September 29, 2008: Striking Teamsters voted Sunday to accept a new labor agreement and return to work as soon as Wednesday.
Members of Local 200 approved the new deal by a more than 2-to-1 ratio. In a statement from the Teamsters leadership, the union conceded that striking workers "made a difficult decision with this vote."
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Vermont Local 597 Teamsters rallied and marched at UPS near Burlington to protest management’s refusal to pay out millions of dollars in grievances. Holding signs that said “Time to Pay Up” Local 597 members spoke out about grueling overtime and runaway contract violations.
The Teamsters Independent Investigations Officer, Judge Timothy Hillman, has recommended that charges be filed against Albany Local 294 President Thomas Quackenbush for illegally converting union funds into thousands of dollars in gifts for its retiring principal officer.
