March 7, 2011: Governors across the country are trying to take away workers’ union rights. But most Americans are siding with the workers. A CBC News and New York Times poll found that 60 percent of Americans support the right of public sector workers to bargain collectively. “Some politicians thought that they could score points by attacking public workers. But they were picking on the people who teach our kids, pick up our trash, and...

Did you get a letter from the Office of the Election Supervisor, asking you to verify contributions that you made to TDU or to the Sandy Pope Campaign? These letters are part of a routine audit conducted by the Election Supervisor during the election period. All candidates are audited, as well as TDU, which is an independent committee. By court order, all information about donors to TDU is kept confidential by the Election Supervisor. No...

February 25, 2010: This Saturday, Americans are rallying to save the American Dream in state capitals and cities across all fifty states. They’re standing up for union rights and to support workers under attack in Wisconsin, Ohio, New Jersey, and beyond. Click here to find a rally near you.

February 18, 2011: Rank and file leaders in Local 901 have won a federal court injunction returning them to full membership and their steward positions. Local 901 officials illegally expelled Migadalia Magriz and Silvia Rivera from the Teamsters for the “crime” of showing solidarity with striking Coca Cola workers. But yesterday, a federal court issued an injunction reinstating them to full membership rights and their shop steward positions. It’s the latest legal victory for Teamster...

February 18, 2010: Labor and community supporters are rallying to protect good jobs and quality bus service in Vermont. Labor and community supporters rallied at City Hall in Burlington, Vt. to support Teamster bus drivers. United by the slogan, “We’re all on this bus together,” passengers, drivers, mechanics, students and members of other unions, crammed a City Hall auditorium to back drivers’ contract proposals to protect drivers and improve bus service. Drivers voted down a...

UPDATED February 17, 2011: The docket is now available for the first UPS national panel of the year, March 7-9 at the Westin Beach Resort in Ft. Lauderdale. Click here to read the docket of cases that will be heard. Click here to read the docket for the Joint National Air Committee. The UPS National Grievance Committee settles disputes and other grievances that have been deadlocked at both the local and regional levels. The panel...

February 1, 2011: UPS profits soared to $5.8 billion after taxes in 2010, the company announced on Feb. 1. Brown’s profits hit $1.8 billion for the fourth quarter, including peak. In all, the company had $49.8 billion of revenue for the year. The corporation’s profits went up much faster than its revenue—a 48 percent increase in profits, compared to an 8 percent rise in revenue. Why? Because UPS is squeezing more profit out of each...

The 2011 TDU Convention will be held the weekend of Sept 30 - Oct 1-2 at the Cleveland Airport Sheraton, a recently remodeled hotel conveniently near the Cleveland Airport. Make your plans now to be there! The Convention will be approximately three weeks before the ballots are mailed in the International Union election.

January 24, 2011: Wall Street greed and the corporate attack on unions has triggered a crisis in our pensions. Teamster officials didn’t cause this crisis. But they have a responsibility to put forward a plan to address this problem and defend our pensions. A survey of 18 Teamster multi-employer pension funds, including all of the largest funds and several smaller funds in the East, reveals that all but one are in either “critical” or “endangered”...

January 24, 2011: A coalition of Teamster locals is fighting to protect warehouse distribution jobs in the Northeast. Local 863 members are leafleting to warn customers about the destruction of good jobs when our communities need them most.C&S, the largest third party warehouse distributor in the country, is threatening Teamster jobs up and down the East Coast. The company has issued a WARN Act notice and announced plans to eliminate 1,400 Teamster jobs. For years,...