Business
The Teamsters, one of America’s largest unions, votes to help organize Amazon warehouse and delivery workers in a nationwide effort.
June 24, 2021
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Joseph (Joe T.) Trerotola, a former international vice president of the Teamsters Union, has died.
June 1, 1992
William H.
Aug. 5, 1992
The federal government’s 30-year effort to clean up the International Brotherhood of Teamsters sometimes seems like something out of mythology--perhaps the tale of Sisyphus.
July 11, 1988
World & Nation
Despite a widely praised FBI investigation and other crackdown attempts, four major international unions remain dominated or influenced by organized crime, the President’s Commission on Organized Crime charged Thursday in a report buttressed by evidence gleaned from wiretaps.
March 7, 1986
Movies
Stories about labor unions are almost never seen on television or in theatrical films, but the Canadians have produced a stunning TV docudrama about a feisty female truck driver who helped fight corruption and mobsters in the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
Oct. 22, 1996
The government must pay for a rerun election to choose a new Teamsters president, a federal appeals court ruled.
March 31, 1998
In an unprecedented and controversial gamble to save the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from falling into dire financial straits, the union’s international president said he plans to ask members to vote soon to increase their annual dues by about 25%.
Dec. 31, 1993
California
Accusing local Teamster leaders of improperly handling expenses, locking members out of meetings and physically threatening a fellow board member, the president of International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Thursday called for their removal.
July 22, 1994
Technology and the Internet
* Three years into a campaign to organize workers in Washington state’s apple industry, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced its first victory as organizers turned in authorization cards from hundreds of packers at Stemilt Apple Growers Inc.
Sept. 16, 1999