Teamsters

The Straight Talk Express Needs a Teamster at the Wheel

Carl Pope | Posted 07.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Oil, Gas Prices, John McCain, Arctic Refuge, Teamsters, Anwar, Offshore Drilling, Green News

Teamster President James P. Hoffa put his union solidly back on the side of the premise that the future of both America's economy and its environment lies in a new, clean economy.

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A Trade Proposal Even the Teamsters Can Support

James P. Hoffa | Posted 06.06.2008 | Business

Read More: Obama NAFTA, Free Trade Agreements, Sherrod Brown, Nafta, Free Trade, Protectionism, Teamsters, Unions, Business News

For the past 15 years, anyone who opposed a so-called "free trade agreement" was labeled a protectionist. And that was the end of the story. The TRADE Act allows us to present an alternative.

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Tipping Ought to be Abolished: Let's Just Pay People More Like the Europeans Do

Michael Russnow | Posted 04.30.2008 | Business

I'm well aware that many people in service industries work for low hourly rates and thus need tips to earn a decent wage. The question is, why the hell have we evolved into a tip-earning economy?

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Labor's Self-Inflicted Wounds Threaten Progressive Movement

Kelly Candaele | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home

Read More: United Farm Workers, SEIU Presidential Endorsement, John McCain, Cio, Service Employees International, Seiu, Teamsters, Democrats, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Labor, John L Lewis, Senator McCain, Afl Cio, Maria Elena, American Federation of Labor, Afl, Durazo, Home News

Just as we are on the precipice of a major political realignment, a possible resurgence of progressive politics in Washington, the backbone of that movement -- organized labor -- is engaged in a self-destructive internal battle.

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Labor's Self-Inflicted Wounds Threaten Progressive Movement

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.17.2008 | Home

Read More: SEIU Presidential Endorsement, John McCain, Senator McCain, Cio, Seiu, Teamsters, Democrats, Congress of Industrial Organizations, Labor, John L Lewis, Afl Cio, Service Employees International, Maria Elena, American Federation of Labor, United Farm Workers, Afl, Durazo, Home News

Just as we are on the precipice of a major political realignment, a possible resurgence of progressive politics in Washington, the backbone of that movement -- organized labor -- is engaged in a self-destructive internal battle.

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Mary Peters: Lawbreaker

James P. Hoffa | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mary Peters, Teamsters, Unions, Transportation Secretary, Politics News

I'm not suggesting Mary Peters be sent to prison for two years for what appears to be a clear violation of the Antideficiency Act. I am suggesting she be fired for it.

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Want to Start an Unskilled Labor-Intensive Business Right Now? No, You Don't

Henry Blodget | Posted 12.21.2007 | Business

Read More: Fresh Direct, Immigration Debate, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Fresh Direct Labor Crackdown, Teamsters, Labor Unions, Unions, Business News

It's time companies like Fresh Direct stopped getting blamed for the fact that citizens of other countries want to do jobs that people who were born here don't.

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Just What We Don't Need - Another Free Trade Agreement

James P. Hoffa | Posted 12.10.2007 | Business

Read More: Outsourcing, Smoot-Hawley Act, Nafta, Pntr, Peru Free Trade Agreement, Mr. Coffee Plant, Willis Hawley, Cafta, Globalization, Free Trade, Fdr Free Trade Agreements, Cheap Labor, Teamsters, Reed Smoot, Business News

American workers don't want deals like NAFTA, CAFTA and PNTR. They've seen through the false promises that "free trade" will create more exports, better jobs and better wages.

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Mary Had A Little Lamb, This Inspection is a Scam

James P. Hoffa | Posted 10.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mary Peters, Mexican Trucks, US Department of Transportation, Dot, Teamsters, Politics News

Does the Bush administration think we're stupid? It's insulting to the intelligence of the American people to suggest that a staged truck inspection before the news media proves anything.

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