Teamsters hear from many, many people who want to join us. Most employers make it extremely difficult. They intimide and harass workers who...
NYC union construction workers twice as likely to be African-American
A New York City construction worker who is union is twice as likely to be African-American as a New York City construction worker who is non...
Four pro-union writers you should follow
UPDATES to correct headline from 'workers' to 'writers.' Our friends at Labor 411 put together a list of four terrific writ...
Workers still really, really want unions
Many American workers are treated badly on the job, as we have pointed out in our never-ending series of posts about their desire to join o...
True stories from Walmart hell
Walmart abuses its employees, let there be no doubt. The world's largest retailer keeps wages at poverty level by fighting hard against...
Unions help improve salaries for all, group finds
We’ve written many times in this space about how union jobs provide a better standard of living for workers. And a new analysis of U.S. C...
Memo to Ontario: Collective bargaining benefits employers
Our brothers and sisters in Ontario are fending off a corporate-backed effort to pass a No Rights At Work law. Their version of a Benedict ...
Teamsters hear from workers: 'Please help us'
The Teamsters Organizing department is deluged with requests for help in forming a union. We expect other unions also hear from workers who...
Why young workers love unions so much
The Pew Research Center came out with a new poll showing that a majority of people have a favorable view of labor unions -- 10 percent more...
A Teamster writes: In unity there is dignity
Brother Charles Wilkinson, a Teamster retiree from Local 222 in Provo, Utah, writes a wonderful op-ed in the Salt Lake Tribune. We thought w...