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Local leaders and front-line members of the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) will hold a public action in the fight for better health care for patients and a better deal for the hospital nurses who care for them....

Today, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Teamsters Human Rights and Diversity Commission, Teamsters Local 667, and the Teamsters Solid Waste and Recycling Division came together in Memphis to induct Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as an...

Local leaders and front-line members of the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA) will hold a public action in the fight for better health care for patients and a better deal for the hospital nurses who care for them....

Kansas Central bus workers represented by Teamsters Local 696 hand-delivered a letter to the Kaw Valley Unified School District (KVUSD) school board at their most recent meeting urging them to allow workers to retain their collective bargaining...

UPS pilots have called on their Company to divert from an outsourcing plan that could force current UPS crew van drivers out of their jobs. Instead, the pilot union, the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), has called on UPS to ensure, at a minimum,...

The decisive Progressive Conservative win in the Prince Edward Island provincial election shows the need for coordination between progressive organizations and the labour movement to amplify workers voices, says Unifor....

The Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, will attend an event at the Labourers' International Union of North America 183, Toronto, to highlight federal budget investments in a Strong Middle Class, an Affordable Economy, and a...

The SMSBF, a non-profit, sustainable business (SB) organization located in Southeast Michigan that promotes social, environmental and economic justice, stands in solidarity with the University of Michigan's (UM) Graduate Employees' Organization...

UPS Teamsters, General President Sean M. O'Brien, and General Secretary-Treasurer Fred Zuckerman rallied at Teamsters Local 25 in Boston on April 2 as they prepare to begin national negotiations for a new contract protecting more than 340,000 package...

Economic activity in the manufacturing sector contracted in March for the fifth consecutive month following a 28-month period of growth, say the nation's supply executives in the latest Manufacturing ISM® Report On Business®. The report was...

On April 4, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. CDT, the Teamsters Human Rights and Diversity Commission will host a press conference with Teamsters Local 667 to announce the posthumous induction of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as an honorary member of the...

Measures to safeguard teachers' First Amendment rights and to protect their hard-earned paychecks are gaining momentum in statehouses across the country....

On Monday, April 3, workers at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) represented by Teamsters Local 251 will begin an open-ended strike in response to RISD's failure to negotiate with workers....

The Sask Party government must stop shielding information about where outsourced SaskTel jobs are heading and come clean about why Crown corporation jobs are leaving Saskatchewan, says Unifor. "The people of Saskatchewan deserve answers about why...

Workers at Republic Services in Mesa, Ariz., have voted for representation with Teamsters Local 104 in Phoenix. The 62-worker group includes commercial and residential drivers who are seeking higher pay, affordable health care, improved safety,...

Striking Teamsters at Sysco [NYSE: SYY] in Indianapolis and Louisville, Ky., extended their strike to California today. Nearly 1,000 members are now on the picket line nationwide as members of Teamsters Locals 495, 630, and 848 began honoring the...

Drivers and monitors at Student Transportation of America (STA) represented by Teamsters Local 610 have ratified their first union contract. The agreement covers 180 workers at the Ferguson-Florissant School District (FFSD). These new members join...

The joint bargaining committee for Unifor Locals 111 and 2200 have achieved a tentative agreement with Coast Mountain Bus Company. "Transit workers kept Metro Vancouver moving throughout the pandemic. They have clearly demonstrated their value to the...

While Berkshire Hathaway understands the importance of recruiting and retaining qualified, competent personnel across its family of companies, it would seem the same cannot be said of the executives managing its subsidiary, NetJets Aviation Inc. The...

Unifor is demanding an update on the Competition Bureau's civil investigation into whether Google has engaged in certain practices that harm competition in the online display advertising industry in Canada. "Every day that Google is allowed to...

Unifor commends the 2023 federal budget's focus on new industrial manufacturing investments but condemns inaction to fix an Employment Insurance system that fails workers. "Significant new incentives to attract critical manufacturing and build the...

Workers at the American Red Cross in Manhattan, Kansas voted unanimously to join Teamsters Local 795. With these new members, there are now 80 Red Cross workers represented by the local union....

Teamsters Canada welcomes the newly released Federal Budget 2023 as it provides relief to middle-class families. The budget includes a variety of measures designed to protect Canadians' economic security in the context of a rising cost of living....

The Teamsters National Freight Industry Negotiating Committee (TNFINC) met with ABF Freight this week in Arlington, Va., to begin negotiations for a new national contract for more than 8,000 members at the company....

Terry O'Sullivan, General President of the Laborers' International Union of North American (LIUNA), is retiring effective April 30 after serving as General President for almost 24 years. LIUNA has been O'Sullivan's life's work and his commitment has...

