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Boston Globe: Martin J. Walsh Poised to Leave Biden's Cabinet to Take Over as Executive Director of NHL Players' Association
02/08/23 - Teamsters Local 122 Martin J. Walsh’s journey from Dorchester to the Massachusetts State House, Boston City Hall, and Washington, D.C., is poised to take a turn away from politics and into sports, as multiple sources confirmed to the Globe that he’s been tapped to head the union for National Hockey League players. |
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Bloomberg: Family Leave Still Out of Reach for Almost Half of US Workers 30 Years After Landmark Law
02/08/23 - Teamsters Local 122 Three decades after the US adopted a policy that let people keep their jobs while taking time off for an illness or new baby, almost half of US workers aren’t eligible, and advocates in individual states are still struggling to make sure that those who do take leave can also get paid. |
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Politico: ‘It’s About Damn Time’: College Workers Organize Amid Nationwide Labor Unrest
02/08/23 - Teamsters Local 122 Frustrated by low wages and new laws limiting what they can teach — and buoyed by President Joe Biden’s pro-union bent — campus workers across the country are moving with new urgency to organize. |
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In A First, Some CSX Railroad Workers to Get Paid Sick Leave
02/08/23 - Teamsters Local 355 Feb. 8, 2023 | NEGOTIATIONS | Several thousand workers at CSX will soon get one of the things that pushed the U.S. railroad industry to the brink of a strike last fall: paid sick time.CSX announced a deal Tuesday with two of its 12 unions, becoming the first major railroad to offer that benefit that most U.S. workers take for granted. |
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In A First, Some CSX Railroad Workers to Get Paid Sick Leave
02/08/23 - Teamsters Local 992 Feb. 8, 2023 | NEGOTIATIONS | Several thousand workers at CSX will soon get one of the things that pushed the U.S. railroad industry to the brink of a strike last fall: paid sick time.CSX announced a deal Tuesday with two of its 12 unions, becoming the first major railroad to offer that benefit that most U.S. workers take for granted. |
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February 2023 GMM
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Black History Month Isn’t About Validation; It’s About Involvement, Action
02/06/23 - Teamsters Local 570 Feb. 6, 2023 | OPINION | Gregory Floyd, President of Teamsters Local 237, writes: “Today, Black History Month is not without controversy. To some critics, empowerment is not accomplished by one month of recognition. Some find it outdated, only symbolic, not necessary, and even separatist. For me, there is no controversy. |
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Black History Month Isn’t About Validation; It’s About Involvement, Action
02/06/23 - Teamsters Local 355 Feb. 6, 2023 | OPINION | Gregory Floyd, President of Teamsters Local 237, writes: “Today, Black History Month is not without controversy. To some critics, empowerment is not accomplished by one month of recognition. Some find it outdated, only symbolic, not necessary, and even separatist. For me, there is no controversy. |
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Week Ending 2/3/2023
02/03/23 - Teamsters Local 355 • Restoring workers’ freedoms • Does the labor movement speak meme. |
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Week Ending 2/3/2023
02/03/23 - Teamsters Local 570 • Restoring workers’ freedoms • Does the labor movement speak meme. |
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Teamsters Honor The Lessons of Black History
02/03/23 - Teamsters Local 570 Black history is woven into the history of the American labor movement and the history of our union. Throughout much of our nation’s existence, Black history has been long ignored or outright suppressed. That is why, during Black History Month, we honor the contributions Black Americans have made to this country and to the advancement of working people everywhere. |
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Week Ending 2/3/2023
02/03/23 - Teamsters Local 992 • Restoring workers’ freedoms • Does the labor movement speak meme. |
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The Threat of Supreme Injustice
02/03/23 - Teamsters Local 570 Feb. 3, 2023 | SUPREME COURT | Joe Oliveira and his co-workers relied greatly on donations of food and gift cards after going on an unfair labor practice strike against multibillion-dollar specialty steelmaker ATI in 2021. |
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The Threat of Supreme Injustice
02/03/23 - Teamsters Local 355 Feb. 3, 2023 | SUPREME COURT | Joe Oliveira and his co-workers relied greatly on donations of food and gift cards after going on an unfair labor practice strike against multibillion-dollar specialty steelmaker ATI in 2021. |
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The Threat of Supreme Injustice
02/03/23 - Teamsters Local 992 Feb. 3, 2023 | SUPREME COURT | Joe Oliveira and his co-workers relied greatly on donations of food and gift cards after going on an unfair labor practice strike against multibillion-dollar specialty steelmaker ATI in 2021. |
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The Guardian: There is No U.S. Labor Shortage. That is a Myth
02/02/23 - Teamsters Local 122 When a public problem is wrongly described, the solutions posed often turn out to be irrelevant or inhumane. A current example: America’s so-called “labor shortage”. |
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FreightWaves: FMCSA Proposes New Requirements for Driverless Trucks
02/02/23 - Teamsters Local 122 The federal government is taking the next step toward regulating highly automated trucks with a proposal that will consider requiring carriers to notify the government if they plan to operate such vehicles in interstate commerce. |
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Amazon Faces New Round of Penalties for Worker Safety Violations
02/02/23 - Teamsters Local 355 Feb. 2, 2023 | HEALTH & SAFETY | The U.S. workplace safety regulator has again cited Amazon.com Inc for placing warehouse workers at risk of serious injuries by imposing onerous production quotas. The U.S. |
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Amazon Faces New Round of Penalties for Worker Safety Violations
02/02/23 - Teamsters Local 570 Feb. 2, 2023 | HEALTH & SAFETY | The U.S. workplace safety regulator has again cited Amazon.com Inc for placing warehouse workers at risk of serious injuries by imposing onerous production quotas. The U.S. |
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A. Philip Randolph: Leader of the First Successful Black Labor Union
02/02/23 - Teamsters Local 570 Feb. 2, 2023 | BLACK HISTORY MONTH | (Click image to enlarge) The organizer of the March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech was also the leader of the first successful black labor union. For A. Philip Randolph [pictured third from left], labor and civil rights were one and the same. |
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UPS Stewards National Call-In
02/01/23 - Teamsters Local 776 National UPS Teamsters Stewards Call - Sunday, February 5 General President Sean M. O’Brien and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman will be holding a National UPS Teamsters Call with shop stewards this.... |
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Teamsters Oppose House Bill That Would Threaten Worker, Motorist Safety
02/01/23 - Teamsters Local 570 Feb. 1, 2023 | Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien sent letters to members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee urging them to oppose H.R. 471, the Safer Highways and Increased Performance for Interstate Trucking (SHIP IT) Act. |
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A. Philip Randolph: Leader of First Successful Black Labor Union
02/01/23 - Teamsters Local 355  Feb. 1, 2023| BLACK HISTORY MONTH | (Click image to enlarge. |
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A. Philip Randolph: Leader of First Successful Black Labor Union
02/01/23 - Teamsters Local 992 Feb. 1, 2023| BLACK HISTORY MONTH | (Click image to enlarge) The organizer of the March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech was also the leader of the first successful black labor union. For A. Philip Randolph [pictured third from left], labor and civil rights were one and the same. |
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UPS Screening Committee
02/01/23 - Teamsters Local 162 At the beginning of January, the IBT held its first UPS National Screening Committee meeting in Washington, DC, where representatives from dozens of UPS locals, including Teamsters Local 162 President Mark Davison and Business Agent Ben Vedus, gathered to review proposals for the National Master Agreement negotiations. |
