Photo of François Laporte, President of Teamsters Canada Hoffa Says New North American Trade Deal Must Enforce Basic Labor Rights Top Teamsters leaders joined with members of Congress and their fellow union allies from across…

Photo courtesy of Shannon Stapleton/Reuters. Retrieved from businessinsider.com. Across the country, millions of Americans — mostly women — took to the streets on Saturday to stand up for women’s rights and greater opportunity. For many,…

Union members aren’t the only ones hurt when labor’s slice of the workforce pie gets smaller, a report confirms. In fact, research by the Economic Policy Institute shows all workers today are making less than…

Six-Year Contract Puts Teamsters, Including Local 781 in Illinois, at Top of Industry Mechanics at United Airlines stations across the nation ratified a six-year National Joint Collective Bargaining Agreement with the company today after more…

What Is Right-to-Work and How Could It Affect Illinois Workers? The Wisconsin state legislature on March 6 passed a right-to-work bill that Gov. Scott Walker, a Republican openly opposed to collective bargaining, has said he’ll…