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 >>
Teamster News
Sims Recycling Workers Rally for a Union
Recycling workers at Sims are organizing a union with the Teamsters to secure good jobs for their families. Today, City Council Member Carlos Menchaca rallied with the workers and told Read More >>
Teamsters Support NY DREAM and Liberty Acts
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 >>
Teamsters Stand with Muslims at JFK
Teamsters turned out in force to support the New York Immigration Coalition and the Muslim community at an interfaith action at JFK Airport today. While Muslims held a Jummah Prayer, Read More >>
New York Daily News
Local 553 Speaks Out on School Bus Wages
The City Council approved $42 million in 2014 in payments to private companies to boost driver wages that year – but a city agency renewed the program for another year Read More >>
New York Teamsters Support Immigrants, Oppose Trump Immigration Orders
George Miranda, President of Teamsters Joint Council 16 and the Teamsters National Hispanic Caucus, had the following statement in response to President Trump’s immigration executive orders. Teamsters Joint Council 16 Read More >>
New York Daily News
Teamsters stand with refugees, immigrants at Battery Park protest
Hundreds of New Yorkers poured into lower Manhattan Sunday afternoon in a show of solidarity with immigrants and refugees seeking entry into the United States – and many of the Read More >>