Teamsters Local 878 members have voted by a nine-to-one margin to ratify their latest collective bargaining agreement with Conagra Brands, Inc. The agreement covers approximately 900 workers at the company's Russellville location....

The Teamsters are condemning State Senator Blaise Ingoglia and other members of the Florida Legislature for their sponsorship of Senate Bill 256 (SB 256), legislation crafted to destroy public sector unions....

The Ohio Laborers' District Council of Ohio (OLDC) hosted its inaugural Solar Summit in Howard, Ohio. Nearly 100 stakeholders in Ohio's emerging solar industry attended. Those in attendance included elected officials, solar developers, contractors,...

Teamsters at Sysco Louisville and Sysco Indianapolis are on strike in response to unfair labor practices (ULPs) after weeks of contentious contract negotiations at both locations. Picket lines could extend to more locations across the country in the...

The union representing TVO's journalists, content creators, and education workers is shocked at the salary increases TVO management received last year, as disclosed in the provincial Sunshine List. Raises for senior management are all above...

1,000 Kingston and Prince Edward County area residents have signed a petition demanding that the Ministry of Transportation stop the service disruptions to the Wolfe Island and Glenora ferries by hiring more ferry workers and retaining them with...

A lack of progress from the employer at the bargaining table has forced members of Unifor Local 4276 to give their bargaining committee a strike mandate....

Workers in the manufacturing unit at the American Red Cross in Durham voted overwhelmingly to join Teamsters Local 391. This is the third organizing victory at Red Cross' Durham facility. In the last month, the Mobile Collections Department and IRL...

The Teamsters congratulate Governor Gretchen Whitmer and members of the Michigan legislature for successfully repealing the state's harmful "right to work" law. "Right to work" is a lie designed to weaken workers' rights and lower wages. ...

Thanks to the combined efforts of Teamsters throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky, House Bill 135, which would have legalized autonomous vehicles with bare-bones oversight, was defeated in the Senate Transportation Committee meeting last week. A...

Infrastructure, industry and health care investments are welcome in the Ontario budget, but government needs to take the next step and translate spending into good jobs and a stronger public health care system, including workforce development...

Today, Ontario's Doug Ford government introduced a budget that puts private profits and private interests over people, fair pay, and public services....

Today's Ontario budget is a disappointment for healthcare workers and patients across the province. As Premier Ford's legal pursuit...

The Ford government's provincial budget released today continues the march toward private, for-profit health care at the expense of Ontarians' health and pocketbooks, says the Ontario Nurses' Association (ONA)....

Today, Teamsters Local 251 members working as custodians, caretakers, groundskeepers, and movers at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) held a one-day unfair labor practice (ULP) strike, picketing various locations on the city campus. Prior to...

Teamsters and Chemical Workers at INEOS in Ashtabula, Ohio, have voted overwhelmingly, 102-2, to ratify a first contract, following a week-long strike....

The Teamsters forcefully rejected change of operations proposed by Yellow Corp. during a meeting today with the company at union headquarters....

The Ontario government's 2023 budget must reinvest in public health care and support workers and critical industries to make better use of recent windfalls, says Unifor....

The Regroupement des associations de pompiers du Québec (RAPQ), the Syndicat des Pompiers du Québec (FTQ) and the Association des gestionnaires en sécurité incendie et civile du Québec (AGSICQ), representing more than 1,000 managers from 632 fire...

Tomorrow, Thursday, March 23, Teamsters at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will begin a one-day unfair labor practice (ULP) strike to protest RISD's failure to comply with labor laws. Recently, Local 251 filed ULP charges against RISD for...

The United Steelworkers (USW) today applauded Michigan legislators for repealing the state's falsely named "right-to-work" (RTW) laws and restoring workers' power to bargain strong contracts and safe working conditions....

Nearly 100 drivers and warehouse workers at Grassdoor, one of the largest cannabis delivery platforms in California, have joined Teamsters Local 2785. They join more than 300 of their union brothers and sisters at the company's Southern California...

Union Pacific Railroad today announced it reached agreements with eight labor unions to provide access to up to seven paid sick days, effective April 1....

The United Steelworkers (USW) today said that workers at Bobcat's Rogers, Minnesota production facility have voted for union representation in a secret ballot election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) on Tuesday, March 21, 2023....

After repeatedly raising serious concerns about patient safety and Registered Nurse (RN) staffing levels, RNs at Collingwood General and Marine Hospital are proceeding with an Independent Assessment Committee (IAC) to investigate issues in the...