Emails obtained by congressional watchdogs suggest that former President Donald Trump and his aides may have pushed for a $700 million federal loan to LTL carrier YRC Worldwide Inc. to gain support from the Teamsters in the run-up to the 2020 election.
The new details are included in a report issued on Wednesday by Democrats on the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis. It is part of the panel’s investigation into the legality of a national security loan issued by the Trump...
Sean M. O’Brien is moving inexorably closer to being elected the next general president of the Teamsters union.
In the second day of vote tallying, O’Brien held a commanding lead over his opponent, Steve Vairma, according to results posted Tuesday afternoon by the Teamsters’ Office of the Election Supervisor. With the union’s central and southern regions partially reporting, O’Brien had received more than 34,798 votes, compared to Vairma’s 11,103 votes. Ballots were currently being counted in...
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The five-year contract between the Teamsters and UPS Inc., the Teamsters’ largest employer with 268,000 members, doesn’t expire until July 31, 2023. Talks aren’t likely to start until late 2022. In reality, however, the contract cycle starts around Thanksgiving 2021.
Barring unforeseen circumstances, the Teamsters will by then have elected a new slate of officers, including a general president and general secretary-treasurer, to run the 1.4 million- member union for the next five years. At stake...
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