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Romney Says Obama 'Takes Marching Orders From Union Bosses'

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Labor, Video, Romney Campaign, Obama Reelection, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Afl-Cio, Obama, Teamsters, Labor Unions, Unions, Michigan, Obama Campaign, Obama 2012, Politics News

Speaking to a crowd at a campaign stop in Lansing, Mich., on Tuesday, presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney took a swipe at both Presiden...

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Democrats Ask Unions For Convention Cash, Get Rebuffed

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Charlotte, Video, Dnc Charlotte, Democratic Convention Unions, Uaw, Democratic National Convention, Obama Reelection, Election 2012 Blog, 2012 Election, Afl-Cio, Elections 2012, Obama Unions, Teamsters, Dnc Unions, Obama 2012, Politics News

Democrats' self-imposed ban on corporate donations has made it tough to raise cash for the Democratic National Convention, and their hope that unions ...

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Obama Campaign Hitting Up Unions For Convention Money: Bloomberg

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Democratic Convention, Dnc, Uaw, Obama Reelection, Election 2012 Blog, Elections 2012, Afl-Cio, Obama, Teamsters, Obama Campaign, Obama 2012, Labor, Video, 2012 Election, Unions, Politics News

Facing a funding shortfall due to a ban on corporate donations, the Obama campaign is now asking unions to kick in money for the Democratic National C...

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Dave Jamieson

Twink-ruptcy: Hostess May Go Under In Labor Dispute

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Video, Labor, Hostess Brands Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy, Twinkies, Hostess-Brands, Hostess-Brands-Bankrupt, Teamsters, Business, Hostess, Labor Unions, Unions, Business News

Marking the peak of a heated labor dispute, Hostess Brands and the Teamsters union are squaring off in bankruptcy court Tuesday in a case that could d...

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Rag Picking in America?

Carl Pope | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Recycling, Teamsters Union, Los Angeles, Port of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles Recycling, Teamsters, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Los Angeles News
Carl Pope

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa takes pride in the fact that his city's recycling rate is the highest in any of America's million plus population cities. But listening to the workers, it is clear that inside the recycling facility, workers are treated more like the garbage they sort than fellow citizens.

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Reaffirming Teamsters for Obama -- The Best Choice Then and Now

Gregory Floyd | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Pensions, Labor Unions, New York, President Obama, Teamsters Endorse Obama, Teamsters, Politics News
Gregory Floyd

On the other hand, most of the candidates vying to run against Obama would rip apart the public-sector worker system that has provided for decades of middle-class families. That is why elections are so important.

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Defending Pensions From a Surprise Attack

Gregory Floyd | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: John Liu, Public Sector Pensions, Teamsters, Labor Unions, Politics News
Gregory Floyd

We now face a new, but equally dangerous threat to the safety of our pensions, and it's coming from an unexpected source. It threatens not only the health of our pensions but our very ability to control them.

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Truck Drivers Left To Hustle If West Coast Ports Shut Down

Turnstyle | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Doug Bloch, Truck Drivers, General Strike, West Coast Port Shutdown, Teamsters Union, Protests, Occupy Wall Street, Teamsters, Occupy Oakland, Port Blockade Assembly, Impact News
Turnstyle

By: Robyn Gee Could a proposed shutdown of all West Coast ports on December 12 hurt truck drivers? West Coast occupiers are coming together in a co...

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Occupy Seattle Ranks Expand

Wendy K. Leigh | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Jobs, Seattle Central Community College, Education, Seattle Protests, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Seattle, Budget Cuts, Slidepollajax, Labor Unions, Clergy, Teamsters, Offthebus, Religion News
Wendy K. Leigh

As a testament to the far-reaching effects of the Occupy Seattle movement, the daily religious presence at the sanctuary tent includes ministers, rabbis, priests, yoga practitioners and more. When police unleashed pepper spray during earlier protest marches in November, those indiscriminately sprayed included peaceful members of the clergy wearing identifiable religious clothing.

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Democracy in the Teamsters Union

James Jacobs | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Teamsters, Politics News
James Jacobs

After 22 years of court-supervised free elections and disciplinary actions, organized crime's influence in the IBT has been nearly eradicated. The only blight on this extraordinary experiment in union democracy initiative is low voter turnout.

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President Obama's Comity Central

Ken Blackwell | Posted 11.08.2011

Read More: Elections 2012, Obama Administration, Jimmy Hoffa, Teamsters, Barack Obama, Tea Party, Politics News
Ken Blackwell

President Obama should repudiate Jimmy Hoffa's degrading language now. If the Teamsters start talking about "war" and "taking out" the SOBs fifteen months ahead of the 2012 elections, what will we descend to on election day?

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Suburban Funeral Home Strike Called Off Two Days After Vandalism

Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Service Corporation International, Chicago Funeral Homes, Teamsters Local 727, Suburban Chicago Funeral Homes, Dignity Memorial, Labor Dispute, Funeral Homes, Teamsters, Alderwoods, Chicago News

A walk-out previously scheduled for Tuesday morning at four suburban Chicago funeral homes was postponed after management of the homes agreed to meet ...

