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Teamsters Opts To Not Endorse Either Harris Or Trump For Upcoming Presidential Elections, Citing Failure To Secure Pledges Of Non-Interference In Union Campaigns
Thursday, September 19, 2024 - 5:33am | 366The International Brotherhood of Teamsters will not endorse any candidate for U.S. President, the union said on Wednesday. What Happened: The General Executive Board of the 1.3 million member union elected to not endorse any candidate after receiving “few commitments” on union issues...
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Teamsters Are Gathering More And More Marijuana Workers To Push For Better Industry, This Is The Latest Dispensary To Join
Friday, August 4, 2023 - 7:55am | 502Wellness advisors and other cannabis workers at Sunnyside, a subsidiary of Cresco Labs (OTCQX: CRLBF), have voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 777. "This is the fifth Cresco location to join our union," stated Jim Glimco, Local 777 president. "The more locations we organize...
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Small Group Of Workers Vote To Decertify Teamsters In California
Monday, April 5, 2021 - 3:37pm | 797The International Brotherhood of Teamsters might agree with the adage that "bad things happen in threes." For the third time in recent weeks, the union has been decertified at a transportation-related company. The vote was for a small group of workers, just 20. The employer is Harbor Distributing...
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Coronavirus Weaponizes Debate Over California's AB5
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - 1:22pm | 2214A new front has opened up in the battle over AB5, a California law limiting the use of independent contractors, as opponents and supporters use the coronavirus pandemic and the economic devastation it has unleashed to bolster their positions on how the controversial labor law applies to the...
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Union Rejects Contract Offer From Big Starbucks Distributor
Monday, August 26, 2019 - 10:55am | 234Union drivers and warehouse workers employed by a key Midwest distributor for Starbucks Coffee Co. (NASDAQ: SBUX) have rejected a contract proposal in part because of its short duration, the Teamsters union, which represents the nearly 300 workers, said Aug. 23. The company, DPI Specialty Foods,...
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UPS To Wind Down LTL Business Until Outcome Of Contract Vote Decided
Friday, November 2, 2018 - 4:03pm | 1090United Parcel Service Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said today it will temporarily suspend the operations of its less-than-truckload unit, UPS Freight, at least until Teamsters union members vote for a second time on a collective bargaining agreement, and it has advised customers in the meantime to seek...
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Rank-And-File Blowback Expected As UPS, Teamster Contract Saga Takes Unusual Turn
Wednesday, October 24, 2018 - 11:22am | 887Teamsters union members furious with a decision by union leaders to ratify a five-year contract covering United Parcel Service Inc.'s (NYSE: UPS) small-package workers, despite the contract proposal being rejected by the majority of voters, have vowed to force lead negotiators back to the...
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Confusion At Big Brown: Contract Rejected, But Union Says It's Ratified; UPS Appears Mystified
Monday, October 8, 2018 - 11:00am | 786The Teamsters have voted against the UPS contract agreement for the Small Package division, but the union says the contract is ratified anyway. That appeared to be news to United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS). While that fate of that larger contract may be somewhat in question, one thing that is...
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Christmas Fight! Teamsters vs. Toys R Us
Monday, November 22, 2010 - 12:23pm | 159Just in time for Black Friday, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union and an environmental justice group have released a report they commissioned attacking the nation's biggest toy seller, Toys R Us and Babies R Us, for allegedly selling “toxic toys.” The group says the toys purportedly...