The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference has reauthorized strikes against CN and CPKC. (Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves) This story originally appeared on Trains.com LAVAL, Quebec — Members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference have voted to reauthorize strikes at CPKC and CN, the union announced Saturday. Overall, 89.5% of union members participated in the vote, with 98.6% […]
Teamsters union General President Sean O’Brien will be a guest at the Republican National Convention next month, with a speaking role that sharply contrasts with other labor leaders’ embrace of President Joe Biden. Former President Donald Trump announced the appearance by O’Brien, whose union hasn’t made an endorsement yet, on his social media platform. “Our […]
CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — The president of the Teamsters Union is set to speak at next month’s Republican National Convention, as Donald Trump angles to chip away at President Joe Biden’s support among the blue-collar workers who are expected to play a major role in the general election, particularly in crucial Midwestern swing states like […]
Ahead of their fight for what they’re calling a historic contract, Teamsters Local Union 8 members rallied outside of the Toftrees Golf Resort Thursday morning, an hour before their negotiations began inside. The Teamsters Local Union 8 represents 2,600 people employed at Penn State, including some at the commonwealth campuses. A group of nearly 50 […]
A Massachusetts Senator joins the fight with one of the state’s largest labor unions over a pair of bills that would protect workers for app-based companies from having their compensation and benefits undercut by their employer. Members of Teamsters Local 25 were joined by State Senator Lydia Edwards, D – Third Suffolk, in Boston’s Charlestown […]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Tuesday made Social Security a key part of his pitch to the Teamsters leadership in a closed-door meeting as the powerful labor union weighs its 2024 endorsement. Speaking with the leadership board, Biden discussed labor issues and Social Security a day after former President Donald Trump said in a […]
The head of the Teamsters union emerged from a meeting with President Joe Biden on Tuesday with warm words for his labor record but said any potential endorsement would be a ways down the road. “Historically the Teamsters union do not make an endorsement until after the respective conventions,” General President Sean O’Brien told reporters […]
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will visit the Teamsters’ headquarters on March 12 as the influential labor union weighs its presidential endorsement. Biden will also participate in a roundtable with rank-and-file members and meet with the union’s leadership here, the union announced Tuesday. The Teamsters boast 1.3 million members. “We realize that President Biden’s time […]
President Joe Biden will meet with members of the Teamsters on March 12 as the influential union weights its endorsement strategy for the coming elections, after interviewing former President Donald Trump last month. “We realize that President Biden’s time is limited and we appreciate that he is making it a priority to meet with Teamsters,” […]
WASHINGTON — The Teamsters’ political action committee broke decades of precedent last month when the union leadership voted to approve a $45,000 donation to the Republican National Committee’s convention fund. In recent years, Teamsters donations have been given primarily to Democrats. This year’s donation to the RNC convention fund marked the labor union’s pivot to […]
WASHINGTON — The Teamsters union’s political action committee donated $45,000 to the Republican National Committee’s convention fund in January, according to federal election commission disclosures. The Teamsters PAC’s donations overwhelmingly go toward Democrats, but the $45,000 donation marks the first significant donation to the RNC in years. The fund is specifically designated for the convention […]
None of the incumbents on the Springfield school board won the support of Teamsters Local No. 245 and the Springfield Labor Council. The two labor groups jointly endorsed three candidates for the April 2 election: Jeremy Manley, the local teamsters president, initially hoped to finalize the endorsement process two weeks ago but inclement weather and […]