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Airline mechanics choose Teamsters
SFO -- Fearing the sale of their maintenance division and possible layoffs, United Airlines mechanics have voted to change unions and bring in the Teamsters. More than 3,000 mechanics at United's biggest maintenance base at San Francisco International Airport joined the airline's mechanics across the country and...
Tags: job, mechanics, Outsourcing, Teamsters, United Airlines
Research articles 2008-04-03
Airline mechanics union switches to Teamsters
SFO -- Fearing the sale of their maintenance division and possible layoffs, United Airlines mechanics have voted to change unions and bring in the Teamsters. More than 3,000 mechanics at United's biggest maintenance base at San Francisco International Airport joined the airline's mechanics across the country and...
Tags: job, mechanics, Outsourcing, Teamsters, United Airlines
Research articles 2008-04-02
Hoffa Grandstands on Airline Outsourcing
SAN FRANCISCO -- Teamster President James Hoffa is staging a press appearance with San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom at City Hall on March 5 to allegedly talk about airline maintenance outsourcing. Why is San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom being duped into standing with a union official who represents few...
Tags: aircraft, Continental Airlines Inc., Manufacturing, outsourcing, Teamsters, UAL Corp., United Airlines
Research articles 2008-03-04
Teamsters to Fight UAL-Continental Merger Unless It Benefits Employees
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORS Contact: Leslie Miller of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-8734, lmiller@teamster.org Union Represents Continental Mechanics, Seeks To Represent UAL Mechanics WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Teamsters union said Thursday it will oppose a merger between United Airlines and Continental Airlines unless such a deal benefits...
Tags: Benefits, Continental Airlines Inc., FINANCE, Investment, mechanics, merger, Teamsters, Transportation, UAL Corp., United Airlines
Research articles 2008-02-28
Obama wins powerful union's backing
WASHINGTON AFP — White House hopeful Barack Obama's drive to poach blue-collar support from Hillary Clinton won a powerful boost Wednesday with the endorsement of the 1.4 million members of the Teamsters union. "Senator Obama understands the challenges working people face every day," Teamsters general president Jim Hoffa said...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Obama, senator, SOFTWARE, Teamsters
Research articles 2008-02-20
United Airlines mechanics face critical union vote
SFO -- United Airlines mechanics will vote soon on whether to stay with their current union or be represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The mechanics, more than 3,000 of whom are employed at the United maintenance base at San Francisco International Airport, have been represented...
Tags: FINANCE, mechanics, Outsourcing, Teamsters, United Airlines
Research articles 2008-02-01
Controllers Declare 'Staffing Emergency' in Atlanta, Chicago, New York and Southern California
U.S. aviation labor unions are ratcheting up the volume as regards their labor unrest with the nation's air traffic controllers among the most vocal. The nation's controllers, suffering a 10 percent loss of their workforce in 2007, a record pace of new losses this year and worsening...
Tags: FAA, FINANCE, Manufacturing, mechanics, Outsourcing, staffing, Teamsters
Research articles 2008-01-14
Laid-Off Workers Lose Benefits
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Leslie Miller of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-409-6647, lmiller@teamster.org Teamsters Blast Republican Senate Leadership for Blocking Trade Adjustment AssistanceWASHINGTON, Dec. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thousands of workers who lost their jobs because of bad trade policies wont get government help because of Senate inaction on Wednesday.Senate Republican leadership...
Tags: job, leadership, Republican, Teamsters, U.S. Senate, worker
Research articles 2007-12-19
Teamsters Warn Tribune Waivers Could Violate FCC Rules and Policies
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Galen Munroe of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6904, gmunroe@teamster.org Union Urges Protection of Public Interest in Tribune DealWASHINGTON, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters testified at todays Federal Communications Commission FCC hearing regarding diversity and localism in media ownership, raising concerns about the...
Tags: FCC, Government, Teamsters, Tribune Co.
Research articles 2007-10-31
Hoffa Calls DOT Inspection Stunt 'Insulting'
To: TRANSPORTATION EDITORSContact: Leslie Miller of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6911, lmiller@teamster.org WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Transportation Secretary Mary Peters shows contempt for Americans' intelligence with a truck inspection stunt planned in Washington, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said on Wednesday. Peters was scheduled to stage a news conference...
