BY Sean Orr | Chicago, IL | 2/22/20
On February 21, in a letter sent to the staff and principal officers of the Teamsters, James P. Hoffa announced that he would not seek re-election as general president and would retire from the union at the end of his term in March 2022.
BY staff | Ely, MN | 1/17/20
Members of Teamster Local 320 on the picket line, January 17, in Ely, on the day three of a strike by workers in the Saint Louis County Public Works Department.
BY staff | Miami, FL | 12/06/19
The busy holiday season for UPS Teamsters took a deadly turn on December 5 in South Florida. Miramar police shot and killed UPS driver Frank Ordonez while firing dozens of times into the side of a UPS truck he had been taken hostage in. They also killed a civilian who was nearby.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 11/02/19
Frontrunning candidate for the next general president of the Teamsters, Sean O’Brien, addressed the convention of Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU), November 2.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 7/20/19
Dozens of U.S. workers die every year due to heat, according to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
BY Tom Burke | Grand Rapids, MI | 1/20/19
About 500 people rallied and marched thru Grand Rapids, January 19, to build resistance to Trump during the 2019 Women’s March.
BY staff | Washington, D.C. | 11/10/18
UPS Freight employees are voting on a Last, Best, and Final offer from UPS on November 9, 10 and 11.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 10/28/18
Negotiations continued between Teamsters Local 705 and UPS, October 25 and 26, on a collective bargaining agreement covering nearly 10,000 Chicago-area workers and one of the last two to settle with UPS around the country.
BY staff | Washington, D.C. | 10/27/18
UPS Freight (UPSF) employees will be voting on a Last, Best, and Final Offer (LBFO) presented by the company on November 9, 10 and the 11.
BY staff | Washington DC | 10/09/18
Teamster International Vice Presidents representing the Central and Southern regions have joined Sean O’Brien in pressuring Denis Taylor and the Hoffa administration to stop the ratification of the UPS contract.
