An affiliation agreement between the Amazon Labor Union and the 1.3 million-member Teamsters signals an escalation in challenging the online retailer.
Category: International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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Teamsters Struggle to Unionize Amazon and FedEx Delivery Workers
The Teamsters union has made little headway in organizing workers at Amazon and FedEx despite wage and other gains it secured at UPS last year.
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Retirees’ Pensions Were Restored. Debate About It Hasn’t Died.
A 2021 law providing aid for multiemployer plans underscores the partisan disagreement about how best to provide stability for older Americans.
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DHL Workers at Kentucky Air Cargo Hub Go on Strike
Workers who load and unload cargo planes at DHL’s hub near Cincinnati walked out after months of negotiations failed to produce a contract.
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Yellow Rejects a Bid to Restart Trucking Company
In a letter, Yellow’s management said an effort to buy the company and revive its operations by an executive from a different trucking firm was “not viable.”
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Bidder Aims to Save Bankrupt Trucking Firm Yellow
The plan would put Yellow back on the road with thousands of unionized drivers, but would force the government to wait longer for a loan repayment.
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Amid Strikes, One Question: Are Employers Miscalculating?
UPS, the Hollywood studios and the Detroit automakers appear to have been taken aback by the tactics and tougher style adopted by new union leaders.
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UPS Workers Avert Strike by Approving New Contract
The vote by members of the Teamsters union removes a potential threat to the economy.
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New Union Leaders Take a Harder Line
Pushed by angry members, unions representing actors, autoworkers and UPS employees are becoming increasingly assertive under new leadership.
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A Trucking Giant Is Bankrupt, and Finger-Pointing Begins
Yellow, which received billions in federal pandemic aid, failed after being a laggard for years in a part of the industry where rivals are doing well.
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After U.S. Bailout, the Trucking Firm Yellow Is Shutting Down
Yellow, which received a pandemic loan, is winding down operations ahead of an expected bankruptcy filing. The closure of the company would mean the loss of about 30,000 jobs.
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UPS Reaches Contract Deal With Teamsters to Head Off Strike
United Parcel Service faced a potential walkout by more than 325,000 union members when their five-year contract expired next week.