Tags: Mexico, Teamsters, Transportation, U.S. Congress, U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington
Research articles 2007-10-17
Teamsters Disappointed by Job Numbers
To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Leslie Miller of International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-8734, lmiller@teamster.org WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Labor Department's announcement Friday that 110,000 jobs were created in September is disappointing, Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said. "This is just the latest bad news for American working men and women,"...
Tags: job, Teamsters, U.S. Department of Labor, women
Research articles 2007-10-05
Teamsters Urge FCC to Protect Diversity in Media Ownership Rules
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Galen Munroe of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6904, gmunroe@teamster.org CHICAGO, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The International Brotherhood of Teamsters today testified at the Federal Communications Commission's hearing on media ownership and urged the Commission to protect diversity and other issues of public interest in considering change...
Tags: Benefits, FCC, Government, Teamsters, Tribune Co.
Research articles 2007-09-20
Hoffa Says U.S. China Trade Policy Undercuts Middle Class, National Security
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Leigh Strope or Leslie Miller, +1-202-624-6911, both of International Brotherhood of Teamsters Teamsters General President Urges Real Action To Address Globalization CrisisWASHINGTON, July 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa told a Senate panel today that U.S. trade policy is strangling democracy in China, national security...
Tags: China, Globalization, security, Strategy, Teamsters, U.S., U.S. Congress, worker
Research articles 2007-07-25
Teamsters, Machinists at Columbia Ford Strike for Affordable Health Care
To: HEALTH/MEDICAL EDITORSContact: Brian King of Teamsters Local 58, +1-360-423-5700 LONGVIEW, Wash., June 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Members of the Teamsters and Machinists Unions walked off the job today in protest of Columbia Ford's refusal to help allay the rising costs of health care, passing on costs to their employees while...
Tags: Benefits, Ford Motor Co., HEALTHCARE, SOFTWARE, Teamsters, worker
Research articles 2007-06-18
Shippers Plan to Divert Freight Ahead of Labor Talks, Survey Says
Teamsters' Pacts With UPS, LTLs Expire During 2008A survey by investment firm Bear, Stearns & Co. found some shippers are planning to divert freight to nonunion firms about a year before the expiration next year of Teamsters union contracts with UPS Inc. and less-than-truckload carriers, but carriers said they haven't...
Tags: Bear Stearns & Co. Inc., carrier, expiration, MARKETING, survey, Teamsters, Transportation, United Parcel Service of America Inc.
Research articles 2007-05-21
Arkansas best accelerates revenue with 'RPM'
THOSE GREEN ABF TRUCKS headed down highways could start hauling in even more green for President and CEO Robert Davidson. ABF Freight System Inc. of Fort Smith has become one of the nation's largest less-than-truckload carriers, generating 97 percent of parent company Arkansas Best Corp.'s $1.86 billion in revenue...
Tags: FINANCE, JIT, Quality, revenue, RPM, Teamsters, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2007-04-23
Teamsters Rail Conference Supports Indiana Rail Safety Measures
To: LABOR EDITORSContact: David White of Teamsters Rail Conference, +1-202-624- 8730, dwhite@teamster.org WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Indiana House and Senate is performing an important role in ensuring the safety and security of the state's rail system, rail workers and the community in current deliberations about rail-related legislation. "Attention...
Tags: conference, Indiana, MARKETING, mobile, SECURITY, Teamsters, U.S. Senate, worker
Research articles 2007-02-21
Record Trade Deficit Direct Result of Broken Trade Policy, Says Teamsters
To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Galen Munroe of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, +1-202-624-6911 WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is an official statement of Teamsters President Jim Hoffa: With the release of the record-setting figures for our trade deficit, now at $800 billion, there can be no debate --...
Tags: agreement, FINANCE, NAFTA, Teamsters, U.S. Congress, worker
Research articles 2007-02-13
United Mechanics Join the Teamsters
For the past couple of years, the mechanics at United have been embroiled in a union representation fight. It all came to a head yesterday when just over 60 percent of the mechanics voted to leave AMFA and join the Teamsters. AMFA used to be the...
Tags: Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Business Operations, It Operations, Outsourcing, Teamsters, Mechanics, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2008-04-01
Two labor rivals have US Airways marriage
There's nothing like a drive to survive to push solidarity between unions - even two unions on opposite sides of last year's split in the labor movement. That's what happened with the Communications Workers of America, led by Larry Cohen, and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, led by James...
Tags: AFL-CIO, Leadership, MARKETING, Teamsters, US Airways Group Inc.
Research articles 2006-08-07