April 27, 2016
EPISODE NOTES
House GOP Attempts to Shield Big Business
from New Union Busting Rule; UPS Aircraft Mechanics Take Stand Against Weak
Contract Proposal; NLRB Ruling a Win for Misclassified SoCal Port Truck
Drivers; KC Teamsters Join in on Flint Water Effort; JRH Essay Scholarship Now
Accepting Entries; Contract News; This Week in Teamster Music; Big Business
Needs to Pay the Tax Man Too
SHOW NOTES
Lawmakers Come to Aid of Corporation
at Expense of Workers; Local 2727 Mechanics Take Aim at UPS for Unfair Contract
Offer; Intermodal Bridge Transport Drivers Get Good News from NLRB; Joint
Council 56 Delivers More Help for Flint; Getting Dollars for College; Local 727
Reaches Tentative Deal for Zoo Workers; Trans States Flight Attendants Approve
Contract; NY AB Workers Ratify First Contract; Remembering Prince and “Sign of
the Times”; and Corporations Can’t Shirk Tax Responsibilities
April 20, 2016
EPISODE NOTES
Central States Retirees Come to Capitol Hill
to Protest Pension Cuts; Teamsters Step Up Organizing Campaign at XPO/Con-way
Freight; Union Calls on Flexjet, Flight Options to Prioritize Workers; BLET
Dedicates New Headquarters; Carhaul Negotiations to Continue Next Week;
Contract News; Organizing News; This Week in Teamster Music; Making Less Equal
Living Less
SHOW NOTES
Thousands Come to Washington to Demand Pension
Solutions; XPO/Con-way Workers Educated on Benefits of Union; Worker Treatment
at Forefront of Flexjet/Flight Options Campaign; Celebrating a New Home for
BLET; Progress Reported in Carhaul Talks; Local 284, NetJets Reach Agreement;
Local 455 Meat Packers Reject Cargill Contract Offer; Florida Sysco Workers
Join Local 769; L.A. Convention Workers Align with Local 986; N.Y. First
Transit Employees Now Part of Local 264; The Quebe sisters and “Roly Poly”;
Poverty Can Take Years off Your Life
April 13, 2016
EPISODE NOTES
U.S. Judge Denies Preliminary Approval of
Lyft Settlement; LA Warehouse Workers Strike Again, Demand Direct Jobs; Teamster
Airline Workers File Suit Against Flexjet, Flight Options; N.J. UPS Driver
Saves Toddler on Highway; Contract News; Organizing News; This Week in Teamster
Music; Trade’s Hidden Cost Detailed in Panama Papers
SHOW NOTES
Federal Court Won’t Give Go-Ahead to $12.25M
Settlement; California Carthage Workers Walk Out, Don’t Want to Be Temps; IBT
Charges Airlines with Violating Railway Labor Act; Local 641 Member Praised as Hero;
Cummins Workers Ratify New Contract; US Ecology Workers Vote to Join Local 728;
Remembering Merle Haggard; Trade’s Lingering Effects Go Deeper Than Most
Realize
April 6, 2016
EPISODE NOTES
N.C. AG Joins Teamsters in Protesting Brewery
Closing; UA Mechanics Come to Houston to Take Aim at Airline; S.F. Transit
Agency Sides with Workers in Denying Bauer Permit; Contract News; Organizing
News; This Week in Teamster Music; Michigan Sets Election Tone Against TPP
SHOW NOTES
MillerCoors Plant Closing Draws Support of N.C.
Attorney General; PGA Tour Stop the Latest to Host United Protest; Shuttle Bus
Company Can’t Use S.F. Bus Stop for Pickups; Columbia Distributing Workers
Agree to Five-Year Deal; Mich. Durham Workers Join Local 243; Heart is Union
Strong; Candidates Are Getting the Picture on Bad Trade Deals
