May 16, 2007: Jim Hoffa and Ken Hall promised that early negotiations would send a message to every Teamster employer not to mess with our pension funds.
With UPS and other employers trying to break out of the Central States, what message will we send now? See Ken Hall’s pledge to the Teamster Convention.
Batesville Products workers in Lawrenceburg, Indiana are done waiting on union-busting stall tactics. Now they've gone on strike to demand that their company recognizes their union.
UPS Teamsters are already reeling from layoffs and building closures under Carol Tomé and “Better, Not Bigger.” Now, Amazon is escalating its attack on union package delivery jobs. On May 4, Amazon announced it is launching Amazon Supply Chain Services to compete directly with UPS for business-to-business deliveries.
