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Harvey Milk and the Coors Boycott
June is Pride Month, a time when the LGBT community celebrates its community and remembers the struggle the community went through to gain equal rights. June was chosen because the modern Gay Rights...
Teamsters Oppose Letting Teens Drive Big Rigs
The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa about a proposed federal pilot program that would allow drivers as young as 18 to transport goods via trucks in interstate...
Sanctuary Union Stands Up To Trump
Unions are standing up to the Trump Administration on a laundry list of issues, from right-to-work and Janus to the government shutdown. A new front has opened up on immigration, as powerful unions...
Save the NY Film Tax Credits
The annual battle of the budget has been waging in Albany, NY. Facing a billion-dollar deficit and a hard deadline at the end of the month, some state legislators are stooping so low as to threaten...
What Union is Qualified to Organize Amazon?
Oh, Amazon, what to do with you. First, you innovated e-commerce to become the world’s largest Internet retailer, and at the same time, you did your best to thwart organized labor at every...
Drivers at DHL Contractor Join the Teamsters
Drivers at KWK Trucking in Los Angeles, a contractor for DHL Express, voted 83-23 to be represented by Teamsters Local 986. There are 108 drivers in the bargaining unit and the vote took place...
Teamsters Respond: Amazon Pulling out of NYC?
The following is a statement from Teamsters Joint Council 16 President George Miranda on reports that Amazon is reevaluating its decision to locate its HQ2 in Long Island City.
Truck Drivers Get their Day in Court
In a surprising move, the Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favor of workers. In the case of New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, the court ruled that workers in the transportation industry cannot be forced...
The Red Cross are Teamsters
This post was written by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Mobile blood collections staff at the American Red Cross in St. Louis, Missouri, voted 32-1 yesterday to become members of...
UCOMM Live: Ray Apologizes for Donald Trump
Digital Marketing guru Ray Lopez is on this weeks show to talk about how he trained Cambridge Analytica to help them steal the Presidential election. He apologizes, thanks Ray. Do you know what...