The Hoffa administration has pulled the plug on Teamster organizing among thousands of Florida public sector corrections officers by revoking the charter of Teamster Local 2011.  

A Hoffa-appointed panel has found Hoffa’s Executive Assistant Willie Smith not guilty after Smith was caught taking Playboy Super Bowl Party tickets from Teamster employer Southern Wine & Spirits. Their miscarriage of justice will now go before Judge Barbara Jones for review. (Reprinted from Teamsters United)

“We are out here today because everybody knows that our democracy has been stolen,” said Jed Dodd, Chairman of the BMWED [Penn Federation], before being arrested on Monday. “A democracy with endless gifts for legislators and severely gerrymandered districts, where the people’s voice isn’t heard, is not a democracy. We are tired of this. We are prepared to take our country back.”

One hundred Teamsters gathered in Queens, NY this last Sunday for a day-long Teamster Education Conference.

More than fifty supporters of the reform movement, and some good Teamsters, turned out in Chicago last Saturday afternoon for some solidarity and to raise money for Teamster Power.

Over 20,000 AT&T Wireless workers will go on strike Friday if they do not reach an agreement on a new contract. Here’s how you can support them. 

[Reprinted from Teamsters United] Our movement made history yesterday when six Teamsters United leaders were inaugurated as International Union Vice Presidents at the Teamsters Unity Conference.

Major political and labor leaders vowed to back pension protection for retirees at a rally of 400 people in the Minnesota State Capitol rotunda in St. Paul on Tuesday.

From Labor Notes: Organizing against 'Right-to-Work' will not only boost membership, but also get more members engaged and help us win on issues.

UPS announced today that it made $1.16 billion in profits in the first quarter. But with contract negotiations coming, management is preaching “cost control.”