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20,000 Workers Organized in Teamsters' 'Drive Up
Standards Campaign
The
Teamsters’ ‘Drive Up Standards’ campaign to
organize private school bus and transit workers nationwide has
reached a major milestone, organizing 20,000 FirstGroup workers
since the campaign began in 2006. Check out the 'Drive Up Standards' web site's new
look!
 Teamsters Celebrate Hispanic
Heritage Month
Teamsters everywhere are
celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by recognizing and honoring
the numerous contributions made by Hispanics, especially
within the labor movement.
The history of the labor
movement is tightly wound with Hispanic history and the strides
Hispanic leaders have made to bring equality and justice to all
people.
 Teamsters Take Up the Fight to Save
Lives
October is Breast Cancer Awareness
Month. It’s an important reminder that awareness
is critical to preventing, treating, and one day, finding a cure
for breast cancer. Before the end of the year, more than 192,000
American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Read
more.
View General President Jim Hoffa's video on
breast cancer awareness.
 Teamsters to Congress: We Need Pension
Reform
A representative from
the National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans
(NCCMP) told a key Congressional committee on Thursday that the
rules for multiemployer pension funds need to be reformed. The
Teamsters Union is one of the lead labor organizations in
NCCMP.
 Teamsters Now Represent Nearly All
UPS Freight Drivers and Dockworkers Eligible to Join
Union
The International
Brotherhood of Teamsters now represents nearly all of the 12,600
UPS Freight drivers and dockworkers eligible to join the union,
announced Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa.
OTHER TEAMSTER
NEWS
TLA on Collective Bargaining II Slated for November
3-5
Zookeepers Join Teamsters in New
Orleans
BMWED Members Ratify New Agreement With Iowa
Interstate Railroad
James P. Hoffa: Securing the Promised
Retirement
Republic Services/Allied Waste Workers in California
Join Teamsters
The Passing of a Law Enforcement
Defender
Pennsylvania Conference of Teamsters Holds Boot
Camp
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