The men and women who build and maintain railroad tracks and bridges endure inhuman living conditions on the Norfolk Southern railroad, the only railroad that still uses camp cars. Tell Congress to abolish camp cars now: teamsterstakeaction. org/campaign/campcar
More than 500 Teamsters turned out for a rally in front of the 9th Circuit Court in San Francisco to protest Transportation Secretary Mary Peters' illegal Mexican Trucks program. Go to http://www.FireMaryP eters.com for more information.
Obama outlines "what we can do to strengthen what has always been the backbone of America's middle class -- the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the entire organized labor movement."
UAL plans to sell off to sell off its heavy maintenance base in San Francisco affecting nearly 4,500 mechanics and their families in the region. United currently outsources 45 percent of all its maintenance work to foreign repair stations that are not held to the same standards as their U.S.-based counterparts.
Illustrates the "Wake Up, Wal-Mart!" campaign designed to force Wal-Mart to pay employees fairly, as well as provide health insurance for all of its workers. (Running time: 6:44)
"I have not just talked the talk, I have walked the walk. ... If we are going to strengthen and grow the middle class in this country we have to grow the union movement."