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 >>
Teamster News
School Bus Teamsters Celebrate Ten Years of Driving Up Standards
Since 2006, Drive Up Standards has brought better pay and a union to thousands of school bus drivers across the country Teamsters in New York and across the country are Read More >>
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 >>
Elmhurst Dairy Teamsters Win Raises, New Contract
Got Teamster Power? Congratulations to Elmhurst Dairy Teamsters at Local 553 who just won a new contract and voted 94 to 8 to approve. It is the latest in a Read More >>
Sanitation Teamsters Organizing to Reclaim Their Industry
I got my first job as a sanitation worker in 1985 at a private company in the Bronx. The pay – $16.10 an hour – was good for a 15-year-old Read More >>
Edward Ostrowski Passes at 92
Former president of Local 831 raised wages for sanitation workers We regret to announce the passing of Edward Ostrowski, 2nd president of the Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association (Teamsters Local 831) and Read More >>
Teamsters Support Verizon Strikers
Some 40,000 striking Verizon workers are sponsoring a “National Day of Action” against the telecom giant today, with rallies from Maine to Los Angeles happening. In New York City, Teamsters Read More >>