BY Kas Schwerdtfeger | Milwaukee, WI | 9/12/13
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) have announced improvements to UPS Teamster health care "TeamCare" after a vote by the Teamster rank and file in several regions rejected a concessionary contract offered by UPS.
BY Dave Schneider | Jacksonville, FL | 7/23/13
When the nearly all white jury returned with a not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, people all around the U.S. were outraged.
BY staff | Tampa, FL | 7/01/13
Rank-and-file members of the Teamsters union dealt a blow to corporate greed by blocking the implementation of a substandard contract negotiated between United Parcel Service (UPS) and union officials.
BY Jared Hamil | Tampa, FL | 6/08/13
Around the country, UPS workers have been organizing a “Vote No” campaign urging fellow Teamsters to vote against the contract.
BY staff | Louisville, KY | 6/07/13
Teamster Local 89 is a hotbed of opposition to the proposed contract with United Parcel Service. Across the U.S. there is a growing movement of UPS workers urging a no vote on the contract.
BY Kas Schwerdtfeger | United States | 5/24/13
Early this May, UPS management, as well as Teamsters leadership, released the completed tentative agreement for a new five-year contract.
BY staff | Tampa, FL | 1/24/13
Part-time Teamsters working for United Parcel Service (UPS) are angry because the starting pay has not changed in over 15 years. It is back breaking work, yet the starting wage rate is only $8.50 per hour.
BY staff | St. Paul, MN | 4/04/11
More than 3500 trade unionists and their supporters marched here, April 4, to stand up for workers’ rights on the anniversary the Martin Luther King Jr.’s murder.
BY staff | Chicago, IL | 5/17/10
President Richard Berg and Secretary Treasurer Gina Alvarez of Local 743 were removed from office by Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa Jr. this past Friday. Fight Back! interviewed Richard Berg just before he received the official letter from Hoffa Jr.
BY Fernando Figueroa | Jacksonville, FL | 1/31/10
Over 200 supporters of Jobs for Jacksonville rallied to protest Turner Construction's unjust and unlawful labor practices, Jan. 26.
