George Miranda, President of Teamsters Joint Council 16, had the following statement on the New York State Assembly’s passage of the DREAM Act and Liberty Act: “Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie Read More >>
Alex Moore
Teamsters Stand with Muslims at JFK
Teamsters turned out in force to support the New York Immigration Coalition and the Muslim community at an interfaith action at JFK Airport today. While Muslims held a Jummah Prayer, Read More >>
New York Daily News
Local 553 Speaks Out on School Bus Wages
The City Council approved $42 million in 2014 in payments to private companies to boost driver wages that year – but a city agency renewed the program for another year Read More >>
New York Teamsters Support Immigrants, Oppose Trump Immigration Orders
George Miranda, President of Teamsters Joint Council 16 and the Teamsters National Hispanic Caucus, had the following statement in response to President Trump’s immigration executive orders. Teamsters Joint Council 16 Read More >>
New York Daily News
Teamsters stand with refugees, immigrants at Battery Park protest
Hundreds of New Yorkers poured into lower Manhattan Sunday afternoon in a show of solidarity with immigrants and refugees seeking entry into the United States – and many of the Read More >>
New York Daily News
Sanitation Workers Fight for MLK Holiday
Martin Luther King Jr. died while standing up for sanitation workers’ rights — but many still have to work on his holiday. Civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. was Read More >>
New York City Teamsters Reelect Executive Board
NEW YORK, NY – The delegates of Teamsters Joint Council 16 reelected its executive board at a meeting this morning. The delegates, who are elected leaders of the 27 Teamster Read More >>