Are you coming to the TDU Convention? Register by Sept. 1 to get $25 off your registration. From Friday, Sept. 30 to Sunday, Oct. 2, the TDU Convention will feature over a dozen educational classes and talks from some of the best leaders in our union. Sandy Pope will deliver the keynote address. Find out what’s in store at the TDU Convention. Register now and and get the discounted rate.

August 24, 2011: The IBT has filed objections to the recent vote of United Airlines and Continental fleet service workers. The International Association of Machinists won the vote narrowly (by 311 votes) over the IBT, to represent the 14,000 workers. The IBT statement is here. The official vote tally is availble here.

August 24, 2011: The national UPS Freight grievance panel will meet Sept. 14-16 in San Diego—and many locals continue to grieve subcontracting out of Teamster work. Click here to download the docket.

August 19, 2011: Watch the video of Teamsters Local 814 President Jason Ide talk about the lockout at Sotheby’s and the strike at Verizon. Video courtesy of the Center for Working Families.

August 17, 2011: On August 12, Ken Hall came to the Earth City hub near St. Louis to campaign, and so UPS management tidied the place up for him. There are usually a number of nonunion trailers in the yard with UPS packages, including Werner and Con-Way. Before Hall arrived, the trailers were held out of town at the Kingdom City truck stop. Management even told the guards not to allow Werner or Con-Way to...

August 12, 2011: I’m writing you from the campaign trail.  I’m in the middle of a Rust Belt Tour that’s taken me through Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and Detroit.  The response has been overwhelming.  Everywhere I go members tell me Hoffa’s time is up and we need a new General President that will stand up to employers, protect our contracts and benefits and rebuild our union’s power. I have no doubt we can win this election. ...

August 9, 2011: Take action to support 45,000 workers on strike to save good union jobs at Verizon. In the last four years, Verizon made $19 billion in profits. But management is demanding across-the-board concessions, including steep cuts in workers' healthcare and pensions. Sound familiar? Many Teamsters have faced similar demands for concessions. CWA members are saying No Way. They've put up picket lines at Verizon from Massachusetts to Virginia and they've launched a leafleting...

August 2, 2011: Hoffa has chickened-out of the official campaign debate, and has designated Ken Hall as his stand-in. Hall will debate Sandy Pope on September 7 in Washington DC, in the forum sponsored by the Election Supervisor. Click here to read more at Sandy Pope’s website, and to find out how to attend or get a DVD of the debate.

July 26, 2011: UPS made $1.06 Billion in profits after taxes from April to June this year. That’s an increase of 26 percent (or more than $150 million) over the $845 million in profits the company made during the same period last year. Overall, company revenue increased by 8.1 percent to $13.2 billion for the quarter. UPS released these figures in a quarterly earnings announcement. Profits from the company’s package division were up by 29...

July 23, 2011: YRC will soon have a new CEO, whose name will be familiar to many former Yellow Teamsters: James L. Welch. This will be announced tomorrow by YRC, but word has leaked out for the past two weeks. An article in DC Velocity is available here. Welch was the CEO of Yellow Transportation until 2007, so it appears to be a reunion of sorts, bringing a Yellow veteran back to the driver’s seat....