Teamsters News Updates

Business

Car Haulers Ratify Contract Overwhemingly

After two prior failed attempts, the third try was the charm for the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which ratified a new national contract for car-hauling truck drivers.

March 31, 2017
Business

Teamsters Ask Appeals Court to End Mexican Trucks Program

Attorneys for the Teamsters asked a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals in San Francisco to end the Mexican trucks program because a three-year pilot program did not draw a large enough sample to prove that Mexican carriers can operate safely on U.S. highways.

March 16, 2017
Business

James Hoffa Wins Teamsters Election But Faces Declining Union Membership

James Hoffa has officially won re-election to serve another term as general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, after election supervisor Richard Mark certified the vote on Feb. 16.

February 24, 2017
Business

Teamsters Reach Tentative Deal on Car Haulers Contract

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters reached a tentative agreement Jan. 24 with the National Automobile Transporters Labor Division on a contract to cover union car haulers.

January 24, 2017
TCA

Washington Teamsters Union May Dissolve After 15 Months

Fifteen months after narrowly voting to unionize, two dozen truck driver, and warehouse workers at Goodwill Industries of the Columbia, Washington, are about to vote to decertify Teamsters Local 839.

November 29, 2016
Business

Teamsters Could be Left in Quandary If Agency that Ensures Retiree Benefits Goes Insolvent

WASHINGTON — The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. could go insolvent within a decade, and the agency’s director doesn’t believe that Congress will fix the problem anytime soon, putting Central States Pension Fund retirees at risk of receiving zero benefits if it went bankrupt, too.

November 8, 2016
Business

Circuit Court Rules Against FedEx Freight in Union Case

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against FedEx Freight in a case involving the National Labor Relations Board and must recognize a drivers-only bargaining unit in Stockton, California.

October 20, 2016
Business

Teamsters Win Representation Elections at Two XPO Facilities

Workers at two XPO Logistics facilities voted to be represented by the Teamsters as the union’s organizing efforts continue.

October 13, 2016
Business

Teamsters Car Haulers Again Reject Tentative Deal

Teamsters who deliver new cars and trucks have again rejected a tentative contract agreement, prompting union leaders to evaluate the next step in the long-running saga.

September 16, 2016
Business

Employees File for Teamsters Representation at Two More XPO Facilities

Drivers at an XPO Logistics facility in Aurora, Illinois, and workers at a warehouse operation in North Haven, Connecticut, filed for Teamsters representation Sept. 14 and Sept. 15, respectively, the union announced and the company confirmed.

September 15, 2016