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 >>
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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 >>
Waste Workers at Allstate Power Vac Rally Against Low Pay
BROOKLYN, NY – Workers at Allstate Power Vac, who clean hazardous waste spills and high-voltage electrical infrastructure, rallied outside the company’s office Wednesday. The workers are calling for a union Read More >>
Kaminsky Gets Major Labor Endorsement as Teamsters Back State Senate Bid
Teamsters Joint Council 16 supports Todd Kaminsky as the best candidate to fight for working men and women in the State Senate SOUTH SHORE, LONG ISLAND – Today, Teamsters Joint Read More >>
Teamsters Praise New York State Budget
NEW YORK, NY – Teamsters Joint Council 16 President George Miranda had the following statement on the final New York State budget announced Thursday. Teamsters Joint Council 16 represents 120,000 Read More >>
Teamsters Endorse Yuh-Line Niou for Assembly
NEW YORK, NY – Two of New York City’s largest organizations of labor unions – Teamsters Joint Council 16, which represents over 120,000 workers in New York City and Puerto Read More >>