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George Miranda will continue as President of Teamsters Joint Council 16 for four more years The Teamsters Joint Council 16 executive board was sworn in today for a new four-year Read More >>

Workers join thousands of NYC Teamsters in the sanitation industry Sims Municipal Recycling workers in Sunset Park voted to join Teamsters Local 210 in an election today overseen by an Read More >>

Workers Will Vote Friday, Company Agrees to be Neutral Teamsters Local 210 announced today that it had reached an agreement with Sims Municipal Recycling on an expedited path to union Read More >>

MetLife, which receives millions from NY Taxpayers, hired NJ-based commercial moving firm Moving firm does not pay area standard wages and benefits on all jobs As MetLife, Inc. prepares to Read More >>

City Council holds hearing on potential strike that would bring chaos to NYC’s residential recycling program The workers who sort and process all of New York City’s residential recycling rallied Read More >>

The National Labor Relations Board ruled last week that a New York company, Dawn Trucking, violated the law when it terminated workers the day after they voted to form a Read More >>

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 >>