TDU Welcomes BMWE Members to the Teamsters
November 4, 2004: On October 27, members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes (BMWE), who lay and maintain railroad tracks, voted by a large margin to merge with the IBT.
Convoy 222 November/December 2004
TDU Elects New Leadership
November 4, 2004: TDU members at our organization’s convention took time to do a little campaigning and to elect the TDU International Steering Committee (ISC) for the coming year.
Reform Victory in Atlanta: Members First Slate Wins
The Members First Slate, headed by president-elect Randy Brown, won the Local 728 election on November 19.
Engineer Urges Railroad Teamsters to Join TDU
November 4, 2004: I am a Locomotive Engineer on the Union Pacific Railroad with 34 years of service, and am on my third term as president of Division 724 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Yellow Goes for "Premium Service" in the Midwest
November 4, 2004: Yellow Freight has proposed to add Premium Service boards at 33 terminals in Pennsylvania and across the Midwest, in a change of operations slated to be heard on Dec.
Non-Union Labor at Charlotte ABF
November 4, 2004: A non-union operator seems to be taking over the ABF cartage operation in Charlotte, N.C.
Gate Gourmet Tries to Break Union
November 4, 2004: Gate Gourmet, whose 10,500 employees provide food services to airlines and railroads, is trying to break our union. The current contract expired June 1.
Teamsters Plan for the Future
November 4, 2004: Hundreds of Teamsters attended the 29th annual TDU Convention in Cleveland last month to chart the course of the reform movement for the coming year.
Court Finds Hoffa Trusteeship Legal
November 4, 2004: On Nov. 9 federal judge Kathleen O’Malley issued a temporary restraining order against James Hoffa’s trusteeship of Cleveland Local 293.
Review Board Charges Chicago Power Broker
November 4, 2004: The Independent Review Board (IRB) on Oct. 14 charged Joseph Bernstein with associating with Billy Hogan, who was banned from the Teamsters in May 2002.
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