National News

• Training: Forklift Recertification / Load Securement – Milton, PA January 15, 2020
  Training on forklift recertification/load securement will take place in Milton, Pennsylvania on January 18-19, 2020. Building Material & Construction TradeHeadline News
• Annual Pipeline Steward School, Business Officers' Conference in New Orleans January 15, 2020
  The Teamsters Building Material and Construction Trade Division and the Labor Management Cooperation Trust Committee are hosting the 8th Annual Pipeline Steward School and Business Agent  and Officers' Conference in New Orleans, March 22-25, 2020. Building Material & Construction TradeHeadline News
• Oregon American Red Cross Workers Join Teamsters Local 223 January 15, 2020
  Specialized blood collection (apheresis) workers throughout Oregon who work for the American Red Cross (ARC) have voted to join Teamsters Local 223 in Portland. Health Care DivisionHeadline NewsOrganizing Victories
• Teamsters Local 320 to Strike St. Louis County January 15, 2020
  Duluth, Minn.- After careful deliberation the negotiators and members of Teamsters Local 320 employed by the St. Louis County Public Works Department have decided to engage in a county-wide work stoppage. Public ServicesHeadline News https://teamsterslocal320.org/news/news-and-events/news/20366/2
• Training: Log Truck - Zanesville, Ohio January 15, 2020
  Training for log truck work will take place in Zanesville, Ohio, February 3-23, 2020. Building Material & Construction TradeHeadline News
• Teamsters Organize at Columbia Sportswear January 8, 2020
  By the summer of 2019, Gatto and some of his co-workers were ready to act. Gatto called Teamsters Local 162, one of several Portland-area Teamsters locals that represents warehouse workers, asking for help. For more, click here. Headline News https://nwlaborpress.org/2020/01/union-campaign-at-columbia-sportswear/
• Teamsters Local 776 Creates Fund to Assist Families of UPS Drivers Killed on PA Turnpike January 8, 2020
  Teamsters Local 776 has created a fund to assist the families of Dennis Kehler and Daniel Kepner, Teamster members and a UPS sleeper team, who were killed in a pile-up accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last Sunday. PackageHeadline News
• Hoffa Joins Striking Arizona Teamsters December 30, 2019
  James Hoffa, the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (representing 1.4 million workers in North America), made a special visit to the picket line in Sahuarita. “This company is owned by a Mexican company that’s exploiting the American workers,” said Hoffa.  Building Material & Construction TradeHeadline NewsTeamsters On the Line https://www.kold.com/2019/12/30/big-name-boosts-morale-asarco-picket-line/
• In Memoriam December 27, 2019
  Teamsters are mourning the loss of Marvin Kropp, a leader who has been an important part of the union for decades. He passed away on Dec. 23, 2019. Headline News
• Teamster Local 639 Members Play Key Role on Washington, D.C. Film Set December 19, 2019
  A new movie is being filmed this week in Washington, D.C., and a transportation crew from Teamsters Local 639 is keeping things moving on the set. Motion Picture & Theatrical TradeHeadline News
• Spending Bill Offers Relief, but Passes Buck on Larger Pension Fix December 19, 2019
  (WASHINGTON) – The fiscal year 2020 omnibus spending bill approved by Congress this week provides resources for many critical investments that better the lives of working Americans, but also misses the mark by not including a broad fix for the nation’s faltering multiemployer pension plans. Headline NewsPolitical LegislativeProtect Pensions
• Episode 182: Questioning the Candidates December 18, 2019
  In this special edition of the Teamster Nation Podcast, hear what six 2020 presidential contenders had to say about pensions, collective bargaining and fair trade when asked by members and retirees themselves during the Teamsters 2020 Presidential Candidates Forum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Headline NewsPodcastPolitical Legislative
• Teamsters Local 355 UPS Driver Brings Happiness to Children in Hospitals December 18, 2019
  For 15 years Felix Guinto, a UPS driver and member of Local 355 in Baltimore, has been rallying a team of volunteers that work throughout the year to bring toys to children in area hospitals. Guinto enlists the help of dozens of other UPS drivers who volunteer their time to bring some joy to sick […]
• Teamsters Union Honored for Helping Veterans and Military Families December 18, 2019
  Teamsters Airline Division representative Chris Moore, on behalf of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, has accepted the 2019 Eugene and Ruth Freedman Leadership Award from Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services. AirlineHeadline NewsTMAP
• Today's Teamster News January 19, 2013
  ... Headline NewsStop the War on Workers http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/02/todays-teamster-news-021913.html