December 11, 2012: Listen to the soon-to-be hit holiday single recorded by a Teamster "on a regularly scheduled break."  At least one driver is still in a good mood at peak. Hang in there UPS Teamsters. Peak can't last forever.

December 11, 2012: More than 12,000 union members and supporters flooded the State Capitol in Michigan to protest the passage of Right-to-Work (for Less) legislation. Police closed the Capitol to visitors when it reached capacity of 2,200 people. More than 10,000 Teamsters, Autoworkers, teachers, building trades workers, other union members and public supporters swarmed the outside. The House passed a Right to Work bill covering public sector workers by 58 to 51. The state's Senate...

Join Teamsters who are fighting back against Right-to-Work (for Less) legislation in Michigan. On Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 9 am, Teamsters, other union members and community supporters will rally in the State Capitol against the Right-to-Work legislation that is being rammed through the Michigan legislature.  If you live in Michigan, email your State Representative and State Senator today and urge them to VOTE “NO” on Right-to-Work (for Less) when it comes up for a final...

December 7, 2012: Michigan workers and unions have been hit with "right to work" legislation which would outlaw union contract clauses with employers that require all workers to pay dues or a fair share fee. The bill passed the Michigan House yesterday in a sneak attack; it was rushed through the lame-duck session with no hearings held on the important bill. Many of the bill’s supporters will not be in office next month when the newly-elected...

November 30, 2012: On November 29 officers from all freight locals met in Kansas City to hear the International Union's plans for bargaining with ABF, including a union proposal for a two-year contract. The meeting, which lasted only a little over an hour, was conducted by Gordon Sweeton and Tyson Johnson of the IBT Freight Division, who distributed the union's initial bargaining proposals. We encourage members to review these proposals. The union's economic proposals: A...

November 29, 2012: The International Union has given UPS Freight a new Letter Of Agreement (LOA) which allows the company to have two different wage scales for clerks at various terminals. This is supposedly a national master agreement. The surprise deal gives clerks at a number of terminals a 2.5% lower wage scale than the master provides for; they also lose five months of 3.5% retroactive pay.  A full-time clerk making union scale will lose...

November 28, 2012: On the eve of bargaining with ABF, the International Union has given the company a 65¢ per hour concession in the 13 western states. Members were not consulted, and most are still unaware of the giveback. The concession was quietly implemented on August 1, by prior arrangement between ABF and the Hoffa administration. On that date, ABF was required by the contract to increase pension and health and welfare payments by $1...

November 26, 2012: A report uncovers an embezzlement scandal by Teamster officials. It's a new chapter in an old story. Why can't Hoffa kick the corruption habit? The Independent Review Board has issued an exhaustive 139-page report detailing scams to divert union funds to Minnesota Local 120 officials and their family and friends. Click here to download the report. The corruption occurred right under the nose of the Hoffa administration, which turned a blind eye....

The first "$100,000Club" in 1976.(Copies of thishistoric book areavailable from TDU.) November 26, 2012: It started in the mid-1970s, with an organization called PROD, the Professional Drivers Council. PROD collected hundreds of LM-2 financial reports on Teamster locals, joint councils and the International and began to analyze them, tracing all the multiple salaries, family connections, and more. The "$100,000 Club" was born. In 1979 PROD and TDU joined hands in one organization. TDU has published...

Wal-Mart workers are planning a series of strikes and protests on Black Friday. We stand with them! An organization of Wal-Mart workers is launching a series of strikes on Black Friday to protest Walmart's retaliation against workers' attempts to organize at the anti-labor retail giant. Workers are planning to strike in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, Milwaukee, Washington D.C., Oklahoma, Mississippi, Louisiana and Minnesota. Employees and supporters are organizing 1,000 protests around the country at...