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Amazon Teamsters in San Francisco demand contract negotiations
Nov. 5, 2024 | Amazon Teamsters at the DCK6 warehouse in San Francisco are demanding that Amazon bargain a union contract and are calling on the e-commerce giant to stop violating labor laws and recognize their union rights. The workers are organizing with the support of Teamsters Joint Council 7 and Local 2785. They delivered their bargaining demand in a march on management this morning. Amazon is legally obligated to bargain because the company did not contest that a majority of workers support a union within the legally mandated two-week period, following the workers’ October 2 demand for union recognition.
Marathon, Teamsters to resume talks as strike enters 2nd month
Nov. 5, 2024 | The Teamsters union and Marathon Petroleum Corp will resume labor contract negotiations this week as a strike at the refiner's Detroit facility enters a second month. A new round of contract negotiations between Marathon and the union, which represents hundreds of refinery workers, is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 7, said Steve Hicks, President of Teamsters Local 283, following weeks of a standstill. Learn more here.
Largest Teamsters organizing drive in decades moves forward
Oct. 30, 2024 | The largest Teamsters organizing drive in 50 years took a leap forward last week, when the National Labor Relations Board set a Nov. 12-14 unionization vote for about 9,600 Corewell Health nurses in metro Detroit. Registered nurses at eight Corewell hospital campuses are to vote on whether to organize as Nurses for Nurses, a committee with the Michigan Teamsters Joint Council No. 43. Learn more here. PHOTO/DETROIT FREE PRESS
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Nov. 6, 2024 | TRUCKING | As we begin to focus on the fast-approaching holiday season, all Teamsters should take a moment to revel in pride knowing that “The People’s Tree,” as the Capitol Christmas Tree is called, will be in the safe hands of two Teamster drivers as it travels from Alaska to Washington DC. The drivers are members of Teamsters Local 959 and have collectively driven over 10 million accident-free miles as employees of Lynden in Alaska. Their stellar records of safety and professionalism are why they were selected for this nationally recognized honor. “We are happy that this year’s Capitol Christmas Tree that is being transported from Wrangell, Alaska to Washington D.C. will be transported by our very own members John Schank and Fred Austin,” said Teamsters Local 959 Secretary-Treasurer Gary Dixon. Teamsters Local 959
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Nov. 5, 2024 | STRIKES | Boeing's U.S. West Coast factory workers accepted a new contract offer on Monday, ending a bitter seven-week strike that halted most jet production and deepened a financial crisis at the troubled planemaker. The union said members voted 59% in favor of the new contract, which includes a 38% pay rise over four years, easing pressure on new CEO Kelly Ortberg after two previous offers were voted down in recent weeks. "This is a victory. We can hold our heads high," Jon Holden the union's lead negotiator, told members after the results were announced. "Now it's our job to get back to work." Boeing also promised to build the next airplane in the Seattle area. "They've never given us a commitment" to a new airplane before launch, Holden said. Reuters
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Nov. 4, 2024 | NLRB STANDARDS | Following the conclusion of oral arguments before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the Teamsters are calling for the court to uphold the ruling in Cemex Constr. Materials Pac., LLC v. NLRB. The Cemex Doctrine, as it’s come to be known, is a landmark ruling that has been critical to protecting workers from unlawful employer harassment during union organizing. “Cemex’s union busting started against rank-and-file Teamsters years ago, but it should end with a ruling from these judges,” said Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien. “An affirmation of the Cemex Doctrine will be the correct thing to do under the law and a major victory for every American worker who wants to organize without having to endure thuggish intimidation tactics from their employers.” Teamsters
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