting Law
December 2, 2011: Anti-union politicians tried to ram through the worst union-busting law in Ohio’s history.
Why Should Teamsters Pay the Price for Wall Street Greed?
December 9, 2011: When Wall Street greed crashed the stock market in 2008, my pension fund, Central States, lost $9.5 billion. This year, it will have to make $2.2 billion just to tread water.
West Coast Teamsters Fight for the 99%
December 2, 2011: Teamsters have joined protests in support of the 99% movement up and down the West Coast. In Los Angeles, Teamsters demonstrated at the airport in solidarity with Qantas workers.
Teamsters Take On the 1% at Sotheby’s
December 2, 2011: Sotheby’s, the auction house for the super-rich on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, pulled in $680 million last year. That hasn’t stopped management from demanding across-the-board concessions and the replacement of Teamster jobs with part-time, nonunion temp jobs.
United Airlines Mechanics: Contract Rejection Wins Better Deal
December 16, 2011: When 4,500 United Airline mechanics rejected the International Union’s proposed contract last June, they were told they would end up with something worse.
Organizing for the 2013 Contract
December 16, 2011: UPS Freight Teamsters from a number of terminals including Akron, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Orlando, Austin, Portland and northern and southern California have met by conference calls to form a national network and prepare for the upcoming contract.
Make UPS Deliver in 2012
December 16, 2011: Hoffa and Hall have promised UPS will curb production harassment, hire more package drivers and respect members’ 9.5 rights.
It’s up to Teamster members to hold Hoffa and Hall to their pledge and to Make UPS Deliver on these commitments.
Three Bungee Cords and A Disaster Waiting to Happen
December 9, 2011: Jokes about bubble gum and bailing wire, band-aids and duct tape are commonly used to describe shoddy workmanship or slapstick repair in every workplace.






