Feb 23rd, 2008 · Sen. Barack Obama is finding new support from labor activists. He recently picked up three major union endorsements, including the Teamsters. Union votes could help Obama against Sen. Hillary Clinton in the March 4 Ohio primary.
Sep 7th, 2007 · Truckers from both the United States and Mexico now will be allowed to cross borders to drop off cargo deep within foreign territory. Truckers won this access as part of a one-year pilot program under the North American Free Trade Agreement. U.S. teamsters and other groups are protesting the development.
Aug 30th, 2007 · The Teamsters union asks a federal appeals court to put the brakes on a pilot program that would allow Mexican trucks to travel deep into the U.S. Trucks from the U-S and Mexico were supposed to be able to travel at will between the two countries under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
May 8th, 2006 · Federal law prohibits doctors from forming their own national labor union. But a group of doctors in New York state says they need the clout of a union to help them battle insurance companies -- so they're joining the local teamsters.
Jul 30th, 2005 · In the biggest split in the American labor movement in more than 70 years, two unions leave the AFL-CIO. The Service Employees International Union and the Teamsters say that by quitting the federation, they hope to organize more workers and revitalize the struggling labor movement.
Jul 26th, 2005 · Ed Gordon analyzes the impact of the decision by the Teamsters and SEIU to leave the AFL-CIO umbrella union group with Steve Lerner of the Service Employees International Union, and with Martin Ludlow of the Los Angeles County Federation of Labor.
Jul 26th, 2005 · Ed Gordon examines the big break in America's largest organized labor group with economist Julianne Malveaux. Two of the largest AFL-CIO unions -- the Service Employees International Union and the Teamsters -- have announced they're leaving the federation. What does this mean for the American labor movement?
Jul 26th, 2005 · At its national gathering in Chicago, the AFL-CIO tries to adjust to the desertion of two of its largest members: the Teamsters and the Service Employees International Union. Robert Siegel talks with Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer for the AFL-CIO.