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Buying Union

Teamsters declare boycott of Coors

About 420 members of Teamsters Local 997 at the Coors brewery in Fort Worth, Texas, have been on strike since Feb. 17 seeking fair raises.
Collective bargaining

Teamsters reach agreement with UPS

Contract ratification began Aug. 3 and will run through Aug. 22, at which point the results will be announced.
Collective bargaining

Teamsters set August 1 strike date at UPS

An estimated 340,000 Teamsters-represented workers at UPS are set to strike after their contract expires if no new agreement is in place.
Union democracy

Graphic Communications Conference leaves the Teamsters union

Before it became a division of the Teamsters in 2004, the union was known as the Graphic Communications International Union (GCIU).
Collective bargaining

Breakthroughs in bargaining as UPS counts down to Aug. 1 strike

UPS has agreed to eliminate a two-tier wage system, end forced overtime on drivers’ days off, and establish MLK Day as a full holiday.
Collective bargaining

United Airlines unions unite on bargaining

Together, the 78,000 workers represented by the five member unions make up 85% of United Airlines’ workforce.
Union democracy

Shakeup in Teamsters leadership

Teamsters general president Jimmy Hoffa Jr. is retiring at age 80, and his chosen successor just lost a leadership vote in a landslide.
Collective bargaining

Teamsters announce new 5-year contract at UPS, despite member vote to reject it

The Teamsters UPS contract is the largest collective bargaining agreement in North America, and comes at a time that UPS is booming thanks to online shopping.
Collective bargaining

Teamsters reach deal at UPS

If ratified, a new five-year nationwide contract will cover 260,000 workers.
Collective bargaining

UPS Teamsters authorize strike

About 280,000 workers could walk out as soon as Aug. 1.
Multnomah County

Labor Council takes stand against soda tax initiative

The Labor Council is discouraging union members from signing the initiative petitions.
Labor History

Song of the Stubborn One Thousand

A new book tells the story of a remarkable union victory in a California frozen food strike during an era of union-busting.
Our Jobs

Teamsters oppose beer mega-merger

The union says merger would hurt both workers and consumers.
Retirement

Treasury rejects Teamster pension cuts

The proposed pension cuts to 300,000 retirees are unfair and confusing — and not deep enough to prevent insolvency.
National

American Airlines agents unionize: Biggest union win in the South in decades

Workers join a 14,500-member bargaining unit represented jointly by CWA and the Teamsters
Buying Union

A quest to find Union Beer

It’s not easy to ID union-made beer. There’s no union label, and little accurate, up-to-date info.
Workers Rights

$15 SeaTac minimum wage challenged in court

Judge will rule by Jan. 1, when the law is to take effect
Union democracy

Fracture and reunion as nurses unions shift alignments

Nurse associations have merged, split, and morphed as nurses turn toward collective bargaining.
National

The day the Twinkie died

Hostess Brands goes out blaming unions for its demise
National

We are the 99 percent: Unions get behind the Occupy movement

Unions line up in support of Occupy Wall Street as the movement explodes.
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