Teamsters, Local 817 President Tom O’Donnell asks studios to voluntarily recognize new representation By Addie Morfoot New York’s assistant location managers, location scouts and location coordinators are one step closer Read More >>
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NYCHA loses injunction over expanded workers’ hours
NYCHA has run into a roadblock in its attempt to expand worker hours to cover repairs on evenings and weekends. The city Office of Collective Bargaining Thursday gave Teamsters Local Read More >>
Former sanitation officials voice support for commercial zoning
Two former top sanitation officials on Friday will announce their support for a citywide zoning system to govern how private waste carters operate throughout the five boroughs. Brendan Sexton, who Read More >>
Build the Hunts Point ramps in the South Bronx
Trucks have long choked the South Bronx because they lack direct access to its massive food hub, but a solution is finally at hand By Daniel Kane, president of Teamsters Read More >>
Students and Union Seek to Protect Sodexo Workers’ Contract Provisions
Students know them by their first names – Nancy, Frances and Gloria, to name a few. They grin and greet students with a “how you doing, baby doll,” while swiping Read More >>
Teamsters Local 810 Attorney Authors Crime Novel
Mark Torres knows about the law. As general counsel for Local 810 for almost seven years, he’s made a career of interpreting its meaning for the good of the Teamsters Read More >>
Local 456 member finds stranger’s cash deposit after it’s blown away by wind
A DPW worker came to the aid of a woman trying to make a bank deposit in Yonkers. Samantha Peterkin-Burkitt, of White Plains, was trying to make a deposit at Read More >>