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Global Capitalism Is Destroying the Middle Class, Say the Global Capitalists

James P. Hoffa | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: James Hoffa, Council on Foreign Relations, Labor, Imf, Teamsters, Economy, World Bank, Business News
James P. Hoffa

Some of the most trusted institutions in the world are finally awakening to the dangers of unrestrained global capitalism.

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The War on Workers: L.A. Is On!

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Demonstrations, Environmental, Workers, Scott Walker, Advocates, Protests, Teamsters, Labor Unions, Banksters, Religious, Wisconsin Protests, Workers Rights, Los Angeles News
James P. Hoffa

It's not just about red states and blue states, it's not about public sector versus private sector workers, and it's not about any of the other propaganda that gets thrown around to divide Americans. It's about all of us.

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Learning How to Be the Boss

Yael Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teamwork, Leadership, Boss, Social Entrepreneurship, Fuck Cancer, Teamsters, Entrepreneurship, Work Ethic, Learning, Business News
Yael Cohen

These days being your own boss is like being Charlie Sheen's psychotherapist; everyone wants it, but we don't exactly know why. When I started FCancer...

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Wisconsin State Senator Hansen: Once a Teamster, Always a Teamster

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Madison, Gov. Scott Walker, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Right-to-Work, Teamsters, Labor Unions, Michigan, Republicans, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

Dave Hansen, a 20-year Teamster, is one of the 14 Democratic senators from Wisconsin who courageously left their state in a show of solidarity that has captured the attention of the nation.

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The Superbowl Is Over -- Now The Real Combat Begins

David Morris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Labor, Worker, Nfl, Superbowl, Union, Football, Pat Bowlen, John Mackey, Gabriel Feldman, Court of Appeals, Teamsters, . Nflpa, NFL Players Association, Pete Rozelle, Baltimore Colts, College Sports Network, Afl, Sports News
David Morris

For thousands of workers and millions of fans, the NFL game that really counts isn't Packers v. Steelers. It's Workers v. Bosses.

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Billionaires' Coordinated Scheme to Ax Your Pay

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Labor, Economy, Middle Class, James Hoffa, Corporate Greed, Teamsters, Labor Unions, Politics News
James P. Hoffa

Don't be fooled by the misleading propaganda created by billionaires and corporations for the politicians they've purchased. These proposals have nothing to do with the right to work. They're all about forcing people to work for less.

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Waiting for Superman. Still Waiting.

Michael N. Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education President, Teamsters, Democrats, Bruce Willis, Nra, Movies, Waiting for Superman, Education News
Michael N. Smith

Unfortunately, I don't think a movie about what most of us already suspect will change any of this. But what do I know?

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Hollywood Teamsters Strike Averted, Overwhelmingly Approve Contract With Studios

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Teamsters Union, Teamsters Strike, Teamsters, Holywood Teamsters Strike, Los Angeles News

BURBANK, Calif. — Teamsters drivers have voted overwhelmingly to accept a proposed contract from Hollywood movie and television studios, avoidin...

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Arianna Tells Teamsters: "We Have A Choice" On How To Respond To The Economic Crisis

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jimmy Hoffa, Unemployment, Unions, Third World America, Recession, Afghanistan, Arianna Huffington, Teamsters, Economy, Politics News

Speaking at the close of the 2010 Teamsters Women's Conference, held in Minneapolis, MN over the weekend, Arianna Huffington urged individuals to do t...

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Teamsters Union Protests Coca Cola's Labor Practices, as Company Shutters Plants

Akito Yoshikane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Workers, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Corporations, Coca-Coca, Sacramento, Atlanta, Teamsters, Coke, Coca Cola Enterprises, Unions, Labor Unions, Politics News
Akito Yoshikane

Although they work for a company that popularized the slogan "Have a Coke and a smile," Coca-Cola workers are doing more frowning than ever these days.

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SAG Feels its Own Labor Pains

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Screen Actors Guild, Sag, Teamsters, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

Labor unrest is hitting SAG close to home. Negotiations between the actors guild and Teamsters Local 986, which represents more than 40 of SAG's Los ...

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Put an End to Sweatshops on Wheels

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Hoffa, Carl Pope, Clean Ports Act, Teamsters, Sierra Club, Jerrold Nadler, Green News
James P. Hoffa

The Clean Ports Act is the singular and simplest solution to 'green' this blue-collar workforce and eliminate the sweatshops on wheels that have plagued a critical U.S. industry for too long.

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Breakthrough in Teamsters Talks; Deal Ratified

Jonathan Handel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hollywood Strike, Entertainment News, Teamsters, Entertainment, Breaking Entertainment News, Entertainment News
Jonathan Handel

In a surprising development, Hollywood Teamsters leaders at a standing room only membership meeting this morning asked the membership to ratify a two year contract proposed by the studios.

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