…infrastructure. Through ATU International, we strongly supported the inclusion of $32 billion in emergency operating aid for public transportation in the federal Coronavirus relief package. We also supported the funding for…
…Teamsters supported the bills, saying they were needed to protect public safety and protect good union jobs. Chris Griswold, Teamsters International VP At-Large and President of Teamsters Joint Council 42…
…and 179 in 2022. Union leaders say these numbers are most likely an undercount. Read the full story by Duncan Freeman for The Chief-Leader, published April 12, 2024, here: https://www.thechiefleader.com/stories/council-passes-ems-body-armor-self-defense-training-bills,52261…
…extremist book bans. One librarian, Kerry Auld, facing these problems, organized a union under a new Colorado collective bargaining law. Read the full story by Elizabet Garcia for AFSCME News,…
…card signings took off in November, “It was like workers were starving for it.” Read the full story by Stephen Bisaha for WPLN News, published April 14, 2024, here: https://wpln.org/post/seeking-to-defy-history-the-uaw-is-coming-closer-to-unionizing-in-the-south/…
…the side of the switch, Pizzitola says, despite its toll on her, “This mission is a constant.” Read the full story by Richard Khavkine for The Chief-Leader, published here: https://www.thechiefleader.com/stories/assured-and-intent-pizzitola-battles-the-city-and-a-few-unions-too,52243…
…with getting screwed.” He also blasted Georgia and Tennessee’s governors for their states’ anti-union legislation. Read the full story by William Thornton for AL.com, published April 3, 2024, here: https://www.al.com/news/2024/04/union-president-blasts-gov-kay-ivey-alabama-auto-workers-are-fed-up-with-getting-screwed.html…
…union was formed, which then sued the ALU to force a new election. Read the full story by Haleluya Hadero for the Associated Press via The Chief-Leader, published here https://www.thechiefleader.com/stories/a-divided-amazon-labor-union-lurches-toward-a-leadership-election,52230…
…service and gaming unions in Nevada to leading one of the fastest-growing private sector unions in the country. UNITE HERE is a 300,000-member international union serving the hotel, food service,…
…1056 — 25 of those as a union representative. During his tenure, he has fought for equity and inclusion through his participation in the ATU International Latino Caucus. “What I…
