Teamsters Exposed and Infected Workers Right and Responsibilities Factsheet
This is a rapidly evolving situation. This fact sheet will be updated online as needed. See links at the end of this fact sheet for the most up-to-date information.COVID-19 is spreading rapidly within...
View ArticleUpdate From National Freight Division Director Ernie Soehl for April 9, 2020
It is with great sadness that I have to report that we lost a union brother to the Covid-19 virus. Tommy Hogan, a shop steward at the ABF Freight terminal in Brooklyn, New York and recording secretary...
View ArticleDetriot Free Press: Teamsters Chief James P. Hoffa: Top Priority is Keeping...
Teamsters leader James P. Hoffa has dealt with the fallout of hurricanes Katrina and Sandy, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the global economic meltdown of 2008, but nothing comes close to the wholesale...
View ArticleMemo to YRCW Local Unions, Members Regarding Benefit Contribution Delays
As you are all aware, we find ourselves in very difficult times as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. TNFINC has been in constant contact with YRCW and its operating companies (YRC Freight, Holland,...
View ArticleTeamsters Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Factsheet
This is a rapidly evolving situation. This fact sheet will be updated online as needed. See links at the end of this fact sheet for the most up-to-date information. Truck drivers in the United States...
View ArticleImportant Update for YRCW Freight Members April 23, 2020
As I indicated last week, the YRCW companies have experienced a sharp decline in volumes and revenues over the past few weeks in light of the closure of many of its customers’ operations and the...
View ArticleOn the Open Road, U.S. Truck Drivers Face the Coronavirus and New Risks
By the time Connie Reynolds pulled her 18-wheeler into Cowboy Travel Plaza, she’d made the long haul up Interstate 35 from the Texas border town of Laredo to central Oklahoma and was looking forward to...
View ArticleTeamsters Host LA Food Drive for Truck Drivers
Video Blocks: Show on Front PageTeamsters partnered with the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to help truck drivers in the San Pedro area in California. Many of the drivers are misclassified as...
View ArticleImportant Update for YRCW Teamsters, May 9, 2020
The Teamsters National Freight Division has released this important update for YRCW Freight Teamsters, for May 9, 2020.FreightHeadline NewsCOVID-19...
View ArticleTeamsters Call for Sweeping Executive Pay & Governance Reforms at XPO During...
Ahead of the XPO Logistics annual shareholder meeting Thursday, current and former XPO workers from France; Spain; San Diego; and Kansas City, Mo raised their concerns about widespread worker abuses...
View ArticleTeamsters Local 174 Members at Pozzi Bros. Transportation Unanimously Ratify...
On Saturday morning, a group of freight drivers working at Pozzi Bros. Transportation unanimously ratified the first Teamsters Local 174 contract ever negotiated utilizing 21st century...
View ArticleUpdate from Teamsters National Freight Division Director Ernie Soehl
I want to acknowledge and thank all the business agents and shop stewards out there helping our freight members get through this pandemic and of course all our freight members who are showing great...
View ArticleXPO AGM: Unions Demand Action on Health and Safety to Save Lives
Unions are demanding action from XPO on health and safety as the company convenes for its European annual general meeting.Tomorrow (28 May) logistics giant XPO will hold the 2020 AGM for its European...
View ArticleUpdate From Teamsters National Freight Division Director Ernie Soehl - May...
Here are some facts. This is not fake news. These are cold hard facts that we have to grapple with every day.FreightHeadline News https://teamster.org/sites/default/files/freightdivisionreport5292020.pdf
View ArticleTeamsters Applaud Unveiling of New House Transportation Legislation
(WASHINGTON) – The Teamsters are lauding the release of a new House transportation measure today, saying the bill is a win for workers and will enhance roadway safety. It will not only make nearly $500...
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