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| The Official Song of The Teamsters Union |
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Let's Hail The Teamsters' Union And Sing Of It With Pride
Remember, Teamster Members Your Union's By Your Side
As Long As We're Together Our Numbers Will Increase
And This Will Be Our Motto Prosperity and Peace
Now All For One And One For All, Is Something You Have Heard
But When The Teamsters Say It, The Boys Mean Every Word
So Hail The Teamsters Union, And Shout It Loud and Clear
The Brotherhood of Teamsters, Will Always Be Right Here!
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The Union Advantage
If you don’t have a union in your workplace, you don’t have guaranteed wages, health benefits or a secure pension. You are an “at-will” employee. You check your rights at the door, and your employer can fire you or change your conditions of employment at any time and for almost any reason
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DHL Express Workers Overwhelmingly Ratify National Contract
May 2, 2008
(Washington, DC) In votes counted late yesterday, more than 7,000 Teamsters working at DHL Express ratified their first national agreement by a solid 82 percent
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Get Involved!
Updated
On: May 08, 2008 (14:20:00)
A message from General President James P. Hoffa....
The number of ways Teamster members can get involved with their unions is increasing all the time. From going to rallies to lobbying members of Congress, and from signing up for DRIVE to simply attending local union meetings, members are getting more involved every day Read More...
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Employee Free Choice Act
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On: May 06, 2008 (18:15:00)
America's working people are struggling to make ends meat. The middle class is shrinking, good jobs are vanishing, and health care coverage and retirement security are slipping out of reach. Today, CEO's get contracts that protect their wages and benefits but they deny their employees the same opportunity Read More...
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A Hopeful Year for Unions
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On: May 08, 2008 (14:02:00)
The New York Times, Editorial February 7, 2008,
By vitually every indicator, 2007 was a dismal year for American workers. Job growth slowed, unemployment jumped and wages lost what little ground they had gained against inflation since 2003. There is one sliver of good news: the precentage of American workers who belong to a union rose for the first time in three decades Read More...
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Spotlight On Teamster Achievements in History
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On: May 06, 2008 (18:22:00)
Did You Know...........
Teamster Master contracts have put more families into the middle class than any other event in labor history? Teamsters supported equal pay for all workers doing the same job regardless of gender or race 60 years before the U.S. government did? Teamsters have always represented many types of workers--not just truck drivers? Teamsters have always had an ongoing Disaster Relief Fund to help members in need whenever disasters hit? Teamsters have been essential partners with the U.S. military, police and firefighters during war and other times of crisis? More Teamsters have won the highest military and Presidential honors than any other union workers? Teamsters are known as the Knights of the Highway because they always stop to help a driver having trouble on the road? Teamsters have developed more safety programs in industries and training schools for drivers than any other union? Teamsters give away tens of thousands of dollars every year in scholarships for members children?
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When Labor's Agenda Supports The Market
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On: May 06, 2008 (13:59:00)
Published in the Rocky Mountain News, Wednesday, April 30, 2008, written by James Hansen.
It's called free market hypocrisy, and it afflicts the business community every time labor is pitted against profit.
For example, corporations have always eschewed government intervention into their business Read More...
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