December 23, 2015
EPISODE NOTES
In this special holiday edition of the
podcast, hear about how the Teamsters have given back to the communities they
serve both in the past and the present. And learn how great Teamster presidents
of the past like James R. Hoffa and Daniel J. Tobin have addressed the
membership during this time in year in decades past.
SHOW NOTES
Joint Council 42 Hosts Christmas Party
for Disadvantaged in Los Angeles; Remembering past Teamster Generosity in
Virginia, New York City, Baltimore, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Chicago and
Louisville; President Tobin Talks to Teamster at Christmas During World War II;
James R. Hoffa Urges Members to Count Their Blessings
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December 16, 2015
EPISODE NOTES
Teamsters Drop Off 75K Petitions Telling UPS
to Leave ALEC; Seattle City Council Approves Unionization for App-Based
Drivers; Members Describe Dangerous Conditions at St. Louis Landfill; Senators
Discuss Closing of N.C. MillerCoors Plant; Kalitta Air Pilots Authorize Strike;
Chicago to Host Hoffa Scholarship Gala; JC 42 Create Fund for Shooting Victims;
Organizing News; This Week in Teamster Music; The Middle Class Deserves
Lawmakers’ Attention
SHOW NOTES
Protests
Held at UPS Facilities in Atlanta, D.C.; Bill Would Allow Seattle Uber Drivers
to Collectively Bargain; UN Group Hold Human Rights Hearing over Mo. Republic
Services’ Facility; Lawmakers Question Closing of Brewery That Would End 450
Teamster Jobs; Cargo Pilots Overwhelming Vote to Take Action; Tickets Now on
Sale for Hoffa Scholarship Dinner; Support Fund Established for San Bernardino
Teamster Victims; Flexjet, Flight Options Pilots Vote to Join Local 1108; Woody
Guthrie Recalls 1913 Union Massacre; Time for Real Solutions to Help Everyday
Workers
December 9, 2015
EPISODE NOTES
Nevada School District Workers Vote to Join
Local 14; Aloise Talks Pay, Benefits for Silicon Valley Support Workers; Local
727 Coca Cola Workers Strike over Bad Faith Bargaining; Bourne Honored for Trek
to Raise Money for Vets; Remembering San Bernardino; This Week in Teamster
Music; Transportation Bill is Progress in Breaking Political Gridlock
SHOW NOTES
CCSD’s 11,000 Support Workers Now Members of
Teamsters; Better Leave Policies Will Trickle Down to Other
Workers, Aloise Says; Illinois Coke Production, Warehouse Workers Take to
Picket Line; Hike Earns $10K for iPods for Wounded Veterans; Local 1932 Members
Among Victims in San Bernardino; Sonny Rollins Standing Up for Unions; Congress
Shows it Can Pass Legislation
December 2, 2015
EPISODE NOTES
Feds to Hold Columbus, Milwaukee Hearings to
Discuss Central States; American Airlines Service Agents Agree to New Pact; Illinois
Coca-Cola Workers Authorize Strike; Negotiations Set for Local 162, Beer
Distributor Talks; Organizing News; U.S. Must End Endorsement of Child, Forced
Labor
SHOW NOTES
Treasury
Department Schedules First Two Meeting to Talk Pensions; 14,500 AA Workers To
Get Pay Raise Under New Contract; Illinois Teamsters Approve Walkout against
Soda Giant; Mediator to Oversee Talks Involving Oregon Drivers; Paratransit
Employees Working to Join Local 117; Nation Needs to Lead on Labor Issues
