Each year the Teamster Rank and File Education and Legal Defense Foundation (TRF) analyzes hundreds of LM-2 financial reports and IRS 990 tax forms, which have been filed by locals, joint councils, conferences, and the IBT. Then we publish the 150,000 Club Report, an annual report of Teamster officers who make more than $150,000. This information is factual and nonpartisan, and includes complete listing of every officer we have salary data for. Hoffa, Hall and...

September 25, 2014: Teamster membership loss is outpacing organizing efforts since Hoffa took office. A new report looks at Teamster organizing and what can be done to turn it around.   Teamster organizing dropped precipitously the first year that Hoffa took office—and with a few notable exceptions, it has slumped since.   Those are the findings of a new report by the Teamster Rank & File Education and Legal Defense Foundation (TRF).   To prepare the study, TRF reviewed all available organizing data from the National...

September 24, 2014: One area where our union has made a long-term strategic commitment is the Port Worker organizing campaign.   In a global economy, workers have leverage at key points in the logistics and distribution chain-trucking, warehousing and ports—but only if we’re organized. Port workers are at a critical chokepoint in that logistics chain.   As part of the Port Organizing campaign, the union has built alliances with environmental groups and community organizations. Because almost all port drivers are wrongly classified as independent contractors,...