Last Thursday, rank-and-file rail Teamsters launched a campaign for direct elections in the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Workers (BMWED-IBT). 

Members in some areas are reporting that managers are calling drivers into the office based on in-cab sensors that supposedly detect distracted driving.

Watch the recording of our webinar on truck safety and how to use our whistleblower rights under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STAA), with Paul Taylor of the Truckers Justice Center. Click here or watch below to learn about STAA protections and how to enforce them, and hear answers to common questions.

Layoffs. Harassment. Petty discipline. UPS management is on a tear. It’s a horrible way to run a company, but sadly it’s nothing new. In 2009, TDU exposed a UPS management memo promising to cut costs by harassing employees and violating the contract. Fifteen years later, it’s the same crap and worse.

With a strike deadline looming, the Teamsters and Anheuser-Busch reached a tentative agreement on a new contract. The IBT reports that the new contract increases job security, raises wages by $8 an hour, including an immediate $4 an hour in the first year, ends two-tier healthcare, and increases pensions. Bud Teamsters will be able to review all contract changes before the ratification vote which is expected to be held next week. 

Updated: With a strike brewing, the Teamsters and Anheuser-Busch reached a tentative agreement on a new contract on Wednesday, February 28. 

Will a proposed new LTL trucking company, Next Century, be able to acquire some of Yellow’s properties and operate as a union carrier? It may be a long-shot, but Teamster locals have voted in favor of the effort.

It’s been widely reported that the IBT settled a lawsuit with 13 African American and Latino organizers for $2.9 million. Settling the case avoids long, expensive litigation. What’s behind the lawsuit and settlement and what does it mean for our union’s future?

UPS executives and Wall Street investors are crying because the company made “only” $9.9 billion in profits last year. The company will lay off 12,000 full and part-time managers as a result. Unlike management, Teamsters can fight layoffs. Here’s how.