Costco Teamsters in the East Join Western Conference Pension Plan for First Time More Than 16,000 Costco Teamsters Nationwide Now Covered by Defined-Benefit Plan WASHINGTON, DC – Costco Teamsters in Read More >>
Press Releases
Legislature Passes Bill for School Bus Employee Protections
NEW YORK, NY – Teamsters Local 553 Secretary-Treasurer Demos P. Demopoulos had the following statement regarding legislation that passed the State Legislature early Saturday morning to require employee protections in Read More >>
Report: Private Sanitation Endangers Workers with Poorly Maintained Trucks
Federal regulators deemed 48% of NYC garbage trucks unsafe to operate on city streets NEW YORK, NY – A new report finds that New York City’s private sanitation companies operate Read More >>
Local 202 Turns 100 Years Old
One of Bronx’s Oldest Labor Unions Celebrates Anniversary with Elected Officials and Thousand Members Teamsters Local 202 represents over 4,000 workers in New York, including those at Hunts Point Market, Read More >>
ConEd Contract Workers Authorize Strike
Workers at Allstate Power Vac, a key ConEd contractor, prepare manholes for maintenance. A strike would bring many ConEd projects to a standstill Workers are paid a fraction of ConEd Read More >>
ConEd Contract Workers Take Union Fight to Shareholder Meeting
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 >>
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 >>