Workers at Allstate Power Vac, a key ConEd contractor, clean underground electrical lines. Teamsters officials delivered petition from workers to the ConEd board of directors asking the company to intercede Read More >>
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Elmhurst Dairy Teamsters Win Raises, New Contract
Got Teamster Power? Congratulations to Elmhurst Dairy Teamsters at Local 553 who just won a new contract and voted 94 to 8 to approve. It is the latest in a Read More >>
Sanitation Teamsters Organizing to Reclaim Their Industry
I got my first job as a sanitation worker in 1985 at a private company in the Bronx. The pay – $16.10 an hour – was good for a 15-year-old Read More >>
Edward Ostrowski Passes at 92
Former president of Local 831 raised wages for sanitation workers We regret to announce the passing of Edward Ostrowski, 2nd president of the Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association (Teamsters Local 831) and Read More >>
Teamsters Support Verizon Strikers
Some 40,000 striking Verizon workers are sponsoring a “National Day of Action” against the telecom giant today, with rallies from Maine to Los Angeles happening. In New York City, Teamsters Read More >>
VIDEO: Sanitation Workers Call Out Safety Risks
Teamsters were proud to stand with New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health and our allies in the Transform Don’t Trash NYC coalition at City Hall today. Workers in Read More >>
New Report Finds Rampant Safety Abuses in NYC Commercial Waste Jobs, Leading to Worker Deaths and Injuries
New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health Join Workers, Environmentalists, and Community Members to Call on City Hall to Protect Workers NEW YORK, NY – A new report released Read More >>