#international brotherhood of teamsters

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Companies That Union-Bust Must Now Automatically Recognize Union, NLRB Rules

The National Labor Relations Board issued a ruling on Friday that changes the framework for unionizations, making it easier for workers to organize and harder for companies to fight back against them. The new process comes as part of a decision in the case between Cemex Construction Materials Pacific, LLC and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, where the Board found that the employer had committed over 20 “instances of objectionable or unlawful misconduct” between the filing of the union election petition and the election itself, intending to dissuade workers from organizing.

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WARNING - STRAIGHT LANGUAGE & A DISTURBING TOPIC FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

DISCLAIMER: Please do your own research and come to your own conclusions.

Mark Dice - kamala harris Receives Some Very Bad News From The Teamsters.

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Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ... Again

Just one short, but important snippet o’ snark — well, actually more of a mini-rant tonight, friends … The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the Teamsters Union, has officially declined to endorse either candidate for president in November.  Every other major union has endorsed Kamala Harris, but not the Teamsters.  Why?  Because, according to Teamsters president Sean O’Brien, approximately…

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"Riot Breaks Out in United States City," Ottawa Journal. May 25, 1934. Page 1. ---- With 35,000 building trades workers involved in a sympathetic walkout as a result of the strike of 5,000 truck drivers, a corps of 1,000 regular and special policemen has been mobilized in Minneapolis to prevent further rioting after 35 persons were injured and one killed in one serious demonstration. This photo shows a view of the rioting, which had been preceded by the arrest of U.S. Congressman Francis H. Shoemaker, Farmer-Laborite, on charges of disorderly conduct. Police alleged that Shoemaker, who later was released on $200 bail, was brandishing a broomstick.

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Starbucks just got slapped with a massive judgment for their “egregious” actions in union-busting, after a two-year court battle.

If they could’ve sued those workers and gotten quicker judgments for striking? No union would be able to exist, to collectively bargain effectively, or to have any power against any company.

the ruling class will do whatever it can to snuff out what little power you have, and to render you inescapably and utterly enslaved

[batboyblog]

So on the Teamsters, it seems that Harris has been endorsed by

International Brotherhood of Teamsters Black Caucus

Teamsters Joint Council 7 (north and central California and Northern Nevada)

Teamsters Joint Council 42 (Southern California, Southern Nevada, Hawaii, Gaum, and Saipan)

Joint Council 28 (Washington, Alaska, and the Idaho Panhandle)

Joint Council 40 (Western Pennsylvania and Northern West Virginia)

Joint Council 43 (Michigan)

Teamsters Local 186 (Santa Babara and Ventura Counties California)

Local 237 (public employees in NYC and Long Island)

Local 572 (Los Angeles area)

Local 623 (Philadelphia)

Local 769 (Southern Florida)

so Teamster Union organizations representing hundreds of thousands of members have endorsed Harris-Walz

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Wow…

“The International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined to endorse a presidential candidate on Wednesday after releasing internal polling that showed a majority of its members supported former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris.

It’s the first time in nearly three decades that the union has not endorsed a presidential candidate.”

#timeforchange

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[from Robert B. Hubbell]

Blaming Democrats for losses in 2024 is not helpful, fair, or accurate

I spent much of the day drafting responses to readers who forwarded articles / posts claiming that Democratic losses in 2024 were due to the fact that they had “lost touch” or “alienated” or “failed to listen to” working class voters or male voters. I won’t link to those articles / posts. They are ubiquitous.

The notion that Democrats “failed to listen to” or “lost touch” with the middle and working classes is demonstrably wrong. Virtually every policy promoted by VP Harris was designed to help the middle class, blue-collar workers, and the working poor:

Childcare tax credits, earned income credits for the working poor, lower prescription drug prices, protecting affordable healthcare, increasing the minimum wage, protecting unions and workers’ rights, providing for in-home care for elderly and homebound, subsidizing first-time homebuyers, building affordable housing, student loan forgiveness, prosecuting price gouging, and a middle-class tax cut.

To the extent that the Democrats speak through policies, virtually all Democratic policies seek to improve the lives of the middle class, working class, and working poor. On a policy level, the assertion Democrats “forgot” or “abandoned” the working class is wrong and corrosive.

What, then, is the source of the false notion that Democrats have “forgotten” the working class? I don’t know for certain, but I have a guess. (I invite others to weigh in; I was an English major and a securities litigation lawyer. I claim no expertise in political analysis.)

Many (not all) in the middle and working classes disagree with Democratic support for women’s reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, equal voting rights for Black citizens, and the fight against human-caused climate change. To the extent that Democrats have parted ways with the cultural and social views of many in the working class and middle class, those groups feel “alienated” and “ignored.”

But it is no answer to those feelings of abandonment and alienation to abandon the struggle for full equality for women, LGBTQ rights, voting rights for Black citizens, and protection of the environment.

So, yes, there is a growing gap between Democratic policies on social issues and many (not all) in the middle and working classes, especially males.

Case in point: Despite unprecedented support for unions by Biden and Harris, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters refused to endorse Kamala Harris. The only rational course of action for unions is to support Kamala Harris. Why, then, did the Teamsters refuse to do so?

