The International Brotherhood of Teamsters celebrated the Central Park horse carriage drivers at the union’s 29th International Convention today. Demos Demopoulos, Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 553, which represents workers in Read More >>
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Global Solidarity Dominates at 29th Teamsters International Convention
The Teamsters’ 29th International Convention opened its second day with a focus on global solidarity and building worker power through organizing in key industries. Len McCluskey, General Secretary of Britain’s Read More >>
George Miranda speaks at Teamster convention
New York Teamster leader George Miranda spoke before a packed house at the 29th International Brotherhood of Teamsters Convention in Las Vegas on Wednesday. Miranda announced numerous victories that the Read More >>
Costco Teamsters Approve National Contract
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 >>
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 >>
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Teamster President on Puerto Rican Debt Crisis
George Miranda, president of the Teamsters National Hispanic Caucus and the first Puerto Rican elected to the International Brotherhood’s executive board, had Puerto Rico’s fiscal situation very much on his Read More >>