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Teamsters in no rush to endorse following Biden, Trump meetings
Mar. 18, 2024 | The head of the Teamsters union emerged from a meeting with President Joe Biden on Tuesday with warm words for his labor record but said any potential endorsement would be a ways down the road. “Historically the Teamsters union do not make an endorsement until after the respective conventions,” General President Sean O’Brien told reporters at the union’s D.C. headquarters shortly after the roundtable event. “However, this has been a different process. We’ve never had candidates into the building, never had rank-and-file participation.” The union intends to survey rank-and-file members before convening its leadership later this year to issue its endorsement, “most likely after the conventions.” Read more at Politico
Maryland Teamsters call for passage of House Bill 1447
Mar. 18, 2024 | Members of Teamsters Locals 570, 639, and 922 (pictured above) testified before the Maryland House of Delegates to call for the passage of House Bill 1447 (HB 1447), legislation that would require a human operator in large commercial vehicles. Similar legislation has been introduced in California, Iowa, Indiana, and New York this year. “Autonomous vehicles pose a grave threat to hundreds of thousands of good-paying jobs in Maryland,” said Sean Cedenio, President of Teamsters Joint Council 62. “One in 14 jobs statewide are in trucking, with countless more in the postal service, transit, and other sectors. Workers are the backbone of our supply chain. They pay taxes, patronize small businesses, and support local charities and civic organizations across the state. By passing HB 1447, we can protect Maryland’s families, communities, and economy.” Learn more here.
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Mar. 18, 2024 | VOTE2024 | Social Security, saving workers’ pensions, and passing the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act were top topics as the Teamsters—led by reform President Sean O’Brien and rank-and-file members—interviewed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden. The hour-long March 12 session at Teamsters headquarters at the foot of Capitol Hill occurred just before Biden swept the Mississippi primary, clinching his nomination for a second White House term. His Republican foe, ex-Oval Office denizen Donald Trump, also clinched the nomination on March 12… “In addition to ongoing nationwide polling, the international union will be working with our 360 affiliates to coordinate town halls around the country to ensure all members are included in one of the most important decisions any organization can make this year,” O’Brien tweeted. People’s World PHOTO: @TEAMSTERS VIA TWITTER (X)
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Dec. 28, 2023 | WAGES | This year will go down as a very good one for labor in the U.S. Wage inequality narrowed and unemployment stayed below 4% for 22 months, the longest stretch in over 50 years. And though it’s cooled down since, unemployment remains low and wages are catching up to inflation. Strikes improved working conditions and pay. Meanwhile, unions in a variety of industries made waves, and workers without a college education had an especially good year. More at Quartz
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Dec. 27, 2023 | ECONOMY | […] on Wall Street, strikes are on the tips of tongues. A Bloomberg News analysis found that S&P 500 executives and analysts talked about unions on earnings calls more this year than any other on record, according to data going back two decades. They, too, have been quick to assure investors that the labor uptick is no big deal. Caesars Entertainment Inc. CEO Thomas Reed told analysts that a recently settled contract with Nevada’s Culinary Union is “going to be the largest increase that our employees have seen” in four decades. “That’s well deserved. It’s anticipated our business model,” he said. Such comments, arguably made to calm antsy investors, are partly bluster. But they also reflect the changed balance of forces in the United States. Business Insider
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