The sun was still below the horizon one September morning at the Department of Sanitation training academy at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, but the excitement in the room was Read More >>
Teamster News
Nation’s Leading Environmentalists back NYC Commercial Sanitation Reforms
Policy Would Allow Emissions Cut Equal to Removing 1 in 5 Cars from NYC Streets As New York hosts Climate Week, 350.org, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sunrise Movement, and New Read More >>
Teamster Sanitation Workers Protest Bill Gates In New York City
Republic Services Workers on Strike Call On Gates, the Company’s Principal Shareholder, to Provide Living Wages and Affordable Health Care Sanitation workers on strike at Republic Services, America’s second-largest trash Read More >>
Workers at Art Storage Giant UOVO Demand Union Recognition
Joined by Teamsters and Local Pols, Workers Preempt UOVO Anti-Union Meeting and Press Management to Bargain First Union Contract Workers Join Wave of Union Organizing in the Art World Workers Read More >>
Teamsters Statement on the Passing of Hector Figueroa
George Miranda, President of Teamsters Joint Council 16, had the following statement on the passing of SEIU 32BJ President Hector Figueroa. “Labor has lost a visionary and inspiring leader. Hector Read More >>
Teamsters Cheer Law on Driver’s Licenses for Immigrants
Green Light Bill Signed in Albany George Miranda, President of Teamsters Joint Council 16, had the following statement on the signing of the “Green Light” law, which will reopen access Read More >>
Unions call for passage of Climate & Community Protection Act
Call on legislature and Governor Cuomo to pass Climate & Community Protection Act with equity provisions intact With four days left in the legislative session, union leaders sent memos of Read More >>