BP, Marathon, and Phillips 66 have locked out unionized refinery workers amid record oil profits. Joe Allen asks why these labor disputes have received little national attention ahead of the midterm elections.
BP, Marathon, and Phillips 66 have locked out unionized refinery workers amid record oil profits. Joe Allen asks why these labor disputes have received little national attention ahead of the midterm elections.
The workers who wear Amazon vests and drive vans with the company’s logo aren’t legally employed by Amazon. But that could change in New York City, under legislation that Teamsters and Amazon workers alongside the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) are organizing to pass. The Delivery Protecti…
“Who Moves America” is touring the U.S., with upcoming screenings across the West Coast, Northeast, and South. See when it’s coming to your town, or request a screening, here . In the new documentary “Who Moves America,” filmmaker Yael Bridge offers a window into the working-class culture of one o…
“Teamsters Local 362 filed for a vote on union representation at the Amazon YEG 1 Fulfillment Center in Nisku, AB. This is the first step in Teamsters Canada’s organizing campaign to bring Amazon to the bargaining table. “Amazon won’t change without a union. Whether it’s job security, work pace, di…
From Dan La Botz, Teamster and socialist
9–11 began for me with the phone ringing off the hook. I stumbled to the phone and listened to my voicemail. It was my mother calling. “Joey, something terrible has happened. Turn on the TV.” My mother lived in our hometown of Stoughton, Massachusetts and was watching the morning news programs when…
The union’s endorsements of insurgent candidates led to big wins this summer. It’s all part of a strategy to remake American politics for the working class. During Claire Valdez’s campaign this year to represent New York’s District 7 in Congress, a slogan organically emerged: “Claire was there.” R…
I n 1982, socialist activist and academic Sam Friedman published Teamster Rank and File: Power, Bureaucracy, and Rebellion at Work (TRAF) about the arc of a rebellious Local Union in California over roughly twenty-five years. TRAF recounts the struggle within Local 208 of the International Brotherh…
Teamsters Digital Archive In 2023, General President Sean M. O’Brien initiated a project to interview Teamsters officers, staff, and external operatives to document the period from 1975 to 1999. This timeframe includes: establishment of the government consent decree in 1989; first democratic elect…
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