My belief: A majority of Teamsters—largely male working-class voters—disagreed with Kamala Harris and Democrats on social issues, like women’s reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, Black voting rights, and efforts to fight human-caused climate change.

So, the fiction that Democrats have “ignored” the working and middle classes is wrong on the merits. It is only on social issues at the core of the Democratic Party’s commitment to social justice that there has been a divergence of opinion.

The answer to the above conundrum is not to abandon the social justice values that are at the core of the Democratic Party but to expand the voting base that is the backbone of the party.

If anyone tells you that Democrats lost in 2024 because they “abandoned” the working class, ask them specifically how Democrats did so. Be prepared to list Kamala Harris’s policies designed to improve the lives of the working class. Ask them how extending the GOP tax cut for millionaires and corporations will benefit the working class. Ask them how the GOP plan to kill Obamacare will help the working class. Or how imposing a 10% tariff on all imported goods will help the working class.

The fiction that Democrats “abandoned” the working class is designed to set Democrats against one another. It is beginning to gain traction because gullible media is willingly spreading the lie. Don’t be seduced by the fiction. Democrats must remain loyal to their roots of social justice and dignity for all. It is the right thing to do. It is the only thing to do. Political victory without justice for all would be hollow and bitter. We are better than that.

[Robert B. Hubbell Newsletter]

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Dave Jamieson at HuffPost:

Amazon delivery drivers at several of the retailer’s hubs went on strike Thursday demanding the company bargain a union contract, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The Teamsters said the walkouts hit seven facilities in New York, California, Georgia and Illinois less than a week before Christmas. It was unclear how many workers took part or how much the strikes disrupted deliveries. Sean O’Brien, the union’s president, said in a statement that Amazon had “pushed workers to the limit.” “If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon’s insatiable greed,” O’Brien said. “We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored it.” Kelly Nantel, an Amazon spokesperson, said the company hadn’t seen “any impact on our operations” due to the walkouts. She also accused the Teamsters of “threatening” and “intimidating” workers into joining the union.

“For more than a year now, the Teamsters have continued to intentionally mislead the public — claiming that they represent ‘thousands of Amazon employees and drivers,’” Nantel said in a statement. “They don’t, and this is another attempt to push a false narrative.” The Teamsters have been trying to organize the nonunion drivers who work out of Amazon’s hubs. Those drivers technically work for outside contractors — “delivery service partners,” in Amazon-speak — but the union argues the world’s largest online retailer is the one that controls the working conditions.

[...] Amazon has insisted it doesn’t legally employ the drivers, although the drivers wear Amazon uniforms, drive Amazon-branded vans and deliver Amazon packages. Prosecutors at the National Labor Relations Board have challenged Amazon’s position, asserting that the retailer is really a “joint employer” of delivery drivers at a hub in Southern California. But such cases take years to litigate, and Amazon is likely to find a more employer-friendly NLRB under President-elect Donald Trump.

Amazon drivers at several plants have gone on strike to demand union contracts of its drivers. #AmazonStrike

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4 Jun 24

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Solidarity with UPS workers!

The contract deadline is August 1st and a strike has been authorized by 97% of union members. This means if the union cannot get an adequate contract with UPS by then, for things like air conditioning in all trucks, and fair wages for part time employees, they will strike. Part time employees make up about 60% of their workforce and preform backbreaking physical labor for a starting salary of $16 an hour. Starting pay in 1983 when adjusted for inflation was $25 an hour.

UPS handles about 28% of Americas shipping. UPS is already starting to train scabs. Package delivery will shut down across the nation and everyone will feel it. Are you and your community ready to stand in solidarity with them?

Things by mail will come slow if at all, who will this affect the most?

- Small businesses

- People who are housebound

- People who rely on specialty medication deliveries

If you rely on delivered medication, call your provider and check who does the deliveries; if it is UPS check how they are going to handle a possible strike. Even if your medication comes via other contracted delivery companies you need to be prepared for things to come slowly, if UPS is on strike that will put extra pressure on FedEx and USPS. Order as early as you can.

This strike will come on the heels of the joint WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. Stand with the unions and put pressure on the companies to make sure writers, actors, and soon UPS workers are fairly compensated and protected on the job. Listen to the unions, don’t boycott unless they call for one. The UPS pilots union has stated that they will stand in solidarity with the UPS Teamsters.

UPS Teamsters United has strike resources

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Newsroom

The Teamsters Twitter updates regularly about the state of negotiations for UPS workers as well as other negotiating and striking workers.

Donate to strike funds if you can and don’t fucking scab.

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President Joe Biden reminded Pennsylvanians on Friday that he, Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats safeguarded more than 1 million people’s pensions without any help from the GOP.

Visiting a union hall in Philadelphia, Biden and local union leaders highlighted the American Rescue Plan of 2021 and how it funded union pension plans that were facing insolvency. The pensions of an estimated 1.2 million workers and retirees have been protected from cuts due to the legislation.

It was no accident that the event took place in Pennsylvania, perhaps the most critical of battleground states for Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, and for her opponent, former President Donald Trump. Democrats have worried about Harris’ strength with the kind of blue-collar union voters whose pensions were backstopped by the bill.

