At 30th International Convention, Union Delegates Affirm Supporting Amazon Workers and Building Worker Power is a Top Union Priority On Thursday, delegates of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters voted overwhelmingly Read More >>
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Landmark Antitrust Legislation to Rein in Dominant Corporations Heads For Approval in New York State Senate
21st Century Antitrust Act would protect workers and consumers, level the playing field for small businesses, and put New York at the vanguard of national antitrust movement As the New Read More >>
Teamsters File Charges Against Billionaire Catsimatidis’ Oil Company at National Labor Board
Union charges United Metro Energy with multiple violations of labor law amid 44-day strike Teamsters Local 553 has filed charges at the National Labor Relations Board against United Metro Energy Read More >>
Striking Oil Workers Protest Catsimatidis for Underpaying Essential Workers
Teamsters and striking oil workers rallied outside of billionaire John Catsimatidis’ Manhattan offices today in protest of the low wages paid to essential workers at Catsimatidis’ United Metro Energy. Workers Read More >>
Teamsters Cheer NY HERO Act Signing
Teamsters Joint Council 16 President Thomas Gesualdi had the following statement on Governor Cuomo’s signing of the NY HERO Act into law last night. The law creates the first permanent Read More >>
New Report: The NY Hero Act Will Protect Amazon Workers as the E-Commerce Giant Expands in New York
Today, at an Amazon warehouse facility in Long Island City, Queens, leaders of the NY Essential Workers Coalition released a new report and held a rally on how the NY HERO Act will protect Amazon workers Read More >>
Fired Workers to UPS: “Put People Over Profit”
Today, UPS workers who were wrongfully terminated rallied with Teamsters Local 804, Joint Council 16, Kathryn Garcia, Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer, community leaders such as Harold Miller, Moumita Ahmed, Felicia Read More >>