International Brotherhood of Teamsters
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Air Cargo
Disgruntled pilots blast 5-year contract with Atlas Air
Atlas Air pilots are peeved that an outside arbitrator jammed a new labor contract down their throat. Union says many are threatening to leave.
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Online Haul of Fame
FreightWaves Haul of Fame: Roadway Express was an LTL leader for decades
The U.S. trucking industry grew in the years following World War I. Nonetheless, the industry was still in its early days, and railroads were the…
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Driver issues
Teamsters protest in SoCal gets burst of support from longshoremen
The Teamsters call it a strike, but it is more of a protest. Still, it did garner support from another union on Wednesday.
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Online Haul of Fame
FreightWaves Haul of Fame: LTL carrier Strickland Transportation succeeded under ICC regulations
Strickland Transportation was an LTL carrier that did well for 40+ years. Read its story in this FreightWaves Haul of Fame article.
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Driver issues
Dismissed workers at Universal Logistics in SoCal mount protest to get jobs back
The Teamsters called it a strike even though no employed workers were believed to be on the picket line.
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Online Haul of Fame
FreightWaves Haul of Fame: Consolidated Freightways was an industry leader for many years
Consolidated Freightways was a leader in the trucking industry for decades, and also started Freightliner trucks. Read its interesting story in this FreightWaves Haul of…
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Driver issues
Small group of workers vote to decertify Teamsters in California
It's the third vote in just a few months to push the union out. But contracts at all 3 locations had not ever been finalized.
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Driver issues
NLRB files action against Universal Logistics over Teamsters vote fallout at SoCal facility
The NLRB action is a gathering of earlier Teamsters actions against Universal, now pulled together in one filing by the government agency.
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Driver issues
Small LA-area trucking company ousts Teamsters; new rules from Trump’s NLRB aided decertification
The new rules approved by the NLRB could be overturned by the Biden administration but only after a formal rulemaking.
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Driver issues
Teamsters see pro-labor proposal leveling playing field at XPO
XPO and port drayage are in the Teamsters Union target sights in backing the PRO Act.
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