Biden made sure anyone listening knew that the pension rescue got no Republican backing when Democrats muscled it through Congress over three years ago as part of a larger, pandemic-era stimulus package. It passed on a party-line vote in the Senate, with Harris casting a tie-breaker at a critical juncture for the bill.

The president said the vote underscored the hyperpartisan nature of Congress these days.

“We used to have real differences in the Senate. But at least when the critical things, we ended up getting together. But not anymore,” Biden said. “This is a different deal we’re working with. Not a single, solitary Republican in the House or the Senate, not one, voted to help with the pensions. Not one single one.”

“It’s the way things have gotten,” he added. “It’s wrong.”

He said that he and Harris “worked like hell” to include the pension rescue, known as the Butch Lewis Act, as part of the American Rescue Plan, and theorized that some Republicans would have voted for it but were afraid to cross party leaders.

“I believe a lot of those Republicans who voted no thought it was wrong. But they’re afraid to vote the right way,” Biden said.

The legislation provided an estimated $74 billion to $91 billion to shore up troubled multiemployer pension plans, which are funds that employers pay into under collective bargaining agreements. The funds can run into trouble when union membership declines over time, with more retirees drawing down benefits and fewer contributions going in on behalf of active workers.

The White House said Pennsylvania is home to an estimated 65,000 of the workers and retirees helped by the legislation. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., a government-run entity that insures multiemployer pension plans, said Friday it had approved an application to pump $684 million into a plan covering 29,000 workers and retirees in the service sector.

The pension rescue became something of a campaign story after the International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ executive board declined to make an endorsement in the presidential race. The Teamsters had the largest pension plan saved from cuts, and so the decision not to back Harris angered many members and labor allies

John Pishko, a retired Teamster from western Pennsylvania, spoke at the Philadelphia event about how the legislation helped save his retirement. He said he was set to lose 30% of his pension benefit, or about $1,000 a month, before Democrats stepped in with the bailout.

“That’s a pretty substantial cut to any working man,” Pishko said. “It was devastating.”

He had assumed he would “never” be able to stave off those cuts.

“It matters when you have a president and vice president who has your back,” he said.

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Actors and writers want fans to help their Hollywood strike. Here’s how.

How are strikers encouraging audiences to get involved?

SAG-AFTRA and WGA members have used social media to spread information about the strike, detailing how viewers can support entertainment workers’ demands for higher minimum pay, improved safety and more streaming residuals. Among their recommendations for aiding the strike efforts are sharing, liking and commenting on posts about the recently expired SAG-AFTRA contract because “actors are working people just like everyone else.”

“There’s a lot of misconception that our union is about stars and celebrities,” said Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, SAG-AFTRA’s national executive director and chief negotiator.

Most of the guild’s 160,000 members, he said, are “working actors who are trying to make a living, pay their bills, pay their rent.”

Actors and writers are encouraging fans to join the picket line in their local area to increase strike visibility. They say people can bring signs, water and snacks to picketers. Union-allied organizations such as the Directors Guild of America, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States have thrown their support behind the strike effort in person and online, joining a broader coalition of unions pushing against mistreatment in the workplace.

Crabtree-Ireland said strike supporters could aid the effort by amplifying the union’s demands with social media posts and donations to fundraisers for SAG-AFTRA members. Boycotting projects made by the AMPTP is not the priority, he added.

“We’re not at this time calling for a boycott of anybody. Our focus is on shutting down production. … But that’s not to say that that won’t be something we do in the future,” he said.

How can entertainment workers receive financial support during the strike?

Several organizations have committed to supporting members of SAG-AFTRA and the WGA. Some of the most prominent funds are SAG-AFTRA’s Entertainment Community Fund and nonaffiliated crowdsourced fundraisers like the Union Solidarity Coalition Fund, Groceries for Writers and the Snacklist.

The fundraisers say they provide resources that include mental health support, health insurance, counseling, career resources, budgeting tips and grocery aid.

Fowlkes, T. 2023. "Actors and writers want fans to help their Hollywood strike. Here's how." The Washington Post, July 17. <washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2023/07/17/actors-strike-what-can-fans-do/>

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A congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between a senator and a witness on Tuesday after Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma challenged Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to “stand your butt up” and settle longstanding differences right there in the room.

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the chairman of the Senate panel that was holding the hearing, yelled at Mullin to sit down after he challenged O’Brien to a fight. Mullin had stood up from his seat at the dais and appeared to start taking his ring off.

“This is the time, this is the place,” Mullin told O’Brien after reading a series of critical tweets O’Brien had sent about him in the past. “If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here.”

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“This is a hearing, and God knows the American people have enough contempt for Congress, let’s not make it worse,” Sanders said. [...]

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BREAKING: After receiving an invitation from Trump, Sean O'Brien, the leader of one of the biggest labor unions in the world will be speaking at the RNC Convention. O'Brien is the President of The International Brotherhood of Teamsters with over 1.3 million members This is yet another amazing move from Trump.

Teamsters has many of their members in the biggest swing states, if Trump can activate them, the election is WON big